The major studios didn’t try to seriously challenge HALLOWEEN (Blumhouse/Miramax/Universal) on its titular weekend, and despite a 69% Friday-to-Friday drop to $10.3M according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it will easily win its 2nd weekend with around $33M.  At this rate, it could top $175M in the US, which would put it neck-and-neck with […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 films by studio.  We will begin tracking the 2017 slate in a few weeks. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is +12% above last year and still +29% above the average for this point the past four years ($0.190 billion).  Over the […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

  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 […]

> Forget about prestige drama and comedy:  it turned out all NBC needed was some dining on bugs. NBC:  FEAR FACTOR returned to the airwaves with a tremendous 3.4 average over 2 hours.  This is great news for a network that sorely needs some, but it’s worth noting that in this same holiday period last […]

>New Year’s week was a busy one for cable.  Just as the NFL (on ESPN Monday and NFL Network Thursday) leaves the stage, BCS college football steps in to take its place at the top of the weekly cable rankings.  The Rose Bowl (the “granddaddy of them all”) on ESPN was the top-rated cable program […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.9.  (CBS’s AAF game held at 0.9).  In addition, the rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.2 in final numbers, and the rerun SNL dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Duke vs. Virginia COLLEGE […]

  The first big volleys of the Fall TV season were… inconclusive. NBC:  The network would be delighted if MYSTERIES OF LAURA could duplicate last night’s 2.1 rating when it airs in its regular timeslot.  On the face of it, the show did a solid job of retaining its 2.3 lead-in from the season finale […]