WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is a first look at the studio scorecard for the 2016 slates.  We have updated the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwide and the lower category for films under $150 million worldwide.       YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. […]

  Marvel took over more of the universe last night. ABC:  AGENTS OF SHIELD was meant to be a blockbuster from the moment its development was announced, and so it was, with a giant 4.6 start that tied The Voice in the 8PM hour.  That’s 50% higher than the 3.1 debut for ABC’s last try at […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday May 23 through Sunday May 29, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

>A rare night of December originals on the broadcast networks Sunday night.  The Sunday Night Football game between the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints drew a 6.5 Adult 18-49 fast national rating from 8:30 onward, a number which we expect to rise to a 7.3 in the official nationals.  NBC Sun 9.25 10.2 10.9 […]

Note: ABC numbers below inflated by local broadcast pre-emptions in Philadelphia on WPVI and Washington DC on WJLA for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (which also aired nationally on ESPN). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews […]

  So… how’s it going? We’ve completed 2 full weeks of the 2013-14 broadcast TV season, and while there are still a few arrivals on the way (notably ABC’s Once Upon A Time in Wonderland and the NBC Friday line-up), we’ve seen enough to reach some early conclusions.  Let’s take a look. First, the big […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  A SOUND OF FREEDOM special was at 0.24, followed by 20/20 at 0.32. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME slipped 0.02 to 0.18, followed by a WATERGATE: HIGH CRIMES IN THE WHITE HOUSE special at 0.14. NBC:  DATELINE fell 0.13 to 0.27, followed by an AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun at 0.16. FOX:  […]

>The lack of schedule flexibility (as NBC has with its late season Sunday Night Football games) has hurt the Monday and Thursday night football franchises recently.  When match-ups feature teams with little to no playoff chances, ratings drift downward (although Monday and Thursday Night Football still sit atop the weekly cable ratings chart).  Discovery’s American […]