BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 1.07, and FOX’s game was at 0.81.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another fall Saturday, another day for COLLEGE FOOTBALL, with ESPN’s games at 0.98/0.53/0.44, Big 10’s at 0.23/0.15, ESPN2’s at 0.20/0.17/0.13, and Fox Sports 1’s at 0.19/0.15/0.14.  TUDN’s SELECCION MEXICANA […]

>The second weekend of 2012 looks to be fairly anemic: $103 million for the top 12 films for the traditional three-day Friday-Sunday period.  This would be down 11% from the same weekend in 2011 and down 28% from the same weekend average for the past several years.  Basically, there is just not enough heat or […]

  OPENINGS:  OUT OF THE FURNACE (Relativity) will do nothing to change the reputation of the first weekend in December as a terrible time to open a new movie.  Even in a more robust weekend, the grim quasi-art film, quasi-action thriller would have had a hard time (and the presence of Christian Bale didn’t help […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE was steady at 0.55, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was up 0.06 to 0.29. CBS:  FBI slipped 0.02 to 0.53, FBI: INTERNATIONAL rose 0.08 to 0.48, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up a tenth to 0.48. NBC:  THE VOICE was steady at 0.60, LA BREA dropped 0.06 to 0.32, […]

> It’s taken far, far too long, but the news that COUGAR TOWN fans have been longing for has finally arrived:  the smart, quirky, hilarious ensemble comedy that isn’t about cougars of any kind has found a home on the ABC schedule, Tuesdays at 8:30PM (thank you for dying, Work It), beginning on Valentine’s Day. […]

  A strong night for GREY’S ANATOMY. 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 […]

  OPENINGS:  The biggest noise of the weekend by far was made outside the US, where CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (Marvel/Disney) began its global campaign, and earned $200.2M in 63 territories comprising about two-thirds of the international terrain (not including China and Russia, among others).  Disney has made it clear that that this is an […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  It was fall finale night, and STATION 19 gained 0.05 to 0.50, with GREY’S ANATOMY up 0.11 to 0.51.  Both will return on February 23.  A promo run of Hulu’s REASONABLE DOUBT was at 0.23, up 0.06 from last week’s episode of ALASKA DAILY (albeit with a higher lead-in). CBS:  YOUNG […]