NETWORK UPDATE:  Once the final round of THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT was adjusted out of the numbers, all of CBS’s line-up went down, by 0.3 for 60 MINUTES (to 1.8), and by 0.1 for each of MADAM SECRETARY (1.4), THE GOOD WIFE (1.1) and BATTLE CREEK (0.7).  Elsewhere, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1. Ratings […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Saturday was very slow on cable, with the highest 18-49 rating a 0.37 for BELLA AND THE BULLDOG on Nickelodeon.  Spike’s AUCTION HUNGERS was at 0.31.  LOG CABIN LIVING (HGTV) was at 0.29/0.27, down more than […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  A bumpy night for adjustments, with 0.1 deductions for 20/20, DATELINE, both reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, and the JANE THE VIRGIN rerun. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’S coverage of THE MASTERS took Friday cable honors […]

  AD held up fairly well without an Easter Sunday boost. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 11 and Sunday April 12, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Golf PGA: The Masters “A Tradition (of Discrimination and Pompousness) Unlike Any Other” 2.48 rating ESPN 3:00 […]

OPENINGS:  THE LONGEST RIDE (20th) tried to counterprogram Furious 7 with a Nicholas Sparks romance, but didn’t even muss the blockbuster’s hair with a $13.5M opening.  That’s better than the lousy $10M start for last year’s Sparks adaptation The Best Of Me, and that’s the sum total of the positives in the context of other […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +6% above last year and +10% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.333 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $7.2 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #15 of 2015 now looks like $129 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, only $1 million lower than yesterday’s estimate and still above the norm for this weekend but a touch below the same weekend last year. Opening at 3,366 theaters Friday, The Longest Ride from Fox is now on […]