The EMMY AWARDS may never have the sheer glamor of the Oscars, but as the amount of excellent TV keeps rising as new viewing platforms and content providers constantly emerge, it’s now a lot harder to get a nomination for an Emmy than an Oscar.  Lots of deserving candidates were named today, while others […]

Weekend #28 of 2014 is looking like $135 million for the top 12 films this weekend, -30% below the norm for this weekend.  Another really weak weekend in what is turning out to be a troubling summer at the box office.   Opening at over 3,800 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends […]

Ratings for Tuesday’s annihilation of Brazil at the hands of Germany in the first of two semi-final matches was a rather ho-hum 5.1 million viewers 2+ on ESPN (ranking #12 of 60 matches so far in the 2014 World Cup and slightly below the Knockout Stage average so far).  The adult 18-49 and men 18-49 rating […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 of poundage in final numbers.  However, both the CW reruns dropped by 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  Germany’s demolition of Brazil in the World Cup semifinals (ESPN) was the day’s easy winner at 1.9, as detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post.  FINDING CARTER (MTV) debuted fairly well with […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The FOX numbers shifted, as MASTERCHEF climbed (to a noteworthy 2.0) and 24 slipped by 0.1.  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was also down 0.1, as was its LAST COMIC STANDING rerun lead-in.  The 8:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns gained an additional 0.1. MONDAY CABLE:  VH1 and USA had their usual places […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As it did last week, RECKLESS lost 0.1 in final numbers, down to a woeful 0.6.  BIG BROTHER and WIPEOUT each gained 0.1. SUNDAY CABLE:  HBO’s TRUE BLOOD led the night with 1.7, up 0.1 from last week.  Considering the offbeat nature of THE LEFTOVERS, it held fairly well in its 2d […]

Ratings for Saturday’s Netherlands vs Costa Rica match on ESPN have been added to the chart below.  Nothing spectacular: ranking #11 out of 59 matches to date, with demographic ratings slightly below the Knockout Stage averages for 2014 (also noted in the table below).  Come back later for ratings for yesterday’s ponderous loss of Brazil […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WHAT WOULD YOU DO? slipped 0.1 to 0.5. FRIDAY CABLE:  There was hardly any regular series programming on July 4th.  ESPN’s WORLD CUP coverage, as detailed in our WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post, provided the two highest ratings of the day by far at 2.2/1.8., with a 1.1 for the same network’s telecast […]