Originally Posted by little-monster:
“Does know one actually pay attention on this thread?
Blue Bloods isn't giving low ratings and I've already explainied about it being sent into syndication. Explain about 10-12 million a week is low and the most recent came in at 14, as i have explained already.
I actually don't know why i bother anymore. Everything i say is either ignored or repeated by a member later on as if they have been the first to say it.”
Wow! Take a breath and calm down!
Maybe I should have been clearer in my original post, but I was referring to the demo ratings, not the overall viewership ratings. A show can get 10-12 million viewers a week, but its it’s demos aren’t good then it WILL be axed. Blue Bloods has never had good demos, even though its overall ratings are quite good.
As for your point about syndication, once a programme gets to the 100 (approx) episode mark its syndication status is achieved. If ratings aren’t good after that then they are usually axed. That’s why an number of programmes get to the 4 season mark but are axed soon afterwards.
But following your post and others, I concede that actually its future is probably safe due to the fact its demo rating, while not good in general, is good for Friday nights. Plus CBS have bigger ratings problems and those shows will be the ones facing the axe.
What you really want on a Friday night is something like Shark Tank on ABC – high viewership ratings, good demo ratings and very cheap to produce.
But we’re starting to moving into a discussion that would be better in the US Ratings thread…