BROADCAST FINALS ABC: AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, boosted by the 1.97 for the WOMENS NCAA TOURNAMENT FINALS in the afternoon (up 1.06 from last year’s Finals on ESPN), jumped 0.23 to 0.65. AMERICAN IDOL was steady at 0.65, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP ticked down to 0.24. CBS: Without NCAA games as a lead-in, 60 […]
The gang’s all here, now that ABC has joined NBC, CBS, FOX and CW and announced the dates of its season finales. Here’s the rundown: WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 8:30PM: The Neighbors WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 8PM: Suburgatory (1-hour finale) THURSDAY MAY 2 8PM: Wife Swap SUNDAY MAY 5 10PM: Red Widow TUESDAY MAY 7 8PM: Splash […]
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). ###
The weekend after Labor Day normally has the lowest box office volume of any weekend on the calendar. Weekend #36 of 2012 will follow this pattern, and it could be the softest weekend since 2008: only about $51 million for the top 12 films this weekend. No film will have a weekend over $10 million, […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Scroll down for domestic and overseas grosses for each film individually so far in 2014. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2014 is still running -6% behind last year and -3% below the average for this point the past four years ($9.075 billion). Over the same period, […]
After last night’s atrocious 0.9/0.7 pairing, it was clear that the writing on the wall for NBC’s BAD JUDGE and A TO Z was scrawled in blood. The network chose Halloween afternoon to announce the burials. Those very few who enjoyed the shows needn’t start weeping just yet, though: since The Blacklist was already […]
NETWORK FINALS: MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: A&E’s LIVE PD topped Friday cable, although it fell 0.15 from last week to 0.56, and the clip-show lead-in hour was […]
A solid result for a political special. 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 […]