NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 7 adjusted up to 6.6 in final ratings.  Although the basketball in Chicago may be responsible for lowering THE 100 by 0.1, ARROW retained its morning rating.  On ABC, THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY both rose by 0.1, but NASHVILLE lost the same amount.  STALKER gained 0.1, putting some distance […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.48, an OUR BARBARA special was at 0.35, followed by a SHARK TANK rerun at 0.21. CBS:  After 60 MINUTES at 1.16, reruns at 0.38/0.27/0.27. NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 4.33, up 0.13 from last week’s game. FOX:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.34/0.35 and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE TONY AWARDS held at 1.6 in final numbers, while the STANLEY CUP FINALS gained 0.3 to 1.9.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO has 2 more weeks of ratings triumphs before things get less fun.  GAME OF THRONES romped once […]

FOX had a very strong NFL Sunday doubleheader.  The late afternoon time period (4:30 pm ET games) was the highest-rated of the four slots (as usual) with a 14.8 household rating in the 56 metered-markets that cover 70% of the country.  The extraordinary number was the first half of the doubleheader at 1:00 pm, a […]

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have IRON MAN 3 (Disney) dropping just 6% on Saturday to $64M.  If that number holds, it’s quite a good hold for a blockbuster of this magnitude–in comparison, The Avengers fell 14% on its second day, and Iron Man 2 went down 11%.  (The original Iron Man actually rose 6% on its […]

  A terrible night for everyone. 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 […]

  The holiday weekend blew a hole in most network programming. 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 […]

  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 […]