BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  FATAL FLAW was at 0.28, followed by a rerun 20/20 at 0.31. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION  returned at 0.23, followed by reruns at 0.21/0.24. NBC:  A rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.23, followed by DATELINE at 0.21. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.13 to 0.49. CW:  KILLER CAMP was at 0.04, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Broadcast coverage of Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT adjusted to 0.47.  In addition, MAGNUM PI adjusted up to the next tenth and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS adjusted to the next tenth down (the latter presumably due to local sports preemptions).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still -2% below last year and now +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($4.838 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $12.9 billion worldwide when we […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS and the 8PM rerun of YOUNG SHELDON lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.65/0.49.  On TLC, DR PIMPLE POPPER dropped 0.05 to 0.59, and MY FEET ARE KILLING ME […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CANDY CRUSH, the US AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP, the 8:30PM rerun of FAMILY GUY, the 9PM rerun of THE SIMPSONS, and the rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOMEVIDEOS dropped 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere […]

  Preliminary box office numbers at Deadline give Friday, as expected, to CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (Sony), and it will easily win the weekend as well.  Its $10M opening day is above the original Cloudy in 2009 ($8.1M) but below last year’s Hotel Transylvania ($11M), and with a sequel’s usual frontloading, it’s […]

> A smiley face for one network and a frowny one for another, on the third night this week disrupted by postseason baseball. ABC:  Everything came up fairly rosy last night at the Alphabet.  SUBURGATORY should be inches away from a full season pick-up after its third consecutive strong outing, and even better, REVENGE went […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SEAL TEAM and the YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   NOTE:  At this time, we don’t have Wednesday cable ratings lower than the Top 150 on the charts below. […]