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UPFRONTS 2013: The Overachievers Documentary Makers To Pitch BFI For Funding
The BFI Film Fund will dish out funding to documentaries via twice-yearly public pitch sessions, in London and at Sheffield Doc/Fest. Documentarians will pitch ideas to a panel of senior execs “from within the BFI Film Fund and wider documentary funding community”, with selected candidates benefitting from a day of expert-led development to help them focus pitches and strengthen ideas. Documentary filmmaking in Britain is on a high after a string of high-profile successes like Man On Wire and Senna, as well as this year’s Oscar- and BAFTA-winning Brit-produced Searching For Sugarman and the BAFTA-winning The Imposter. “Documentary is the punk of the film industry,” said the BFI’s Lizzie Francke. “We’re absolutely committed to supporting the UK’s visionary documentary filmmakers and we’re pleased to be working with Sheffield Doc/Fest on this new way to deliver support directly to the sector.” – Joe Utichi READ MORE »
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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘X Factor’ Up, ‘Big Brother’ Finale Down, ‘Survivor’ Premiere Down In Demo & Up In Viewers
CBS’ Survivor returned for its 25th (!) season last night with a 3.1/10 in adults 18-49 and 11.2 million viewers. That was down 9% in the demo from the veteran series’ premiere last fall when it did not face … Read More »
‘Big Brother’ Renewed For 15th Season
CBS‘ reality mainstay Big Brother brushed off a challenge from ABC’s similarly themed The Glass House to deliver another solid ratings performance and earn a renewal. CBS has picked up the voyeuristic unscripted series for a 15th cycle to air next summer. This summer’s edition, which concludes tonight with a 90-minute finale, is averaging 6.8 million viewers, 2.5/8 in adults 18-49. Read More »
Ratings Rat Race: ‘Sunday Night Football’ Down, Still Dominates; ‘Big Brother’ Steady
Last night’s Sunday Night Football game between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers averaged a 13.9 rating/23 share in metered-market households. That was down 23% from the record-setting SNF season premiere last Sunday and down 11% from the Week 2 game last year between the Eagles and Falcons, which featured Michael Vick. Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: Touchdown For NBC With Highest-Rated Regular Season NFL Game In 14 Years
NBC really punched the ball into the end zone last night. The network’s Sunday Night Football broadcast of the Denver Broncos-Pittsburgh Steelers game in the first weekend of the NFL‘s regular season garnered the best overnight rating — 18.0 — for any regular-season NFL game on any network in 14 years. (The record-holder is the December 15, 1997 game between Denver and the San Francisco 49ers, which earned a 19.3 rating.) Last night’s Broncos’ victory and 18.0/29 rating in metered-market households also scored NBC its best primetime regular season rating ever. The game, which featured Peyton Manning’s debut with the Broncos, beat the 17.7 rating of the September 9, 2010 telecast of the Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints. Last night’s game was also up from the first game last year on NBC between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets, which landed a 16.9/27. Fast-affilate ratings are not time-zone adjusted, so expect Sunday’s numbers to change later in the day. As it is, with an audience of 20.1 million, NBC won the night in viewers and the adults 18-49 demo.
