BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.39, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.06 to 0.56.  The rest of the line-up swapped timeslots, with THE $100,000 PYRAMID up 0.08 to 0.45, and THE FINAL STRAW down 0.13 to 0.26. CBS:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.38/0.20/0.20, BIG BROTHER jumped 0.15 to 0.83. […]

>A little late, but for the record, the updated year to date box office figures for wide releases show that 2011 is now back to -4.2% behind 2010.  Also, 2011 is now even with the average of the last four years (after pacing about +2% ahead of that number most of the year).  The full […]

  OPENINGS:  THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) held essentially even on Saturday, an excellent result for a franchise movie, especially where a chunk of its “Friday” number had come from Thursday night screenings.  (In comparison, Iron Man 3 dropped 10% on its second day of release.)  Presumably because of that strong Saturday hold, Disney is […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network tried to create a late-summer event night, but CINDERELLA: THE REUNION was at 0.30, and the 25th anniversary re-airing of CINDERELLA was at 0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.25/0.21. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.04 to 0.69, and PASSWORD was up 0.04 to 0.47. FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.14. CW:  LEONARDO […]

> The networks (well, most of them) returned from their winter holidays only to find less viewer interest than they may have hoped. CBS:  An easy win for the night with an all-new line-up.  But 2 1/2 MEN, MIKE & MOLLY and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER were all down from their last original airings, […]

  With shows that began at 8PM last night, THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate) earned $25.3M, and as is often the case with initial numbers, they can be read in several ways.  On the one hand, the result is considerably higher than the $19.7M Thursday night gross for the first Hunger Games–but that was […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 12 through Sunday September 18, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

> It’s not an exaggeration to say that many people probably had to check their cable and satellite listings just to find out where their local PBS station was, once it became clear that the first season of what’s now called Masterpiece Classic’s miniseries DOWNTON ABBEY was not to be missed.  Now, after a year-long […]