No one expected 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (Warners/Legendary) to equal the giant start of its predecessor, after 7 years and with most of the cast gone–and it won’t. But based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the spin-off is launching well, with a $17M Friday (which includes $3.3M from Thursday night) that should mean […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.39, followed by 20/20 down a tick to 0.28. CBS: The uncanceled SWAT gained 0.06 to 0.36, FIRE COUNTRY was up 0.03 to 0.35, and BLUE BLOODS lost 0.02 to 0.28. NBC: After a rerun at 0.29, DATELINE was up 0.03 to 0.27. FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN climbed […]
> FASHION STAR‘s premiere wasn’t very attractive. NBC: FASHION STAR debuted with a 1.6 which, as lousy as it was, allows the network to briefly claim a timeslot victory–next week, when Unforgettable (which has been rating in the low 2s) airs a fresh episode, that will almost certainly change. Star couldn’t even hold its […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: An assortment of small adjustments. On ABC, the MARVEL: ASSEMBLING THE UNIVERSE special and THE GOLDBERGS both gained 0.1, while on NBC, THE VOICE (which usually runs until 9:01PM) was up 0.1 while ABOUT A BOY lost the corresponding 0.1. Both PERSON OF INTEREST and SUPERNATURAL ticked up 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE: THE […]
BROADCAST FINALS: FOX’s MLB game was at 0.37. On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.02, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY was at 0.02/0.01. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 0.58 on TNT (followed by yet another “sneak” of the LAZARUS PROJECT pilot at […]
> For anyone who thought the angst over JOHN CARTER‘s boxoffice returns was overstated: Disney has issued a public statement advising that it expects the film to result in a $200M loss, which will singlehandedly pull the Disney film studio as a whole to a loss of $80-120M for this calendar quarter. That’s less horrific […]
Hardly anyone noticed a FOX premiere. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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). Ratings analysis and […]
This weekend was fine… but just wait till next week. OPENINGS: Polarizing, controversial, dark, revisionist, divisive–and a hit. NOAH (Paramount/Regency) took in $44M in the US this weekend after a 16% Saturday bump. That already makes it Darren Aronofsky’s 2d biggest hit after Black Swan. Of course, it’s also by far his most expensive film, […]