WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  We will continue tracking 2015 for several more weeks as the holiday films finish their runs.  We will begin tracking 2016 in a few weeks.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date after two full weeks is +6% above last year and +8% above the average […]

Updated international box office chart:

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated at 1.33.  The USFL was on both NBC and FOX at 0.23/0.33.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.03.  In late night, NBC’s SNL ticked down to 0.84.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN owned Saturday cable, with NBA PLAYOFFS games at 1.25/1.13/0.78, and […]

> What’s better than a back order?  An extra back order.  NBC has increased its order for UP ALL NIGHT by 2 additional episodes, making for a total of 24 in the season.  Probably this indicates little more than a desire to have new episodes of Up available in its new Thursday 9:30PM timeslot in […]

Sunday ratings chart last night, last year and last week.  Ratings for NBC 7:30-11:00 and CBS 7-8 pm are adjusted from the fast nationals to estimate the adjustment in the official nationals for these live feed programs.

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a run of the movie MOANA at 0.33, THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.35. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dropped 0.07 to 0.55, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.08 to 0.44.  Reruns followed at 0.30/0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST, not facing AMERICAN IDOL, gained 0.05 to 0.33.  An out-of-timeslot […]

  OPENINGS:  CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (Sony) had an even softer Friday than the early numbers claimed with $9.3M.  That’s barely ahead of the first Cloudy‘s $8.1M, and sequels tend to be more frontloaded than originals, which means the $35M weekend estimates being thrown around this morning, which assume exactly the same […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.21/0.21/0.16/0.21. CBS:  A LET’S MAKE A DEAL special was at 0.41, and a THE PRICE IS RIGHT special was at 0.52.  A SWAT rerun followed at 0.29. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.35/0.28. FOX:  MASTERCHEF rose 0.12 to 0.46, and SO YOU THINK  YOU CAN DANCE was up 0.09 to 0.34. […]