STALKER:  Wednesday 10PM on CBS starting October 1 – Change the Channel PLAYERS:  Series creator Kevin Williamson, of The Following, The Vampire Diaries and Scream fame.  Stars Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott, and a supporting cast that includes Victor Rasuk, Mariana Klaveno and Elisabeth Rohm (the latter added in a recasting after the pilot […]

Weekend #35 of 2014 is looking like $95 million for the top 12 films this weekend, up 11% from the norm for this weekend and on track to be the fifth up weekend in a row after six straight down weekends. Opening at around 2,500 theaters Friday (below the 2,886 average theater count for opening […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both BACHELOR IN PARADISE and 20/20 climbed 0.1 in final network numbers. Below are the ratings in key demos for last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts.  If there are any lower-rated series you’d like included, please let us know.  Some comparisons and context follow below the chart. The PRETTY LITTLE LIARS […]

  Another summer Tuesday that belonged to America’s Got Talent. ABC:  A special edition of BACHELOR IN PARADISE had the same 1.3 rating as Monday’s episode.  20/20 was down 0.1 from last week at 0.8. NBC:  Both FOOD FIGHTERS and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT were up 0.1, to 1.1 and 2.1 respectively, with the latter show […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE EMMY AWARDS adjusted up to 4.2 in final numbers, still considerably below last year’s final 4.9. Below are the Top 25 cable originals from Monday night, with their ratings in key demos.  If there are any other series you’d like added, please let us know.  Some additional information and context are […]

  Maybe airing the Emmys on a Monday wasn’t such a great idea. NBC:  THE EMMY AWARDS, airing on a weeknight for the first time in decades, fell 0.5 from last year in preliminary numbers to 3.8.  (It’s currently down 1.1 from last year’s final numbers, but this year’s show should go up as well […]

  SATURDAY CABLE:  The season premiere of DOCTOR WHO on BBCAmerica scored 0.85 in 18-49s, with 2.2M total viewers.  The premiere of INTRUDERS, airing afterward, lost most of that lead-in with 0.23/796K.  The DOCTOR WHO AFTERSHOW slipped some more to 0.17/408K.  Elsewhere, OUTLANDER (Starz) got older with its 3rd episode, falling 0.06 in 18-49s to […]

  CONSTANTINE:  Friday 10PM on NBC starting October 24 – If Nothing Else is On… (but also Incomplete) PLAYERS:  DC Comics.  Series creators Daniel Cerrone (a showrunner, although not creator, of Dexter) and David S. Goyer (of DaVinci’s Demons and the Dark Knight movies).  Pilot director Neil Marshall, who’s best known for directing the “Blackwater” episode […]