Neither “The Three Stooges” nor “Cabin in the Woods” outright bombed this weekend, but the two newcomers still proved no match for holdover powerhouse “The Hunger Games.” The book adaptation scored its fourth straight weekend atop the domestic box office with $21.5 million. It now stands at a cumulative gross of $337.1 million. The...
“American Idol” is no longer buzzworthy enough to generate massive headlines for its results, but fans of the show still have their jaws dropped after the first truly-shocking result of the season. Presumed frontrunner Jessica Sanchez and judge favorite Joshua Ledet, despite receiving another dose of rave reviews for their performances Wednesday, found themselves...
“Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23″ was not a ratings standout in its premiere Wednesday, but given disappointing lead-in support from “Modern Family,” it performed about as well as most would have expected. Wednesday’s “Family” delivered a very lukewarm 4.1 adults 18-49 rating and 10.3 million viewers, a far cry from the 5.5-6.0...
WWE and USA Network will have a very difficult time spinning this week’s RAW rating into a relative positive. Despite serving as the follow-up to last Monday’s surprise, splash return of former WWE and UFC Champion Brock Lesnar, RAW only delivered a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 15% from the prior week’s show. Viewership...
A new Scott Hall mugshot that circulated early this week was not for naught–a TMZ.com report confirms that the wrestling veteran was arrested for a domestic battery incident. According to the report, police arrived at Hall’s Florida home after an alleged incident with his girlfriend Lisa Howell. Howell claims that she got into an...
WWE.com RAW Results Report for April 9, 2012: WASHINGTON – Emotions were riding high right from the get-go at the Verizon Center as John Cena and Brock Lesnar exchanged punches in an all-out brawl, but it was the self-proclaimed “War Machine” who landed the last blow of the night. Also on Raw SuperShow, WWE...
The struggles facing UFC’s fifteenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter”–the first featuring the “Ultimate Fight Live” moniker–continued Friday. Friday’s installment of the mixed martial arts reality series, which jumped from Spike TV to FX for the current season, drew a mere 0.5 adults 18-49 rating and just 947,000 viewers. A series low point for...
Randy Orton, whose dishonorable military discharge has even been referenced in WWE storyline, seemed an intuitively odd choice for the lead in WWE’s third “The Marine” film. But between his look and name value, he still represented a compelling choice for the position previously occupied by John Cena and Ted DiBiase. And, so, he...
“American Reunion” did not bomb at the box office, but it also failed greatly to achieve the full impact of its predecessors. The film earned only $21.5 million at the weekend box office, a far cry from the $33 million earned by 2003′s “American Wedding” and $45 million net by 2001′s “American Pie 2.”...
Blame Daylight Savings time. Blame the return of warm weather. Blame the broadcast television fatigue that always seems to develop in the spring. Whatever the culprit, ratings woes continued Thursday, with “The Big Bang Theory,” “American Idol,” “Touch,” “Community” and many key shows posting very disappointing numbers. Just a few months after delivering monster...
The eventual reveal of an impressive WrestleMania buyrate will likely be enough to turn frowns upside down, but it is irrefutably true that this year’s ‘Mania season made for underwhelming ratings. Monday’s RAW, which featured the fallout from WrestleMania, promos from The Rock and John Cena and the return of Brock Lesnar, delivered a...
In addition to fueling UFC’s breakout as a major sports brand, “The Ultimate Fighter” spent several years as a key ratings driver for Spike TV. Now that UFC is working with the FOX networks and Spike is partnered with Bellator FC, it is looking to pay another visit to the mixed martial arts reality...
