Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #17 of 2015 looks like $88 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, better than it looked yesterday ($81 million) but still below the norm for this weekend. A solid Saturday lifted...
>ABC again was the only major network with original episodes, giving it a first-place finish. Mini-network The CW (not usually tracked in this column) also had original drama telecasts and finished ahead of fifth-place NB...
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings, which meant that CW’s BEING REUBEN stayed at its 0.0 scores (for the curious, the slightly less-rounded numbers were 0.0...
BROADCAST FINALS: ABC: THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.15 to 0.55, THE WONDER YEARS similarly fell 0.17 to 0.50, THE CONNERS lost 0.14 to 0.51, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.05 to 0.36. A MILLION LITTLE THINGS reversed the t...
Weekend #29 of 2012 looks like what last weekend should have been: $272 million for the top 12 films, up 50% from last year’s comparable weekend and up 67% from the four-year average for the weekend. Opening at 4,404 thea...
NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s Notre Dame vs. Texas game adjusted up 0.3 to 3.3 in final numbers (however, the FALL PREVIEW informercial that started the night fell 0.2 to 0.9) and NBC’s NASCAR race...
NETWORK UPDATE: FAMILY GUY and DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: GAME OF THRONES (HBO) lost a tenth it could spare, down to 3.47. SILICON VALLEY rose 0.12 to 1.09, then VEEP gained 0.03 to 0....
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box offic...
Midseason programming arrived with some promise. 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),...
Once again, live programming proved to be the only way to attract an audience on a tough night like Friday. NBC’s continuing coverage of U.S. Olmpic Trials worked well with the TV audience, particularly Gymnastics from ...
>American Idol edged down again this week, but the rate of decline is slowing. The Wednesday edition appears to be locking in on a 5 rating or just below. Meanwhile, ABC bounced back from last week and is approachin...
For the 7 days December 16-22, the top 10 films each day in North America have totaled $336 million, -19% below last year’s record pace, but still +68% above the average since 2002. The arrival of Star Wars into the hol...
Ten days into the three-week holiday movie season, 2012 is now 9% behind the average 10-day total over the last several years ($264 million this year for the first ten days versus $290 million on average 2004-2011). However, ...