The second season of TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM concluded on a fitting note of dissolution and violence. It was a well-told season, shepherded by series creator Jonathan Lisco and uber-showrunner John Wells, who’...
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #37 of 2013 looks like a very good $97 million for the top 12 films, up 18% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,049 theaters Friday, Insidious Chapte...
THE GOOD PLACE: Thursday 8:30PM on NBC starting 9/28 The Season 1 finale of NBC’s THE GOOD PLACE was a tough act to follow. Michael Schur’s series pulled off the plot twist of the season, which turned out...
MISTRESSES: Thursday 9PM on ABC MISTRESSES lost its marquee star this season, when Alyssa Milano declined to move with the show to its new (cheaper) Vancouver shooting location. We’ll see what effect, if any, t...
Despite an abundance of first-rate acting, RAY DONOVAN may have been the biggest disappointment of the summer. Ann Biderman’s dark family drama didn’t succeed at any of the things it seemed to be trying to ...
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #39 of 2013 looks like an okay $98 million for the top 12 films, up 5% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 4,001 theaters Friday, Cloudy with a Chance o...
SCANDAL: Thursday 9PM on ABC How tough is Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington), newly minted as both Chief of Staff to President Mellie Grant (Bellamy Young), and head of secret intelligence and torture bureau B613? As Sea...
The first back order of the 2013-14 TV season… is a renewal. SLEEPY HOLLOW was only intended to run half a season this year, splitting the Monday 9PM timeslot with the return of The Following, and since it’s ...
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Universal had another huge week with the release of Minions and Jurassic World taking over the spot as #1 film of the year worldwide. Universal now boasts four of the top five films of the ye...
The 1.8 rating WE ARE MEN had this week was higher than any of NBC’s sitcoms last Thursday. But it was down a huge 1.2 from its HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER lead-in, and that just wasn’t acceptable. Today CBS bi...
OPENINGS: JIGSAW (Lionsgate) had a better Saturday hold than Saw VI (down 21% instead of 32%), and that saved it from having the lowest opening weekend of the franchise. However, its $16.3M start is still far below t...
This time, the ninjas chopped the bachelors. 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), aud...
The 42nd weekend of the year is looking like $112 million for the top 12 films, down 8% from this weekend last year but down a smaller 2% from the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at over 3,000 theaters Friday (slig...