BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK rose 0.07 to 0.51, GENERATION GAP dipped 0.03 to 0.38, and THE CON was down 0.02 to 0.25. CBS:  A 2-hour BIG BROTHER was down 0.05 to 0.71.  It was preceded by reruns at 0.31/0.28. NBC:  Reruns at 0.18/0.26/0.21. FOX:  Reruns at 0.22/0.16/0.14. CW:  BUMP was at 0.03 […]

>As expected yesterday, the actuals for Sunday, January 1, are coming in much lower than the studios estimated.  The top 10 films look like they grossed closer to $43 million Sunday, much lower than the $53 million estimated yesterday.  The $43 million number is much closer to the historical pattern of a January 1 on […]

  Some shows were in rerun mode for the holiday weekend. 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 […]

  Today ABC announced its midseason schedule.  Mostly, the network did the necessary work of filling in the gaps where shows have been canceled (or run out of episodes, like Super Fun Night and Once Upon A Time in Wonderland) or where serials like Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal are taking breaks, but Revenge has also been […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CON was at 0.28, followed by 20/20 at 0.32. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION rose 0.07 to 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.18. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL was at 0.24/0.25, followed by a DATELINE rerun at 0.24. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN climbed 0.08 to 0.57. CW:  KILLER CAMP ticked down to 0.02, and […]

> Live by Cinemascore, die by Cinemascore. THE DEVIL INSIDE:  The most hilarious studio event of the last 24 hours has been Paramount‘s frantic attempt to argue that an “F” Cinemascore for THE DEVIL INSIDE, making it one of the half-dozen worst exit-polled movies of the past several years, isn’t really that bad if you […]

  Mitch Metcalf has a great analysis of the continuing strength of THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) after its $31.3M Friday in his box office post today–highly recommended.  Catching Fire should set a slew of milestones tomorrow, including the best 3-day and 5-day Thanksgiving weekends ever, and very possibly the #2 second weekend of all […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE dropped 0.11 to 0.54, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was down 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  FBI gained 0.03 to 0.57, FBI: INTERNATIONAL slipped 0.02 to 0.46, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.02 to 0.45. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked up to 0.70, LA BREA lost 0.05 to 0.44, and […]