New Year’s Eve box office results were all over the place, with kids still home from school while adults chose some movies (but not others) as their picks to see out the year.  Also, not all studios have yet reported their Tuesday numbers, notably Sony, Universal, Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company.  Still, here’s what […]

  The stretch of box-office beginning in mid-August is one of the weakest of the year, and this weekend’s arrivals did nothing to change that tradition.  WAR DOGS (RatPac/Warners) had the best of the low starts, with $5.4M on Friday (including $1.3M from Thursday night) according to preliminary numbers at Deadline.  That may give it […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  We weren’t able to post analysis this morning, so here’s a rundown of the night: ABC:  Compared to last week, BACHELOR IN PARADISE was up 0.1 to 1.3, and GRAND HOTEL was steady at 0.4 (but down 0.1 from this morning’s preliminary numbers). NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was down […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 16 and Sunday January 17, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL schedule weekend or the same calendar weekend last year. NFL: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of LAST MAN STANDING, DUNCANVILLE, FAMILY GUY and NCIS: LA all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Paramount’s YELLOWSTONE had an impressive season finale at 0.92, up 0.19 from last week’s episode and also […]

>International box office continues to bail out American movies released late this year.  While Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 can legitimately be called a hit domestically and abroad, Adventures of Tintin and Real Steel are both major hits only because of business outside North America. And Puss in Boots would have been a slight […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CHICAGO FIRE and the reruns of RIVERDALE and ALL AMERICAN lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Wednesday cable at 0.64/0.53.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dipped 0.03 to 0.47, and RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.24/0.20.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.4/1.1/2.4.  Elsewhere, DYNASTY fell again to 0.1, although just on the edge of that drop.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at the top of Friday cable with 1.35 (for […]