NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 1.3/1.3 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, DATELINE fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was once again all about the NCAA TOURNAMENT, with 15 of the Top 20 slots going […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE climbed 0.11 to 0.69, but QUEENS was down 0.02 to 0.28. CBS:  FBI lost 0.05 to 0.67, FBI: INTERNATIONAL slipped 0.03 to 0.48, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up 0.09 to 0.53. NBC:  THE VOICE gained 0.04 to 0.82, LA BREA edged up 0.02 to 0.60, and NEW AMSTERDAM […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a week off, THE BACHELOR gained 0.04 to 0.77.  Despite that lead-in, the series premiere of PROMISED LAND could only manage 0.22. CBS:  The newly-renewed sitcoms were both up:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD by 0.11 to 0.72, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA by 0.09 to 0.58.  NCIS rose 0.07 to 0.61, and […]

>History’s Pawn Stars returned with original episodes Monday at 10 pm, powering the reality hit to the top of the weekly cable ratings chart to a very good 2.0 rating with Adults 18-49.  That puts Pawn Stars tied for second place among all networks in the Monday 10 pm hour: #1 CBS Hawaii Five-O 2.6, […]

  THE BACHELORETTE topped THE VOICE. 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 comparisons […]

  OPENINGS:  Can the 2d-biggest US opening of all time fairly be considered a mild disappointment?  Certainly AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (Marvel/Disney), for all its giant $187.7M start, underperformed compared to widespread expectations, not only failing to beat the $207.4M opening of The Avengers, but coming in $20M below that mark despite 5 more hours […]

Thor: The Dark World has pushed Disney back into first place in the worldwide box office race, pushing Warner Brothers back into second place and Universal into third. For a complete ranking of 2013 films by worldwide performance click here. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1 in final numbers.  A couple of less-rounded finals:  STAR ended up at 1.26, and THE 100 at 0.43.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The opening episode of BET’s MADIBA miniseries was a mere […]