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Re: quarterlife: One and Done

dave — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:41:59 -0000

Why would anyone watch a show they can watch with no commercials online that has been up for a while. Oh, yeah, and its a tiresome "where am I now" drama with no wit or style.

Re: An Open Letter to The CW’s Dawn Ostroff

dave — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:53:55 -0000

Here's my brilliant idea to make the CW a success. Move Jericho to the struggling network. CBS does own the CW, right? Jericho would draw over 5 million making it the most watched show on the network. They could pair it with Reaper or Supernatural and create a strong sci-fi night to build around. Plus all those rabid Jericho fans would be happy.

Re: We Look Back At The Top TV Shows of 2002

dave — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:46:42 -0000

Wow, has the sitcom fallen from grace. NBC Thursday's comedy block is better in quality today than it was when Friends anchored it, but look it the ratings difference. My theory is that sitcoms target today's non-TV watching youth. Everybody I know under 25 watches the office.(albeit illegally downloaded or on HULU) If sitcoms targeted a slightly older demo they would be wildly successful again. Samantha Who and Two and Half Men are the only network sitcoms whose star characters aren't in their 20's.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Fri, April 25: Moonlight Is Back and CBS Wins the Night

dave — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:19:04 -0000

Moonlight is no "Angel"(in quality, but exactly the same in premise)Joss Whedon needs to return to television. Speaking of does anybody know what network his Dollhouse project is on.

Re: Top Sports Shows, April 14-20, NBA Playoffs

dave — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:22:53 -0000

I know the NHL ratings seem pretty pathetic, but those numbers don't include the millions that watch the NHL religiously in Canada. Combine US and Canadian numbers and I'm sure the NHL has just as many, if not more North American television viewers than the NBA. It'd be great if someone had the actual numbers/

Re: Gossip Girl is Loved From Soho to Singapore; Does it Matter?

dave — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:27:50 -0000

I watch it. Guilty pleasure. On Bit Torrent. Guiltier Pleasure. Don't desire to buy the fashion. A tad too guilty a pleasure.

Re: DVR Viewers LOVE Desperate Housewives!

dave — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:21:59 -0000

I'm absolutely convinced that the office is the most popular show among people in my demographic.(college male) College kids just don't watch TV live very often. So the office's numbers are especially impressive due to the enormous internet popularity of the show. (even larger internet popularity than gossip girl) It is always at or near the top of HULU's most popular shows. (the only way I know to measure a shows popularity on the internet)

Re: DVR Viewers LOVE Desperate Housewives!

dave — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:24:35 -0000

I would wager the Office's actual weekly viewers is close 20 million viewers. (just a guess, I have no way to know for sure)

Re: Nielsen Ratings Mon Apr 28: Youth Favors FOX’s House

dave — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:24:11 -0000

Whoa...gossip girl isn't up online. time to download illeaglly. hope its a good ep.

Re: Grey’s, Desperate Housewives and LOST Lead Youth Surge for ABC (Nielsen Top 20 18-49 Demo Shows)

dave — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:31:16 -0000

I don't get advertisers. They pay for viewers that don't watch ads.(DVR) And I think they may overvalue young viewers. Hear me out.

Aging Boomers, now over the age of 50, have access to huge amounts of disposable incomes, and they spend it. Us folks in the demo have so much less money to spend in this struggling economy. My parents spend a lot more money than me.

Re: WWE RAW, NFL Draft, NBA Playoffs and House Lead Nielsen Weekly Cable Viewing

dave — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:40:08 -0000

I too a am in awe of WWE's continued popularity. Numbers don't lie; how many closet wrestling fans do you know? There are more people watching wrestling than it seems willing to admit it.

Re: WWE RAW, NFL Draft, NBA Playoffs and House Lead Nielsen Weekly Cable Viewing

dave — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:40:53 -0000

Seriously, using anecdotal evidence would you believe raw is more popular than gossip girl?

Re: Nielsen Ratings Mon Apr 28: Youth Favors FOX’s House

dave — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:20:05 -0000

bbt is up cbs.com great episode
house is ussually up on hulu.com (great quality for a streaming site) pretty quickly. house will probably also be on fox.com

Re: Nielsen Ratings Apr 29: Is A Drunken Paula Abdul Good for Ratings?

dave — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:16:39 -0000

Those numbers aren't very good for WMC. Cancel it or move it to Fridays. Could NBC really think of nothing better than a 2 hours of clip shows? Beauty and the Geek is posting bad numbers, even for the CW. No way that should come back. Shark's and NCIS numbers are good considering its comp.

