UPDATE:  More refined Wednesday numbers are in via The Hollywood Reporter, and the major difference from the numbers below was for SILVER LININGS NOTEBOOK, which made $656K rather than $550K. still off the pace of last year’s The Descendants, which had a very similar release pattern.  Also, RED DAWN made $4.2M rather than $4.5M, […]

On the network’s menus for Thanksgiving Eve:  heaping platters of series lows.  (It should probably be noted that the reason it made sense for 3 networks to air new episodes last night, despite the anticipated lack of available viewers, is that Black Friday retailers and studios with new holiday movies still created demand for commercials […]

  AMC:  The zombies were a bit subdued this week, as THE WALKING DEAD went back to its 4.9 level from 2 weeks ago, after last week’s climb back to 5.6.  As the show finally neared the intersection of its prison and Governor storylines, the combination of the 9PM airing and the 10PM rebroadcast put […]

  The networks aren’t enjoying the holiday week. NBC:  THE VOICE followed its worst Monday of the season with its worst Tuesday (other than an Oct 2 clip show), down 0.6 to a 3.3 that had CBS right on its heels.  GO ON held even at 2.2, winning the 9PM sitcom battle (although the race […]

NBC continues to drop on Tuesday (as the number of Voice hours returns to a normal weekly level and the ratings of those remaining h0urs declining sharply).  The 2.3 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm last night for NBC compares to a 3.2 average for the first eight Tuesdays this fall.  CBS held steady (its 2.5 last […]

This weekend is solid but definitely cooler than last weekend’s torrid pace:  $180 million for the top 12 films this Friday-Sunday, up 10% from a typical fourth weekend in November.  The final Twilight installment will remain at the top of the chart this weekend, while Skyfall’s third weekend will challenge the family-friendly Rise of the […]

Revolution stops the bleeding. NBC:  On a night when THE VOICE had its worst Monday of the season by far, plunging 0.7 to a relatively mortal 3.7, REVOLUTION held even at last week’s series low 2.6 (at least in preliminary numbers).  Creatively, Revolution was less promising, with an hour that had our heroes wandering through […]

NBC won another Monday night last night with adults 18-49 according to the fast national ratings, but it was the worst Monday rating of the season by a mile (a 3.3 rating from 8-11 pm compared to a 4.1 Monday night average the first eight weeks).   CBS finished in second with a 2.6 rating […]