HBO:  This just in from the Department of Duh:  the season finale of TRUE BLOOD was the highest rated show on cable Sunday night, and would have been the highest rated on all of television if not for preseason football on NBC.  The finale scored a 2.8 in 18-49s, even with both last week […]

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between August 27 and September 2 grossed $133 million, fairly close to the same week last year (-2%) but up 7% from the four-year average for the week.  The past six weeks have actually been fairly close to the four-year average box […]

Post-Sweeps malaise. NBC:  Cleveland must be feeling pretty good about its preemptions last night, as the 9-11PM regular network schedule averaged under a 1.0 rating, with 0.9s for a new 1600 PENN and rerun SVU, and a 1.0 for an OFFICE rerun.  COMMUNITY held even at 1.1 at 8PM, followed by 0.9 for a PARKS […]

  A weak slate of newcomers is almost always good news for the holdovers in the market, and that will be the case this holiday weekend.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (Warners Animation) declined a mild 45% from last week’s opening day to $8M, and should take in at least […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE, THE GOLDBERGS and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while DESIGNATED SURVIVOR and LIFE SENTENCE lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Wednesday cable at 0.52/0.50.  On Bravo, the season premiere of REAL HOUSEWIVES […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SPEECHLESS rose 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader bookended the Top 3 slots on Wednesday cable at 0.71/0.58.  Between them was VH1’s BLACK INK CREW, up 0.08 to 0.63, with the premiere of BEAUTY […]

Weekend #21 of 2012 (the traditional Friday-Sunday portion of this Memorial Day weekend) looks like it will total about $153 million for the top 12 films, down 29% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 11% from the four-year average for the weekend.  Two movies open Friday, Men in Black 3 and Chernobyl Diaries.  Although […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary numbers for Friday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Baseball reigned over Friday cable, with Fox Sports 1’s ALCS playoff game at 2.11.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.96/0.77.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH rose […]