Re: Nielsen Ratings April 30, 2008: CBS Improves, Boston Legal and Law & Order Suffer

dave — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:08:42 -0000

ABC needs to kill its "tasteless reality" block. I know the demo numbers are decent, but the overall viewers is pretty low, and it makes ABC feel like something more like the CW. Its not good for their image as a network and their not hits to boot. ABC, you can do better.

Re: Nielsen Ratings April 30, 2008: CBS Improves, Boston Legal and Law & Order Suffer

dave — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:39:56 -0000

Yea, BL has a tough spot, but Thursday a little more competitive day than Monday and Thursday at 9 is the most competitive time slot on TV. Greys, CSI, Office, 5th Grader

Re: O’Reilly vs. Olbermann Through Wednesday, April 30

dave — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:05:07 -0000

The demo ratings are seem to actually be very close, but KO's numbers will take a fall when Bush is no longer president.(Unless clinton gets elected, but that will probably be just as good for o'reily as olberman)People watch KO to watch him bash Bush.

Re: Nielsen Ratings for May 1: Where Are The TV Viewers Going?

dave — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:05:03 -0000

Scrubs moving to ABC will be good for both networks. It opens up a spot for office for NBC. And ABC will be able to use scrubs to launch a new sitcom.

The only reason it looks like NBC wants to keep 30 rock is so its around long enough to make it a good syndication sell. Its number are mediocre. Earl preformed better in the weaker time slot.

The office is a great deal for NBC. It looks relatively cheap to make, it pulls in great demo numbers, it gets great buzz, TBS already runs reruns and its only season 4. A spin off is NBC's best idea in a long while.

NBC Thursday night is the best night on TV.

Re: Nielsen Ratings for May 1: Where Are The TV Viewers Going?

dave — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:46:11 -0000

Thanks for the shout out in the main post.
I agree with Angie too, people may just not have known supernatural was back; I have a feeling a lot of supernatural viewers only watch the CW when supernatural is on, and missed any promotion of a new episode.

Re: BSG - Whining About Battlestar Galactica In HD, Part II

dave — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:36:08 -0000

I'm just jealous you get sci-fi in HD at all. Here in rochester, ny (time warner) we are forced to watch BSG in SD. Ever since getting an HDTV, watching something in SD is almost painful.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Friday May 2, 2008: CBS and Moonlight Are Consistent

dave — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:10:48 -0000

I would tend to think that CBS should graduate ML to the 10 o'clock hour for next season and try out numbers at a 10 o'clock time slot elsewhere. (sun-thurs) Procedurals tend to do well at 10 on weekdays(as evidenced by L&O's and CSI's) and numbers is as good as any of them. I think CBS would see numbers for both shows improve and lets them take another shot at 9 o'clock. Maybe something that 's a better thematic fit with ghost whisperer. I'm rootin' for you ML fans.

Re: Kentucky Derby TV Viewership, 1975-2008

dave — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:16:20 -0000

Big Brown has some decent hype this year so that should help ratings. I love watching the kentucky derby. problem is I only watch the race, not the entire telecast. I wonder how viewership spikes during the actual race time.
Note: neilson doesn't count viewers at bars (or otbs) so sports ratings are always under reported.

Re: Tragedy Strikes the Derby — So Sad

dave — Sun, 04 May 2008 12:45:30 -0000

To me, there is nothing more pleasant than spending a day at the local thoroughbred track, watching the horses race and placing small bets on long shots. I've always known that the horses were at risk, but I always kind of figured that these things were exceedingly rare. I may have to rethink my love of the sport if this appears not be true. Does somebody have any numbers on how often this type of thing happens?

Re: Tragedy Strikes the Derby — So Sad

dave — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:26:44 -0000

thanks for those numbers.
A quick google search revealed some a handful of different numbers depending on the source, but all seemed consistent with yours.
maybe this tragedy is what it takes to force reform in the sport. From what i've read, a move to synthetic tracks, drug reform, and more responsible breeding/training could do wonders.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sat, May 3, 2008: NASCAR Nation!

dave — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:20:06 -0000

ABC is the real winner Saturday night. Narnia is a free way to fill 3 hours of programming.(Narnia is a Disney movie, so they wouldn't have to pay anyone to show it) It promotes their new Narnia movie, and it still drew 6+ million eyeballs and a 2.0 in the demo.
The other networks should follow ABC's lead and use Saturdays as movie sequel promotion nights, especially this time of year when movie sequels start to come out. I believe all the networks have an affiliated movie studio, so no why not?

