NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, adjustments reflecting CBS’s NFL preemptions lowered its ratings across the board in finals:  THE BIG BANG THEORY by 0.2 to 3.8, LIFE IN PIECES by 0.5 to 1.9, MOM by 0.4 to 1.6, 2 BROKE GIRLS by 0.4 to 1.5, and ELEMENTARY by 0.3 to 1.0.  Elsewhere, MICHAEL BUBLE’S […]

  Families, especially their elders, opted for new over classic. 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 (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 boost for the rerun of MAT FRANCO’S GOT MAGIC. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK jumped 0.23 to take Wednesday cable with 1.12, a rating that may have driven THE […]

  No magic for NBC last night. 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 (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

Weekend #50 of 2015 is looking like a soft $72 million for the top 12 films this weekend, below what we usually see this weekend (see comparisons below). In the Heart of the Sea from Warner Brothers should open with $12.5 million Friday-Sunday. The film is on track for around $55 million domestic in its run. Overseas the film could bring in $105 […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE and THE FLASH each gained 0.1 in finals. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND took Tuesday honors, up 0.09 from last week to 0.94, and with lead-out HUNTING HITLER up a tick to 0.52.  Discovery’s MOONSHINERS took a 0.18 leap to […]

  Are Americans tiring of Victoria’s Secret? 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 (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Football adjustments brought down ABC’s line-up, as THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT dropped 0.1 and GREAT HOLIDAY BAKING SHOW fell 0.2 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 10:30PM TELENOVELA managed to gain 0.1, but that still wasn’t anything to boast about.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s […]