Only the return of football livened things up. 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 […]

>ESPN’s Monday Night Football concluded its season with a solid 5.6 rating with Adults 18-49, the top rated program on cable this week by far.  On Christmas Day Sunday, the delayed NBA season tipped off at noon ET with a very good 2.5 rating on TNT for the Boston Celtics at New York Knicks.  ESPN’s […]

  ANONYMOUS:  Watch It At Home – The Bard Was A Beard, Claims Wheezy Expose   ANONYMOUS is history tailored for the 1%. Although screenwriter John Orloff and director Roland Emmerich have swirled it into a complicated tangle of conspiracies and scandals, the idea at the center of Anonymous is simple enough (uh, Spoiler Alert):  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY gained 0.04 to 0.41, THE CHASE was up 0.03 to 0.35, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was steady at 0.22. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.25/0.24. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked down to 0.76, and DANCING WITH MYSELF was down 0.05 to 0.34. FOX:  Reruns at 0.22/0.29. CW:  After a rerun […]

>Three films join the worldwide box office tracking chart this weekend.  With a profile similar to Tintin‘s (very good overseas appeal but limited domestic interest), The Secret World of Arrietty is just outside of the top 10 movies over the last three months.  The anime import from Japan has grossed $126 million overseas, but we […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.2 to 2.7 in final numbers, and NBC’s game also gained 0.2 to 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s coverage of the Cubs vs. Dodgers BASEBALL PLAYOFFS won Saturday cable at […]

  OPENINGS:  Even in a normal box office marketplace, a mild rom-com with no big-name stars like THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY (TriStar/Sony) probably wouldn’t have made much money, and it has both a low production budget and limited marketing costs going for it.  All that being said, though, there’s nothing about a $1.1M weekend at […]

  Many returnees. 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 follow the chart. […]