NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no relief for ONCE UPON A TIME’s series low in final numbers.  60 MINUTES lost 0.1 once the CBS football overrun was removed, and both BOB’S BURGERS and the rerun FAMILY GUY  gained 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated […]

Updated international box office chart:

  OPENINGS:  PAN (RatPac-Dune/Warners) now owns a dubious place in box office history, as one of Hollywood’s biggest flops ever.  On a production/worldwide marketing cost that will exceed $300M, its $15.5M US opening makes John Carter ($30.2M), Battleship ($25.5M), The Lone Ranger ($29.2M), and this year’s Tomorrowland ($33M), Fantastic Four ($25.7M) and even Jupiter Ascending ($18.4M) […]

  NOTE:  due to reports on events in Baltimore as well as some sports preemptions, preliminary ratings may be subject to more adjustments than usual. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.05 to 0.55, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was up 0.02 to 0.23. CBS:  FBI climbed 0.03 to 0.53, FBI: INTERNATIONAL rose 0.03 to 0.41, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up 0.02 to 0.37. NBC:  THE VOICE dipped 0.05 to 0.62, and NEW AMSTERDAM […]

  THE WHISPERS:  Midseason TBD on ABC THE FACTS:  Something is taking possession of American children and making them do very bad things–like “kill your parents” bad things.  They may be on their way to launching an all-out attack, and Lily Rabe is the government agent tasked to stop them.  The series creator is Soo […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of THE GONG SHOW lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the pre-All-Star Game HOME RUN DERBY towered over Monday cable at 2.63, up a remarkable 0.76 from 2016.  The CELEBRITY SOFTBALL […]

  BLUE BLOODS returned from a month off. 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 […]