RATINGS RAT RACE: NFL Opener Down, DNC Flat, ‘Big Brother’ & ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Slip
The big shows last night on TV were football and Bill Clinton. The NFL regular season kicked off on NBC (8.7/23) as the Dallas Cowboys beat the defending Super Bowl champs the New York Giants. However, it wasn’t all touchdowns — this year’s 8:30-11 PM ET opener was down 15% from the 10.2/27 fast nationals of last season’s September 8 opener. Nonetheless, the Cowboys-Giants game dominated the night, pulling in 21.81 million viewers and leading NBC to the nightly win in total viewers and adults 18-49. The network’s 8:30 PM NBC Sports NFL Kickoff (5.5/17) was also down from last year, falling 14% from the 6.4/21 of last September 8. Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: NBC Wins Wednesday Republican Convention Coverage, ‘Big Brother’ Hits A High, ‘SYTYCD’ & ‘America’s Got Talent’ Up
Republicans and reality dominated television last night. Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan was the star speaker at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday and, as they had on Tuesday, ABC, NBC and CBS all aired an hour of … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘NFL Preseason Football’ Wins Night For NBC, ‘Big Brother’ Up
As the XXX Summer Games showed earlier this summer, sports can be very good for NBC. Sunday night’s NFL Preseason Football (2.9/8) won’t be the most watched event in TV history like the London Games was … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Wipeout’ Down & Up, ‘Big Brother’ Flat, ‘Saving Hope’ ‘Rock Center’ & ‘Oh Sit!’ Up Big, ‘The Next’ Falls
Thursday was a TV double sixes, at least if you’re ABC. Last night the network ran back-to-back new episodes of Wipeout, their obstacle course reality show. The 8 PM (1.5/5) Wipeout was down 6% from … Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Falls, ‘N.Y. Med’ Finale & ‘America’s Got Talent’ Flat, ‘Big Brother’ Slips
It’s now down to the final weeks on season nine of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance (1.5/5). And, with less than a month to go before this season’s winners are crowned, Wednesday night’s … Read More »
CBS Drops ‘Glass House’ Suit Against ABC, Case Against Producers Goes To Arbitration
With ABC’s new summer reality series The Glass House posing no ratings threat to CBS’ Big Brother, which logged a series of highs this week while The Glass House continues to flounder, posting a 0.7 demo rating in … Read More »
UPDATE: RATINGS RAT RACE: London Olympics Most-Watched Event in U.S. TV History, Beats Beijing
UPDATE, 1:56 PM: The XXX Summer Games has hit TV Gold. With 219.4 million viewers NBC’s broadcast of the 2012 Olympics has become the most-watched event in U.S. TV history. Having hit the second most-watched mark … Read More »
UPDATE: RATINGS RAT RACE: London Olympics Second Most-Watched Event In U.S. TV History
UPDATE, 1:41 PM: It’s a Silver for London. The 2012 London Olympics are now the second most watched event in American TV history. The London Games have had a total audience of 210.5 million over the … Read More »
UPDATE: RATINGS RAT RACE: NBC’s London Olympics Day 12 Hits 36-Year High
UPDATE, 1:23 PM: The final tally is in and for last night’s XXX Summer Games (16.8/28) it was truly a Gold medal spike worthy of Beach Volleyball winners Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor. With 29.1 million viewers on average tuning in, last night was the most watched second Wednesday of any Summer Olympics in 36 years. That includes the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games, which pulled in 28.9 million on its second Wednesday. While the London Games has often topped all other non-U.S. Summer Games since 1976, it has rarely done better than Games that were held in the United States. Of course, as it has in the final numbers for 12 of the 13 nights of the London Games, NBC’s primetime 8 – 11 PM coverage of the Olympics once again bested the 2008 Beijing Games. The Summer Olympics four years ago got 24.8 million on its second Wednesday, that’s 17% less than last night. Last night’s coverage was also up 11% in the ratings from Beijing’s 15.2/26 on the comparable night back in 2008. The 32.6 million viewers that NBC has had on average in primetime over the first 13 day s of the London Games is 3.6 million more than the average of 29.0 million that watched the first 13 nights of the Beijing Games.
PREVIOUS UPDATE: NBC released “fast official” ratings for the preview of Go On, which actually aired from 11:06-11:30 PM. It averaged a 5.6 rating in adults 18-49 and 16.1 million viewers and posted a 84% retention from the first to second half, according to NBC.
PREVIOUS: Last night’s Olympics coverage on NBC, punctuated by an all-American beach volleyball women’s final won by three-time champions Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor, and a track & field gold rush, delivered a 9.2/27 among adults 18-49 from 8-11 PM and 28.7 million viewers in the fast nationals. That was up 14% from the same night during the Beijing games and down 5% from last Wednesday as Olympics ratings tend to taper off in Week 2. A 
commercial-free preview of NBC’s new comedy Go On starring Matthew Perry aired from 11:04-11:30 PM. NBC’s 11-11:30 PM fast national average was 18.6 million viewers and a 6.4/20 in 18-49. Extrapolating the numbers, Go On pulled in about 5.8 demo rating and 16.6 million viewers. While that is only a little more than half of the show’s lead-in (NBC’s Olympics coverage scored 10.4 and 30.6 million viewers from 10:30-11 PM), it is still good sampling for the new series. Read More »
UPDATE: RATINGS RAT RACE: London Olympics Day 9 Up Big From Beijing
UPDATE, 1:30 PM: The final national ratings numbers for last night’s XXX Summer Olympics (17.5/29) on NBC are in and, like Usain Bolt on the track, London has once again surged ahead of the last … Read More »
UPDATE: RATINGS RAT RACE: London Olympics Day 6 Hits Another 36-Year High
UPDATE, 12:45 PM: With Thursday’s final numbers in, the XXX Summer Olympics (21.1/36) continue their dominance of television and past Games. NBC’s Thursday 8 PM-midnight primetime coverage was the most-watched first Thursday of any non-U.S. Summer Games since 1976. The London Games pulled in 36.8 million total viewers, up on the 29.7 million that watched the first Thursday of the 2008 Beijing Games and 5.1 million more than the 31.7 million who watched the first Thursday of the 2004 Athens Games. The first seven-night average of the London Games is 19.5/33, which is the highest for any non-U.S. Summer Games since Montreal in ’76. That seven-night average is 10% higher than it was for the Beijing Games and 20% higher than it was for Athens.
