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). ###

  The American Film Institute issued its list of the year’s Top 10 movies (and television shows) today, and their selections have been quite close to the Oscar nominees over the past couple of years, so they’re worthy of some attention.  There were no great surprises in the chosen 10, which AFI lists alphabetically, with […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.42, CELEBRITY JEOPARDY rose 0.07 to 0.47, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE climbed 0.03 to 0.38, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.02 to 0.35. CBS:  Comparisons are to 2 weeks ago, when the network didn’t have the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES gained 0.05 […]

>Complete ratings tracks will be updated later than usual.  But first, the main headlines.  American Idol returned from 8-10 pm with a preliminary 7.2 rating with Adults 18-49, down from a 9.7 on the same night last year but still towering over the competition. The biggest victims of Hurricane Idol were comedies on NBC and […]

  Early numbers for the opening day of ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (Paramount) give it $8.1M (including $2.3M from Tuesday night shows).  It continues to run ahead of Wednesday openers This Is The End ($7.8M) and We’re The Millers ($6.8M), and is hoping to have a bigger weekend multiple than those two, since midweek […]

  BROADCAST FINALS (Due to last week’s election coverage, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted) ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE ticked up to 0.50, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was down 0.04 to 0.21. CBS:  New episodes aired for the first time since October 18, with FBI down 0.03 to 0.50, FBI: INTERNATIONAL down […]

> Deadline has early figures for Friday, and they indicate that Open Road’s THE GREY will, as expected, win the day and weekend.  If the early estimate of $6.2M for Friday holds, it could gross around $15M for the weekend.  That’s less than previous Liam Neeson vehicles Taken ($25M) and Unknown ($22M), but still impressive […]

  A bad night for almost everyone. 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 (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and […]