>Remember what we were saying about busted pilots not being a waste of time?  It’s been reported that the Fox pilot Locke & Key will receive a full screening and panel at next month’s Comic-Con.  It’s a thriller based on a graphic novel series, and the pilot is directed by Mark Romanek, whose most recent […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS was a bit higher than previous games at 3.99. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.27/0.23/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR fell 0.13 to 0.34, and WEAKEST LINK was down 0.05 to 0.30. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS dropped 0.05 to 0.32, and BEAT SHAZAM was down 0.09 to […]

  The Dick Wolf Universe may not be the equal of Marvel’s, but it continues to deliver for NBC. 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 […]

American Idol ended its season down a third from last year’s finale, but still over a 6 rating — enough to win the night handily and put the May Sweep away.  Look for a Sweep ratings update posting soon.   FOX ended its season with the two-hour finale of American Idol, averaging a preliminary 6.1 rating with Adults […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 4 through Sunday July 10, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

>FOX narrowly won Thursday night, with CBS back in a close second place, returning with original episodes of its line up after a two week break for college basketball.  Lest there be any doubt about ABC’s Missing or NBC’s Awake, both slipped again this week.  Stick another fork in the two midseason dramas.     […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.37/0.24/0.22. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.31/0.30. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT fell a tenth to 0.67, and FAMILY GAME FIGHT returned at 0.32. FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.11. CW:  After a rerun SUPERMAN & LOIS at 0.03, the series finale of TOM SWIFT dropped 0.02 to 0.03. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS gained […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2015 now looks like $143 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, significantly below the norm for this weekend.  A definite clunker Memorial Day Weekend at the box office. Opening at 3,972 theaters Friday, Tomorrowland from Disney is on track for a $32.2 million opening three-day weekend (better than it looked yesterday […]