The Sundance Film Festival saved its most high-profile announcements for today, releasing the titles of its Narrative and Documentary Premieres. The lion’s share of the festival movies that reach theatres/VOD will come from this group, which feature the most prominent filmmakers and actors. Here are a few of the most immediately promising: ACOD: A […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: The new special MICKEY SAVES CHRISTMAS at 0.28 was followed by a rerun of OLAF’S FROZEN CHRISTMAS at 0.35. An original MAGICAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION special at 0.35 was followed by a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.19. CBS: Compared to 2 weeks ago when the network didn’t have the late national […]
NBC seems to be bailing on GREAT NEWS. 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+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis follows […]
> See A Word About Busted Pilots The double meaning of “little” in the title of Fox’s busted sitcom pilot LITTLE IN COMMON is that the 3 couples at its center are brought together only because their respective kids all play on the same little league team. That’s about it for cleverness, though, in this […]
Megyn Kelly’s much-hyped NBC debut was muted. 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+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]
NETWORK UPDATE: The NHL FINALS rating adjusted up 0.1 to 1.9 in final numbers, tying last year’s Game 1. In addition, MASTERCHEF rose 0.1, as did the rerun of SUPERNATURAL. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: A busy but not particularly high-rated night was topped by BET’s season premiere of THE GAME at 0.67, with lead-out FRANKIE & NEFFE at […]
A partial rebound for ABC. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]
The burnished Jackie Robinson bio 42 (Warners) continued its winning ways on Saturday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, with a solid 22% bump to $11.1M and what should be a $27M weekend. That’s very strong for a sports movie, and with good word of mouth and an audience that skews old, it should run […]