Another step toward the end of original programming on Fridays. CBS:  MADE IN JERSEY is the worst flop of the season’s first week, a disaster at 1.1 any way the numbers are cut.  The show could only tie a repeat of the low-rated Last Resort pilot, and started out even with Fringe, TV’s poster child […]

  AMERICAN IDOL continued to decline. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted up 0.1 to 0.8.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD dipped 0.02 to 0.57.  Adult Swim’s late-night shows performed as follows:  DRAGON B ALL at 0.45/0.34 compared to last week’s 0.47/0.38, MY HERO […]

  There’s usually a box office hangover after a holiday weekend opening, but the Friday-to-Friday drop for SOLO (Lucasfilm/Disney) was particularly sour, down 77% to $8M in preliminary numbers at Deadline, compared to the 73% for last year’s Pirates of the Caribbean V, and 74% for X-Men: Days of Future Past.  In fact, it was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no change from this morning’s preliminary 3.8 rating for the CMA AWARDS.  ARROW and CRIMINAL MINDS gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL (FX) won the night, down 0.12 from last week (and down 0.63 from last year’s post-Halloween […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 boost to the 2 BROKE GIRLS rerun. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Golden State/Houston NBA PLAYOFFS game on ESPN towered over the rest of broadcast and cable at 3.41.  USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.28-1.14, down roughly a tenth from last week.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was up 0.06 to 1.08, and […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #32 of 2015 looks like $119 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down significantly from the norm for this weekend (see track below). Opening at 3,995 theaters Friday, Fantastic Four from Fox is on track for a listless $27.0 million opening three-day weekend (well below our $46.5 million ShowBuzzDaily forecast earlier this week). […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE, THE FLASH, MASTERCHEF JR and CHICAGO FIRE all gained 0.1 in final numbers, while ABOUT A BOY declined by the same margin.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Controversy about the sex on last week’s SONS OF ANARCHY (FX) […]