STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, very little change from last week. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now totals just under $8.0 billion, just barely ahead of 2012’s pace and 3% above the prior four-year […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The HAWAII 5-0 rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News continued to be at the forefront of viewers’ minds, with Fox News’s OUTNUMBERED at 0.50/0.74/3.6M, CNN RIGHT NOW at 0.45/0.62/2.4M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

  A NOTE ABOUT NFL EXHIBITION SEASON:  Over the next several weeks, NFL pre-season games will largely be aired on local stations, rather than nationally.  (For example, last night’s CBS and NBC fast nationals–at least–are inflated, because WCBS New York carried the Jets-Lions game instead of the CBS schedule in prime time, while WRC Washington […]

  CBS had been riding high on the back of some special events like the NCAA Tournament and the How I Met Your Mother finale, but last week it crashed to earth, falling three-quarters of a ratings point from the previous week and into 2d place.  That left all the broadcast networks looking fairly dismal.  […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is a final look at the 2017 film slates by studio, including early 2018 dollars for films released later in 2017. We will start tracking the 2018 studio slates next week. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +1% above last year and now +4% above […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday February 18-19, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, February 20-21, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NFL KICKOFF GAME adjusted to 6.7.  Elsewhere, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE easily led Thursday cable at 0.86, up 0.06 from last week, but PRETTY LITTLE MAMAS was down 0.06 to […]

  Numbers continued to generally subside. 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 and comparisons […]