PGA golf was the big winner this weekend (May 11-12, 2013), thanks to a resurgent Tiger Woods, who won his fourth tournament this year at the mini-major TPC in Florida. NBC was up almost 50% over last year for the weekend coverage and up almost 70% for Sunday’s final round as Woods cruised to victory […]
> See A Word About Busted Pilots A MANN’S WORLD isn’t the usual run of busted pilot. Produced by Warner Bros for consideration by NBC, it’s quite skillfully written and directed by Michael Patrick King, and it has a dramatic vision that sets it apart from mere failed genre efforts. It also has a very […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #42 of 2014 looks like a decent $123 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, a little lower than yesterday’s early estimate ($126 million) but still 11% above the norm for this weekend ($111 million). Opening at 3,173 theaters, Fury from Sony grossed $8.8 million Friday and $9.1 million […]
NETWORK UPDATE: FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 9PM 48 HOURS and the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rerun lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: 6 of the day’s Top 10 cable shows were related to COLLEGE FOOTBALL, led by ESPN’s weekly COLLEGE GAMEDAY telecast […]
TUESDAY UPDATE: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to a 7.8 rating, a bit lower than we’d estimated. On CBS, once the football overrun was adjusted out, 60 MINUTES had a 3.1, considerably below our estimate, but the rest of the night was closer to the mark, with THE AMAZING RACE at 2.2, THE GOOD WIFE […]
>DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos. They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it. So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows once […]
NETWORK FINALS: Both episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION, and the reruns of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On Syfy, the WYNONNA EARP season premiere was at 0.12,. up […]
A clip show led a low night. 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 […]