> So how do certain movies end up on certain weekends? There is an art and a science to the scheduling of approximately 150 wide-releases each year. This is the first in an occasional look at the scheduling of movies — part background, part history, part explanation, and a dose of skepticism and critique. This […]
> Adieu, GIFTED MAN. CBS: The season finale of A GIFTED MAN ticked up a bit to a 1.4, but while that would be great news for, say, Fringe, don’t get your hopes up for Man‘s renewal. A far more telling sign: we’ve talked here before about “second position” pilot deals for actors, and Gifted […]
Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 29-30, 2018. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, September 30-October […]
NETWORK UPDATE: NBC’s Thanksgiving night THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 9.0. There were also football-related adjustments at CBS, which had aired the late afternoon game: the rerun BIG BANG THEORY lost 0.2 to 3.2, and LIFE IN PIECES dropped 0.1 to 2.1, but MOM gained 0.1 to 1.7. In addition, the MUPPETS […]
Not much of a welcome for ABBY’S. 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 […]
NETWORK FINALS: The rerun of BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TLC was again at the top of cable with its 90 DAY FIANCE franchise at 0.73/0.68/0.55, compared to last week’s 1.03/0.78/0.43. On Bravo, BELOW […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND slipped 0.02 to 0.67, with KINGS OF PAIN down 0.02 to 0.24. ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES were at 0.54/0.50, preceded by the CFP […]
NETWORK UPDATE: FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 9PM 48 HOURS and the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rerun lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: 6 of the day’s Top 10 cable shows were related to COLLEGE FOOTBALL, led by ESPN’s weekly COLLEGE GAMEDAY telecast […]