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Originally Posted by Drolefille
^^^ The ratings rarely consider online streaming, Netflix, on demand, DVR or iTunes downloads. Now, these things aren't bringing in the same money for the TV stations, so as a measure of advertisement that's fair, but it's unfair in considering the actual number of fans.
Also, more niche shows are never going to get reality reflected in Neilson ratings since they're a small sample of viewers.
That said, Syfy has sold its soul to WWE and cheap B movie knock offs/sequels. If the point is you can make more money that way, well fine, stop pretending to be worthwhile. . Their (current?) head came from Oxygen or Lifetime or somewhere and has professed her own distaste for science fiction, so I'm hardly hopeful. The networks have begun to add more scifi/specfic programming but it's not geared towards the geeks. It is the best we have without the BBC involved though.
Give me the Syfy channel and enough money to secure the rights and even if I have NO new content, you'll get to watch reruns of Star Trek, Babylon 5, Farscape, SG-1/Atlantis, BSG universe, Twilight Zone, etc. for the rest of your life.
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Exactly because advertisers don't care that people are watching shows that they can fast forward through commercials. As for DVR, there is final ratings that comes out that has same day and 3 day which takes DVR into consideration, but they don't go into the final decision as much because of the fast forward through commercials.
As for niche shows, it seems AMC got it right with The Walking Dead. Posted a 3.0 for its season finale.
Did you know that CSI NY has higher ratings than Glee, but it costs more to advertise on Glee than CSI and CBS is actually considering cancelling CSI NY?
Why because Glee has a higher 18-49, the demographic that advertisers want to get at.
Nope isn't fair, but that's life when you are dealing with free TV. Networks gotta pay the bills.
Oh let me add this for humors sake:
The Five Stages Of TV Fan Grief
- Denial – “The show’s fine, it won’t be cancelled”; “They’d never cancel a show with a squinty jillion average viewers that wins its timeslot”; “They’d never cancel a show from JJ Abrams”; “The network executives love this show”
- Anger – “Why this show? It’s not fair, when reality crap continues to get renewed!”; “How can this happen to my show? “; “The morons who run the network are to blame!”
- Bargaining – “If they cancel this show, I’ll never watch anything on this network again!”; “If we send them bags of crap/sign internet petitions/barrage them with emails/perform other goofy stunts it will save the show!” “DirecTV will save it!” (oops, not anymore)
- Depression – “I’m so sad, why should I ever start watching a new TV show again?”; “If every show I ever like gets cancelled… What’s the point?”; “Maybe I should just stick to DVDs of old shows”
- Acceptance – “It’s going to be okay, it’s had a good run of seasons”; “At least we got the story wrapped up, unlike lots of other shows”
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...an-grief/73003