There’s going to be a crowd at the top of the box office this weekend, but there’s not much good news in it for anyone.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, AMERICAN MADE (Cross Creek/Universal) took Friday with $6M (almost $1M of it from Thursday night), which should give it a $15-16M weekend.  However, […]

COMING LATER: Full coverage of Election Night ratings for broadcast and cable networks, later this afternoon when the nationals arrive.  For now, NBC has bragging rights on broadcast election coverage, leading the night with 4.4 over ABC’s 2.9, CBS’s 2.6 and FOX’s 1.6.  (CW technically aired reruns of THE FLASH and NO TOMORROW, but its […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT finale, BIG BROTHER and the FRESH OFF THE BOAT rerun rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, BLINDSPOT fell the same, meaning that it retained just about 55% of its lead-in.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES and THE SIMPSONS each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD had another steady outing, up 0.02 to 1.73, with TALKING DEAD down 0.09 to 0.53.  On Showtime, SHAMELESS jumped 0.17 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:   ABC:  After a rerun at 0.41, THE YEAR: 2022 was at 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30/0.22/0.20. NBC:  THE WHEEL was at 0.31, followed by a movie at 0.19. FOX:  Reruns at 0.21/0.21. CW:  A FAMILY FILM AWARDS special was at 0.03. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON dropped 0.04 to 0.25, REINA DEL SUR gained 0.02 […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got worse for AGENT CARTER in final numbers, with a 0.1 dip to 0.9 that made its new series low even lower.  Both HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and CHICAGO PD, however, gained 0.1.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND topped Tuesday […]

Thursday preliminary broadcast ratings:

  Note that ABC’s line-up followed afternoon coverage of an NFL Playoffs game, which may have inflated its primetime ratings. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership […]