NETWORK UPDATE:  HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER gained back 0.1 in final numbers, and BONES inched up as well, while REIGN lost 0.1 it couldn’t spare.  The CBS telecast of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 4.2, down 1.2 from last week’s final even though, contrary to expectations, it was a close game.  […]

  HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER got away with a bit less last night. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MODERN FAMILY and IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN gained 0.1 in final ratings, as did THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA and RED BAND SOCIETY. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): AMEICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW (FX) fell a heavy […]

  The new season’s Wednesdays are starting to fall into place. 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). Ratings […]

Preliminary ratings are delayed by Nielsen until at  least 9:30 am PT (90 minutes past due).  The ratings service is performing extra “quality checks,” so be prepared for unusually high quality ratings later this morning!

Weekend #42 of 2014 is looking like $136 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 22% from the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 3,000 theaters Friday (slightly above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Fury from Sony should average a very solid $9,900 per theater for the weekend […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AGENTS OF SHIELD gained 0.1 in final network ratings… but so did THE FLASH, so they remained in a tie.  Also up 0.1 were THE VOICE and THE MINDY PROJECT.  ABOUT A BOY and CHICAGO FIRE, however, each lost 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Tuesday: SONS OF […]

  THE FLASH flew alongside AGENTS OF SHIELD last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Tuesday, 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 […]