OPENINGS:  With the LA movie theatre market now open (at 25% capacity) and a general rise in vaccinations, the box office seems to be taking its first very tentative steps back to pre-pandemic life.  The one wide opening of the weekend THE COURIER (Roadside) wasn’t at all impressive at a $2M start, but the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SHARK TANK rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA remained at the top of Friday cable, this time on ESPN and at 0.74/0.52.  Cable news was lead by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.24.  CW’s originals were at 0.04/0.03.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE WORLD SERIES coverage was at 0.32, and UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.21.  Hallmark’s original movie 2 TICKETS TO PARADISE was at 0.18.  ESPN’s UFC programming was at 0.16/0.12.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC didn’t get the bump from adjusted ratings that it had hoped for, as Game 1 of the NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS rose only to 1.9 in final numbers, leaving it 0.6 below last year’s Game 1.  Elsewhere, most of the ABC line-up gained 0.1, including MOTIVE, and although THE 100 stayed […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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). ###

      NETWORK FINALS:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT, THE WALL and BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS all gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HGTV’s FLIP OR FLOP topped a quiet cable Thursday, up 0.11 to 0.43, with HOUSE HUNTERS up 0.11 to […]

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 51: December 12-18, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

>The full Friday Box Office Results post is coming.  First a few headlines.  The Help remains at #1 with over $14 million (a scant 2% decline from last weekend).  The Debt does fairly well and looks like almost $10 million for Friday-Sunday.  Apollo 18 and Shark Night 3D struggle with around $8 million each for […]