NETWORK UPDATE:  Nielsen has roused from its holiday slumbers, so we’re beginning to catch up with last week’s fast national ratings.  CODE BLACK and the BLACK-ISH rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers, while EMPIRE and the rerun of THE GOLDBERGS gained the same.  (Note:  the “SP” label for many of the night’s shows […]

A week off didn’t work out well for the ABC line-up.   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). […]

  1.3.  0.9.  1.4.  1.1.  0.7.  1.2.  1.3. 1.2. Those are, respectively, the most recent Live + Same Day ratings for Quantico, Grandfathered, Code Black (which actually had a bump for the week thanks to a higher than usual lead-in), The Mysteries of Laura, The Grinder, The Muppets, Limitless, and Rosewood–all of which have received […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 28 and Sunday November 29, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.     YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +4% above last year and still +1% above the average for this point the past four years ($8.910 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $23.6 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office […]

There was enough product at the multiplexes to make for a solid Thanksgiving weekend total, but holiday fireworks were absent. OPENINGS:  THE GOOD DINOSAUR (Pixar/Disney) had a $39.2M weekend ($55.6M since its Wednesday opening), putting it behind Frozen ($67.4M), Toy Story 2 ($57.4M) and Tangled ($48.8M) among Thanksgiving openings.  It continues to run closest to […]

  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game, featuring Stanford vs. Notre Dame (1.8) topped ABC’s with Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State (1.4) in preliminary ratings.  CBS preceded 48 HOURS (0.8) with a trio of holiday reruns:  FROSTY THE SNOWMAN at 1.4, FROSTY RETURNS at 1.2, and THE STORY OF SANTA CLAUS at 0.9.  On NBC, a 2-hour DATELINE […]

  Black Friday indeed. 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 the chart. FOX:  […]