GONE GIRL (20th) should easily retain its title in its 2d weekend of release, based on preliminary numbers at Deadline. Although the Friday race is tight between Gone Girl at $7.1M and the new DRACULA UNTOLD (Legendary/Universal) at $7M, that’s misleading, because in the odd way openings are reported in the post-Dark Knight Returns […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Nielsen announced this morning that there have been systematic problems with their ratings since March, which weren’t noticed through the months of low summer viewing, but became obvious once the fall season began. Although Nielsen didn’t address the issue directly, the assumption is that this is the explanation (you can read the […]
Shondaland richly earned its latest back-order last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Thursday, 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). Ratings analysis […]
We’re a bit more then 2 weeks into the Fall 2014 TV season, most of the new series have had their debuts, and a few selected hours aside, the results aren’t pretty. We’re going to take a capsule look at where each of the 4 major networks stand (CW is just beginning the roll-out of its […]
NETWORK UPDATE: At this point, it’s far from a surprise that all of ABC’s sitcoms gained in afternoon adjusted ratings: THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and BLACK-ISH by 0.1, and MODERN FAMILY by 0.2. (No goodies for NASHVILLE, though.) Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Wednesday (plus a few other lower-rated […]
So far, Wednesdays are working out just about the way ABC had hoped. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Wednesday, 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 […]
Weekend #41 of 2014 is looking like $126 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 19% from the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 3,000 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day from Disney should average a barely […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Even ABC’s magic touch with afternoon adjustments couldn’t help MANHATTAN LOVE STORY, which stayed at its anemic 0.9, or FOREVER, which remained at 1.3. However, there were 0.1 bumps for SELFIE and AGENTS OF SHIELD. THE VOICE and NEW GIRL also gained 0.1, and so did THE FLASH, making it an even more gigantic […]