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Re: Top Syndicated Shows, March 31 - April 6

John — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:21:40 -0000

Are these cumulative totals or daily averages?

Re: Gossip Girl vs. The Hills: Don’t Believe CW’s Positive Spin!

John — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:45:57 -0000

Fact is, The Hills is actually a good show made in a novel way. The focus is not on the dialog but on the style and the blurring of reality. TV needs more good looking rich kids and less Ugly Betty's and obviously The Hills got it right more so than Gossip Girl.

Re: Top Syndicated Shows, March 31 - April 6

John — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:49:24 -0000

Thanks.

Re: Throwing Up Gossip Girl

John — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:29:46 -0000

Gilmore Girls was not streamed over the internet last year.

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

John — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:04:38 -0000

Fox and the CW are mini-networks which means they have less programming to worry about. Fox became the ratings leader following the strike mostly because of one "unscripted" show. I wonder why the CW didn't hedge their bets more in this direction. They seem to be mired by their conservative CBS programming bosses and studio based Warner Bros. scripted shows. I suggest the network forget convention and try out controversial topics and formats and more "event" based shows. If they are also targeting young women, why do they show wrestling and urban sitcoms? They need to define their audience and go after them 100% which would help them differentiate their brand just like Fox did in the early years. What's there to lose?

Re: Univision: It’s a Big Deal When It Comes to Ratings

John — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:45:46 -0000

I don't speak a word of Spanish but Univision seems to be a much stronger brand than most of the major broadcast networks. They have a stronger mix of local and international news and sports and they have attractive women in corny soaps. I don't care much for local ratings but it will be interesting to see if Univision comes out with an English language station in the future.

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

John — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:26 -0000

Farmer Wants a Wife is another example of American executives destroying a proven foreign concept. The US version looks like a low budget and boring version of The Bachelor, a show I happen to enjoy. In the original, and successful, conception of the show, multiple farmers bring a single partner home and it either works out or doesn't. This show has no credibility and is straight out boring.

Re: CW Gives Up On Sunday Night

John — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:18:24 -0000

Isn't Sunday when kids do their weekend homework?

Re: Les Moonves, Meet Your New Best Friend Steve Jurvetson

John — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:34:02 -0000

This has little effect on an advertiser based company. No matter how old a population gets, older consumers are seen as less willing to be affected by advertising.

On the other hand, channels with subscription revenue could target this segment.

Re: Looking Back At The Eras Of Network Television

John — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:55:44 -0000

Beyond the networks, it would be interesting to see the shares by format: sit-com, soap, crime, sports, variety, reality, etc.

Re: Wimbledon Tennis Viewership, 1973-2008

John — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:43:58 -0000

Aging boomers prefer golf

Re: NBC Serves Up Billions and Billions of Minutes

John — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:56:14 -0000

- Sinophobia/Sinophelia
- Michael Phelps
- Non-Nascar/X-Games Sporting Events

Re: NBC Olympics Ratings Success Makes Les Moonves Smile

John — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:05:06 -0000

For whatever reason your post includes multpile annoying ??? sambols when read in Google Reader.

Re: More Is (Sadly) Still More

John — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:51:36 -0000

Your cell phone comment strikes a chord. Sadly, the American consumer and marketing execs love the "buy one, get second at 50% off" mentality all too much. While teenagers from Turkey to Thailand wouldn't be caught dead with the pathetic models these companies have to offer it seems that third world nations donate their cell phones to US wireless providers so that Americans can share in this thing called cellular communication. Maybe eventually the FCC will admit their stupidity and allow for some economies of scale on the antenna side of things. Then the providers could actually afford to offer us good phones, or we all just get the second generation of the iphone once all the bugs get fixed. Then eventually we can get some bulk service plans like Base in Germany and then we're only 10 years behind the rest of the world!