BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network tried to create a late-summer event night, but CINDERELLA: THE REUNION was at 0.30, and the 25th anniversary re-airing of CINDERELLA was at 0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.25/0.21. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.04 to 0.69, and PASSWORD was up 0.04 to 0.47. FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.14. CW:  LEONARDO […]

  The CMA AWARDS won the night, but sank badly. 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 are starting to settle at their new normal. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS topped Friday cable, with TBS’s games at 0.83/0.56, MLB Network’s game at 0.83, and Fox Sports 1’s game at 0.31.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #33 of 2014 looks like a modest $124 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, below our forecast ($140 million) and 7% above the norm for this weekend ($116 million). Playing at 3,094 theaters, Let’s Be Cops from Fox grossed $5.6 million Friday and is on track for a $17.1 million opening […]

  Halloween is a terrifying holiday for studios and theatre owners, because the young adult audience that both count on have better things to do that night–and it’s particularly bad when the holiday falls on a Friday, interfering with new openings.  As a result, hardly anyone dared premiere a new movie this weekend.  That turned […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the NEW AMSTERDAM season finale, the NBC NEWS special and the 10PM FBI MOST WANTED lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, steady at […]

NBC won Election Night with a preliminary 4.6 adult 18-49 rating in primetime.  This very Voice-like rating is substantially higher than the 3.2 rating NBC has averaged on Tuesday night the first six weeks of the season. ABC also did very well relative to its normal Tuesday performance.  ABC News averaged a 3.8 from 8-11 pm, […]