Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #4 of 2014 looks like $94 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, within a few percentage points of comparable weekends the past few years. Opening at 2,753 theaters Friday, I, Frankenstein from Lionsgate/Summit grossed a tiny $2.8 million Friday, putting the film on track for a $7.6 million opening three-day weekend (way […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 6: January 30- February 5, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late […]

> Just try to imagine the number of terrible pitches being made to Channing Tatum’s and Rachel McAdams’ agents right now. (And not being made to Reese Witherspoon’s, Chris Pine’s and Tom Hardy’s.) OPENINGS: GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (Sony) won’t be in 2d place for very long this weekend, with Safe House and even […]

Weekend #6 of 2014 is looking like a tepid $114 million for the top 12 films, a 30% increase over last year’s disaster for the comparable weekend (Identity Thief and Side Effects bowed this time last year).  But $114 is over 30% below the average for this weekend over the last four years.  For example, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.64.  The broadcast presentation of the NAACP IMAGE AWARDS on CBS was at 0.16.  NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE returned at 0.71.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.32.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked up to 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.03.   Broadcast Official […]

> The eighth weekend of 2012 is another solid one, running 18% ahead of last year’s same weekend and 22% ahead of the multi-year average for this weekend.  This is the third weekend in a row that 2012 volume beats both the easy target of last year’s depressed levels as well as the more difficult […]

  CBS has announced what’s expected to be its last round of midseason schedule changes, affecting Thursdays and Fridays.  Starting February 27, 2 1/2 MEN and THE CRAZY ONES will switch slots, with Crazy Ones moving to 9:30PM.  That’s likely going to dent the Robin Williams series, which will get a lower lead-in from Men […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose 0.11 to 0.63, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.03 to 0.34. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD edged up 0.02 to 0.54, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.07 to 0.38, NCIS slipped 0.03 to 0.41, and NCIS: HAWAII ticked down to 0.33. NBC:  THE VOICE fell a tenth to 0.64, and […]