PREVIOUS: Thursday was another big night at the XXX Summer Olympics (11.2/32) especially for Michael Phelps and Gabby Douglas. The most decorated Olympian took his medal count up to 20 with a win in the 200-meter individual medley and the gymnast became the first American to win gold in both the women’s individual all-round competition and the team competition. It was also another win for NBC’s Olympic coverage. In fast nationals, last night’s 8-11 PM coverage was up 8% from the first Thursday of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Thursday was also the second best night the Olympic has had, beating the July 27 Opening Ceremony and coming silver to the final overnights of July 31st. Over the first seven nights, the 2012 London Games are up 7% among Adults 18-49 over the 2008 Beijing Games and 14% in total viewers. Over the first seven nights of the London Olympics, the highest-rated U.S. time zone has continued to be the Mountain Time Zone, followed by the Pacific, then Central and the Eastern. NBC won the night among Adults 18-49 and in total viewership with 35.697 million watching. Read More »
CBS Goes After ABC’s ‘The Glass House’ Again In Court
It isn’t over in the legal battle between CBS and ABC over The Glass House. Despite a number of legal setbacks, CBS is still pursuing its claim that the ABC reality show is a rip-off of its Big Brother. Earlier this week, following a Magistrate Judge’s June 26 denial of a fast discovery process, the network submitted an amended lawsuit (Read it here) in the matter. Similar in many ways to the suit CBS filed on May 10, the 46-page July 30 filing says “consistent with Defendants’ intention to copy Big Brother, Glass House is nearly identical to Big Brother in every way”. Well, not every way. After a judge refused CBS’ request for a temporary restraining order against the new show, The Glass House debuted on June 18 to soft ratings and has continued to stay pretty low ever since. Big Brother, on the other hand, returned for a 14th season on July 12 and, while down from last year, has had strong ratings. Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: London Olympics Up On Day 2, NBC Wins Night Big; ‘Big Brother’ & ’3′ Down
Gymnastics, swimming, basketball and cycling were all part of the winning team for the Olympics (11.4/31) on Sunday. NBC’s primetime coverage of the London Games was up 2% from comparable dates during the last summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008 and up 63% from Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics. 
And, after a record-breaking Opening Ceremony and big first day, a lot of people are watching: TV usage was up 9.3% from 7-11 PM last night. NBC won the night in adults 18-49 and in overall viewers with 35.44 million.
Related: NBC Draws Biggest-Ever Audience For First Night Of Any Summer Games
Other than the Olympics, only CBS aired new shows Sunday. After starting off the night with a 60 Minutes (0.8/3) repeat, the network had Big Brother (1.8/5), which was down 10% from last Sunday’s broadcast, and the new reality show 3 (0.5/1), which was down 38% from its record-low debut last week. CBS ended the night with a repeat of The Mentalist (0.7/2). Read More »
RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Big Brother’ & ‘Take Me Out’ Finale Flat, CBS’ ’3′ Premieres To Record Low
Thursday night’s primetime brought a debut, a finale and another chance for Americans to vote. On CBS’ live 9 PM Big Brother (2.2/7), host Julie Chen announced a new “America’s Vote” where viewers can decide whether the show’s coaches can jump into the contest. The twist didn’t add much as the reality show was flat with last week’s Thursday broadcast. The network followed with the premiere of the dating show 3 (0.8/2): It was the lowest rating CBS has ever had with a new series. On Fox, Take Me Out (1.2/4) wrapped its first season; the George Lopez-hosted dating show was flat with last week. ABC had a new two-hour episode of Wipeout (2.2/7), up 27% from last week’s show to a summer high. The network followed with a new Rookie Blue (1.5/5), which rose 7% from its July 19 broadcast. The pair helped ABC win the night in adults 18-49 and total viewers with 6.4 million. Read More »
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