As espected with a sequel, THINK LIKE A MAN TOO (Screen Gems/Sony) took a dip on its 2d day of release, and after virtually tying the opening day of the first Think with $13.2M on Friday it fell, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, about 15% on Saturday to $10.5M (the original Think had gained 9% on its first […]

  CBS, in keeping with its CBS-ness, announced a minimal set of tweaks to its schedule for midseason.  The network doesn’t have a lot of needs or vacancies, so it basically just filled those holes it has. To replace Partners on Mondays, the network is going to its pantry and retrieving the season’s supply of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY dropped 0.05 to 0.36, THE CHASE was down 0.05 to 0.30, and the special EXCLUSIVELY ELVIS was at 0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.25/0.27. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT fell 0.11 to 0.65, and DANCING WITH MYSELF was down 0.06 to 0.28. FOX:  Reruns at 0.18/0.18. CW:  SUPERMAN & LOIS returned […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.83, and FOX’s PBC BOXING adjusted to 0.38.  In addition, the reruns of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and SVU were respectively down to the next-lowest tenth and by two-tenths.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime’s […]

  NBC:  DATELINE was the highest rated show of the night, steady at 1.1. ABC:  WHAT WOULD YOU DO gained 0.2 to 1.0, and 20/20 was up 0.1 to 0.9, both in line with the 0.9 SHARK TANK rerun that began the night. CW:  MASTERS OF ILLUSION edged up 0.1 to 0.3, the same result […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s streak of upward adjustments continued on Friday, with LAST MAN STANDING, SHARK TANK and 20/20 all up 0.1.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Friday: CHART UPDATED BELOW with the Fox Sports 1 NLDS Games.  All four League Division Series on Friday are now listed. Friday’s cable […]

  Bond is Boxoffice.  Big boxoffice. OPENINGS:  SKYFALL (Sony/MGM) and its $30.8M opening day (that doesn’t include $2.2M from Thursday’s IMAX-only “previews”) was about 12% ahead of the first day for Quantum of Solace in 2008.  But that spread should get wider over the weekend, as mediocre word-of-mouth gave Solace only a 2.5x multiplier for […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE dropped 0.07 to 0.53, THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked down to 0.36, and WILL TRENT was down 0.06 to 0.29. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, the FBI franchise had the mothership down 0.02 to 0.59, INTERNATIONAL up 0.02 to 0.48, and MOST WANTED down 0.03 to 0.42. NBC:  Although […]