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Re: Merlin: Series 4 Episode 11 Preview

LSW — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:23:51 -0000

I like how it looks like Morgana's efforts in getting Gwen banished from Camelot may come back on her by having Gwen hear of Morgana's invasion plans.

Re: Merlin: Series 4 Episode Guide

LSW — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:32:38 -0000

I think that battlefield is in the very distant future when Merlin is truly old, not young Merlin using the aging spell. Morgana misunderstood in thinking this is how Emrys currently looks and didn't realize it's Emrys many decades in the future, otherwise she would start looking for a much younger sorcerer.

Re: CBS Fall Schedule: Will Ex-List Do Better Than Moonlight?

LSW — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:46:19 -0000

Robert: As a big fan of Moonlight, I would read your overnight ratings reports for Friday night, and most of the time Moonlight won its timeslot overall and 18-49. When you say you "didn't do that level of analysis", I assume you mean that you haven't made a summary of all the Friday nights that Moonlight aired and how it ranked against its competition in its timslot.
Edit: From what I can tell for Moonlight's 16 new episodes it won the 18-49 demo 12 times and tied once and it won overall at least 8 out of 16. The last four episodes that aired in April and May won both the 18-49 and overall.

Re: CBS Fall Schedule: Will Ex-List Do Better Than Moonlight?

LSW — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:20:27 -0000

Bill: Yeah, but apparently we're all old and decrepit.

Re: CBS Fall Schedule: Will Ex-List Do Better Than Moonlight?

LSW — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:03:21 -0000

Robert: Yeah, but it was on Friday nights. I guess CBS doesn't grade on a curve. It seems like it's apples and oranges to compare Friday and Saturday night ratings against weeknight ratings. They need a new formula for Friday night shows. Every viewer should be counted as 1.5.

Re: CBS Fall Schedule: Will Ex-List Do Better Than Moonlight?

LSW — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:22:58 -0000

I thought that in addition to usually winning its timeslot overall that Moonlight also won in the 18-49 demographic as well.? Reading another one of TV by the Numbers articles, it sounds like the 18-49 crowd was at Univision on Friday nights.

Re: CBS Fall Schedule: Will Ex-List Do Better Than Moonlight?

LSW — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:34:47 -0000

I wonder how Nielsen verifies its accuracy to the networks and advertisers, or do they just take Nielsen's word for it?

Re: It’s Official: CBS Passes on Moonlight

LSW — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:38:07 -0000

I know it's silly, but I used to tune into some other CBS shows just to get a look at the Moonlight promo that week. I won't be doing that anymore.

Re: TVbytheNumbers Cancellation Index

LSW — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:15:48 -0000

Not to make your calculations more complicated, but it also seems like the networks have different expectations for different nights of the week. Anyway you can add that to your calculations? It does seem to be pertinent.

Re: Nielsen Ratings: May 16, 2008: Au Revoir Moonlight

LSW — Sat, 17 May 2008 19:56:00 -0000

I think broadcast television needs to "shift its paradigm". From the entertainment news I've been reading, the 18-34 crowd that CW and other broadcast networks are trying to cater to are not into traditional television viewing but in watching shows online. So it seems like broadcast television is abandoning the middle aged and older audience that is comfortable with television for one that is just not interested. I think they should shift their focus to making shows online for the younger crowd and shows on television for us old fogeys.

After a few more years, there just may not be a desire for broadcast television anyway. Until this television season, I had gotten away from broadcast television and was watching mainly cable networks. This year broadcast offered some interesting looking series like Moonlight, Journeyman, Chuck, Pushing Daisies, etc. and so I tuned in again.

It just seems like between broadcast, cable, and the internet that a show like Moonlight with a loyal audience of seven to eight million viewers should be able to find a home.