Re: TV Network Stunts Without the Stunt-casting

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:50:42 -0000

I'm with you, I don't usually watch CSI, but I will check it out this week out of morbid curiosity.
I'd like to see a Heros/Office mashup; Gossip Girl/Everybody loves Chris; and the ultimate in cross network mashups: CSI:Miami/L&O:SVU

Re: Mark Cuban on The Ala Carting of Video on the Internet

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:19:05 -0000

Studio supported shows online do have a future.
First the CPM's for online shows are higher than that of TV shows and will probably get even higher as ads are able to become more targeted. An advertiser will pay more when they are one of 4 ads in a program and an advertiser will pay more when they know their audience is interested in their product.
Second, ads can be attached to clips. 15 seconds of ads for a 30 second clip is a good ratio, especially if the clip was produced as part of a larger program that is also getting ad revenue.
Third, Online video, assuming the rights can be worked out, can reach a global audience much easier. 300 million Americans versus over 6 billion earthlings. You do the math. The only thing content producers would have to take care of is translation; distribution is a non-issue.
Fourth. Old content will continue to produce revenue as long as its online, basically forever. A viewer can blow a day watching an entire season of Arrested Development, content that would just be collecting dust otherwise.

Online video does have a future, if the content producers are smart about it.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sun May 4: ABC Wins As Housewives Crush Field

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:28:43 -0000

wow dateline doesn't even put up a fight against 60 minutes.

Fox's cartoons are popular online too. Family Guy is HULU's 3rd most popular program for the past week. Simpsons 4th; American Dad 7th; and King of the Hill 17th.

I think Dexters rating would be a lot higher if it wasn't the censored version of the show. I know thats why I don't watch.

Monk and Pysch pull in better numbers on cable.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sun May 4: ABC Wins As Housewives Crush Field

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:36:13 -0000

Reruns of the office aren't likely to do well against Fox's cartoon block. Oh, NBC how little you try.

Re: DVR Viewers STILL Love Desperate Housewives - And The Office Too!

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:40:39 -0000

The Office is also number one this week. (and all weeks it airs a new episode) on HULU

Re: Cable News Ratings for Friday, May 2

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:50:40 -0000

How come CNN doesn't have a personality driven show at 8? Its much more competitive w/fox when it does air a personality driven show.

Re: DVR Viewers STILL Love Desperate Housewives - And The Office Too!

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:09:11 -0000

Robert, I'm sure you're right on the hulu/itunes numbers. If they were big, they'd brag. I read that at the end of the beta that hulu had 5 million unique users. I'm sure that number is bigger now and doesn't include the network sites. Online usage is signficant

Re: Nielsen Ratings May 5, 2008: Youth Still Loves FOX’s House Best

dave — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:24:00 -0000

Its tuesday. time to dl gg. check out that hip slang.
do advertisers care about buzz? It seems to have little effect on ratings. 2.5 men and rules are two of the least buzzed sitcoms ever but check out those ratings. 30 rock and gossip girl have tons of buzz. tiny ratings. house gets both buzz and ratings. bachelor gets neither. I wonder if advertisers will somewhat forgive poor ratings because they are attaching their names to buzz?

I know deal or no deal is comfortable for NBC.(cheap with middle of the road ratings) but they will never compete with the other networks until they develop some real television programs. I often think NBC just isn't trying.

I love BBT. i hope to see it move to 9:30 where even mediocre shows(rules) pull big ratings. I don't see why it wouldn't; it shares a writer with 2.5 men

Re: Nielsen Cable Network Coverage Estimates

dave — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:05:02 -0000

For being the Network of the NHL. Versus has pathetic coverage.

How come cartoon network and adult swim are listed separately here?
Same thing with Nick/Nick at Nite

Fox news has smaller coverage than cnn and headline news, but that doesn't seem to matter in ratings.

Re: Nielsen Ratings May 7, 2008: Worst May Sweeps EVER!

dave — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:50:09 -0000

You look at a day like today and you must wonder what has happened to television. there was nothing on but reality, formula sitcoms, and formula procedurals. the 3 lowest brow, least respected genres in television. It looks like television has devolved until you look at tonight where you have NBC's single camera sitcoms and ABC's lost. shows that push the boundaries of storytelling in television. Thursday night includes some of the best produced well written shows of all time.

Television today, creatively, is simultaneously better and worst than it has ever been.

wife swap won its time slot, this is a sad day for TV :(

Re: DVR Viewership Up 64% In Broadcast Primetime

dave — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:51:37 -0000

DVR is not as important as live viewers. One of these days advertisers will look solely at who's watching commercials, than avg viewers totals. Networks need to start creating incentives to get folks to watch their shows live. American Idol has an advantage because it is live, and so do sports.

My idea for networks is live blogs with the cast immediately after the live viewing. Show with rabid fan bases would eat it up. I think moonlight, gossip girl, lost, office would all see their live ratings improve a little. It may not be a lot but this is how networks need to be thinking.