The tricks arrived early and the treats were nonexistent on a bleak pre-Halloween weekend. Let the second-guessing begin on STEVE JOBS (Legendary/Universal).  Last week’s limited expansion suggested softness as the awards hopeful widened beyond NY/LA, and national release has crumbled its box office hopes entirely.  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have Steve Jobs at $2.5M […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 5.9 in final numbers, a point above last week’s game.  Elsewhere, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart    CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NFL Network piece of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL didn’t have the same bounce as the network portion, and […]

  THE VAMPIRE DIARIES continued leaking blood. 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:  The only adjustment from morning numbers was a 0.1 bump for ROSEWOOD (which as usual for that show was carried entirely by its last pre-EMPIRE 15 minutes, with quarter-hour ratings of 1.3/1.4/1.5/2.0.) Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS can only dream […]

  EMPIRE went back to rising. 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 […]

Weekend #43 of 2015 is looking like $111 million for the top 12 films this weekend, above the norm for this weekend (see comparisons below). Steve Jobs from Universal should collect around a $18.5 million in its first wide weekend. Through Sunday, the total to date should be around $21 million. The film is on track for around $65 million domestic […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers gave 0.1 bumps to NCIS, LIMITLESS, and THE VOICE, but CHICAGO FIRE lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS continued to be lopsided as between the Mets/Cubs National League games on TBS (2.71 last night) and the Royals/Blue Jays on Fox Sports […]

  Old Charlie Brown blew away new Muppets. 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 […]