A couple of notes:  last night’s CBS line-up was delayed by 49 minutes in most of the country due to NFL overrun, so it’s subject to more adjustment than usual.  But because of Thanksgiving, it’s going to take Nielsen several days to catch up with network finals and cable ratings, beginning with last Wednesday’s […]

  THE CODE had a soft start. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 and […]

  OPENINGS:  The magic weekend number for THE BOURNE LEGACY (Universal) is probably $40M, now that Friday has come in a bit lower than preliminary estimates suggested at $14M.  Unless business collapses on Saturday, expect the Sunday estimate to begin with a “4,” although in fact the final weekend figure (released on Monday) could be […]

    OUR IDIOT BROTHER – Watch It At Home:  Sitcom On A Big Screen   Although it premiered at Sundance, OUR IDIOT BROTHER was an “independent film” only in a technical sense:  it was produced on a relatively low budget and didn’t have US distribution in place.  (Harvey Weinstein picked it up at the […]

>On an otherwise typically sluggish Friday night of broadcast television, one program topped a 2 rating: ABC’s 20/20 from 10-11 pm, smartly pegged to the enormous $640 million MegaMillions jackpot.  The news magazine trotted out stories of past lottery winners, busted fortunes, and the math and “winning strategies” behind the bouncing lottery balls.   The timely […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a news special at 0.31, reruns at 0.21/0.19/0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.29/0.26/0.19/0.15. NBC:  Following a news special at 0.21, THE BLACKLIST was at 0.25 compared to last week’s 0.24/0.20.  After that, reruns at 0.20/0.18. FOX:  Reruns at 0.13/0.15/0.18. CW:  After a rerun at 0.06, 100 DAYS TO INDY was at […]

Ratings for the simultaneous double-headers on ESPN and ESPN2 Tuesday have been added to the chart below. World Cup to Date:  2014 is now 69% ahead of 2010 in terms of the total audience (persons aged 2+).  Further, 2014 is 56% ahead with adults 18-49, 47% ahead with the key sports sales demographic of men […]

  As he  usually does, Dick Wolf got the job done. 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 […]