Game 4 of the World Series Saturday night averaged a 2.6 adult 18-49 rating, well below the previous record low for Game 4 (a 4.2 in 2011 for Texas-St. Louis).  Game 5 on Sunday (with many more available viewers) went up to a 3.3 adult 18-49 rating, well below the previous low of 4.1 for Game […]

Another night with nothing on network television even scoring a 2 rating.  It’s a virtual guarantee that True Blood, airing in 25% of US homes, will top everything on broadcast television for the evening. ABC:  The network earned the nightly win, with both SECRET MILLIONAIRE and EXTREME MAKEOVER: WEIGHT LOSS EDITION at 1.5.  That was […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is still +7% above last year and now +13% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.365 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $11.0 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 8 and Sunday November 9, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 10 Sunday 11.2 rating CBS 1 or 4 pm Single (mostly DEN-OAK PIT-NYJ MIA-DET) […]

HBO’s True Blood ticked up to a 2.7 rating, its best showing since the season premiere on June 10.  So far this season, True Blood started with a 2.9, then settled into a 2.6 for four straight weeks before hitting a 2.7 this past Sunday in its 9 pm time period.   At 10 pm Sunday on HBO, The […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.48, with LIVE PD: WANTED steady at 0.37, and the lead-in hour up a tick to 0.22.  […]

  OPENINGS:  The race between DUMB AND DUMBER TO (Red Granite/Universal) and Big Hero 6 may get a bit closer tomorrow, since Universal has aggressively estimated a 28% Sunday drop even though Dumb fell 2% on Saturday.  (By comparison, Beyond the Lights climbed 14% on Satuday, yet is acknowledging a 40% Sunday drop.)  But even […]

Weekend #30 of 2012 looks like $143 million for the top 12 films, the same as last year’s comparable weekend but down 16% from the four-year average for the weekend.  Two new movies will try to take on The Dark Knight Rises without any chance of success. Opening at about 3,000 theaters, The Watch from 20th […]