NETWORK FINALS: DATELINE and the new MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The cable day and cable news were led by CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.29/0.44/2.7M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.22/0.36/3M, […]
NETWORK UPDATE: After adjustment for local THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemption, the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY, LIFE IN PIECES and MOM all went down 0.1 in final Christmas Eve numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: There was so little original cable programming on Christmas Eve that our […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: HBO’s TOUR DE PHARMACY special crossed the finish line at 0.15, sharply down from the 0.29 for Andy Samberg’s 7 DAYS IN HELL special in 2015. […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: JUDGE STEVE HARVEY rose 0.09 to 0.54. The season finale of ABBOTT ELEMENTARY climbed 0.08 to 0.57, and the penultimate BLACK-ISH was also up 0.08 to 0.43. TO TELL THE TRUTH gained 0.03 to 0.31. CBS: Returning from a rerun week, FBI slipped 0.03 to 0.63, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.02 to […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE BIG BANG THEORY steered away from a series low with a 0.2 bump in final numbers. In addition, GREY’S ANATOMY and MASTERCHEF JR gained 0.1, while THE CATCH lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Thursday […]
OPENINGS: As expected, BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Marvel/Disney) swamped the box office worldwide. Its $180M US weekend was below Doctor Strange 2 ($187.4M) and the original Black Panther ($202M, on a Presidents Day weekend), but still the biggest opening Hollywood has seen in 6 months, reinforcing the MCU as the center of movie culture […]
NETWORK FINALS: The 24 HOURS TO HELL & BACK rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s UFC telecast led Saturday cable at 0.43, with the PRELIMS at 0.24, and the late-night TOP RANK BOXING at 0.17, and […]
OPENINGS: The opening day of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sony) was actually a touch behind the opening day of the first Amazing ($35.2M to $35.9M). However the earlier movie had a different trajectory, opening on the Tuesday of July 4th week and with only $850K in Monday midnight screenings (Amazing 2, in comparison, started […]