BONNIE & CLYDE saved its most idiotic inspiration for the end. Up until its last few minutes, the second half of the Lifetime/A&E/History miniseries was perhaps marginally better than its first (which we dealt ...
NETWORK FINALS: As expected, THE OSCARS adjusted to 5.3, with the RED CARPET special rated in half-hour segments at 1.1/1.6/2.2. In addition, the OUTMATCHED rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers. &nb...
GOOD GIRLS: Monday 10PM on NBC – Potential DVR Alert GOOD GIRLS is one of the more promising pilots of the broadcast season–even if it’s itching not to be a broadcast series. Jenna Bans’ scrip...
Chicago Fire, not for the first time, responds well when it doesn’t face off directly with CSI. NBC: After the MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT‘s 1.8 (up slightly from last year), CHICAGO FIRE hit a 1.9, up half a ...
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #13 of 2014 now looks like $133 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up from yesterday’s estimate ($126 million) and now down only 5% from the average f...
More reruns (not all of them noted on the chart below). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-4...
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Updated look at 2016 by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +3% above last year and now +6% above the average for this point the past ...
OPENINGS: As we forecast on Friday night, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (TSG/20th) isn’t just running lower than 2014’s Days of Future Past, it’s also been more frontloaded. 20th is projecting a $65M 3-day week...
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #32 of 2014 still looks like a very good $173 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above our forecast ($152 million) and 26% above the norm for this wee...
THE ROOKIE: Tuesday 10PM on ABC THE ROOKIE is mostly a standard-issue police procedural, not surprisingly most reminiscent of ABC’s long-running summer series Rookie Blue, but with one big difference: it’...
VERY GOOD GIRLS is set in contemporary Brooklyn, but it’s shot (by Bobby Bukowski) with the kind of gauzy glow that suggests a European perfume commercial. It’s lovely to look at, but also mystifying and u...
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+ s...
NETWORK UPDATE: All the moves were of 0.1, with the LEGO SIMPSONS, ONCE UPON A TIME, RESURRECTION and DATELINE on the positive end and THE GOOD WIFE on the negative. SATURDAY CABLE: ORPHAN BLACK (BBCA) dropped 0.1 to 0.2...
Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday March 30 through Sunday April 5, 2020. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same ...