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Old 23-09-2011, 13:10
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Not quite sure about the obits for Glee, TBH, most fans who watched the show (not that many admittedly), did think it was an improvement on the patchy series two. Has a whole new writing team including Marti Noxon, and "Chucks" Ali Adler.

May not work, but they do seem to have set-up this season for a more consistent story-arc, rather then the bittiness of Season 2. Also addressing that the last series wasn't too hot, three writers really can't carry this type of show for long.

Edit: and Mad Dogs did get every much as much hype, that bloody advert in the swimming pool, did my nut in, it was on for seemingly years.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:15
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Not quite sure about the obits for Glee, TBH, most fans who watched the show (not that many admittedly), did think it was an improvement on the patchy series two. Has a whole new writing team including Marti Noxon, and "Chucks" Ali Adler.

May not work, but they do seem to have set-up this season for a more consistent story-arc, rather then the bittiness of Season 2. Also addressing that the last series wasn't too hot, three writers really can't carry this type of show for long.
Worth remembering that fans of Heroes were saying the same thing after the first episodes of its third season and we all know how that went...
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:21
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Media Guardian comparing how Glee did on Sky 1 compared to the previous series debut on E4 in pay-TV homes:
The third series of Glee launched with more than 600,000 viewers in its new home on Sky1 on Thursday night.

Glee, the award-winning US musical drama starring Jane Lynch had an average of 639,000 viewers between 9pm and 10pm, peaking with 744,000.

It was fewer than half the number who watched its last season debut on its old home of E4, which was seen by 1.61 million in January this year.

However, in pay-TV homes – which provides a more direct comparison with Sky1 – the second season launched with an average of 736,000 on E4.


The first series launched with a 1.1 million audience in all TV homes in January 2010.
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Worth remembering that fans of Heroes were saying the same thing after the first episodes of its third season and we all know how that ended...
Yep, I'll agree about the fandom theory, which is why I haven't mentioned it before, but it's still better then them saying it's still shit like season 2.

Did they have a whole new writing team though? You made the point about Murphy's shows turning to rubbish, but thankfully he's not much involved in this season, except making typically trollish comments to the press.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:22
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Media Guardian comparing how Glee did on Sky 1 compared to the previous series debut on E4 in pay-TV homes:

Source: MG
Oh that doesn't look to bad then.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:30
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Early teaser about today's US ratings:
Looks like X FACTOR US will win Thursday night v. all the network premieres. Modest decline for second show.

This could be the first Thursday night premiere win for FOX ever.

Comedies again solid.....Charlie and Suspect not so much. CBS just does its thing.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:36
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Early teaser about today's US ratings
Nothing hugely surprising in any of that apart from the prediction that X Factor will win the night. If that turns out to be true than Big Bang Theory, Person of Interest and Grey's have all underperformed (arguably The Office as well) especially if he's talking modest declines for The X Factor.

Although he's talking early households which aren't always the greatest indicator.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:38
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"CBS just does its thing."

That's what I like to hear.

Hopefully The Mentalist got off to a strong start after that jaw-dropping Season 3 finale.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:41
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The more I think about it the more I can't see how The X Factor can be down vs. Wednesday and win the night...

EDIT - Reading it again he's talking network averages for the night by the look of it which makes more sense but I'm still not entirely convinced about.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:41
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Nothing hugely surprising in any of that apart from the prediction that X Factor will win the night. If that turns out to be true than Big Bang Theory, Person of Interest and Grey's have all underperformed (arguably The Office as well).
Maybe he means XF won out of the new shows (not including the returning shows)? I'd be surprised if BBT came in under a 4.0 which would probably be enough for it to beat TXF.

Edit: Looks like CBS won in total viewers for every slot:
Clean sweep....CBS premieres win at 8p, 9p, 10p.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:46
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Maybe he means XF won out of the new shows (not including the returning shows)? I'd be surprised if BBT came in under a 4.0 which would probably be enough for it to beat TXF.
Yeah I'm not entirely sure what he's talking about there. But even if he's only talking new shows that would mean Person of Interest has under performed for CBS.

As I said above I think he's talking network averages for the night but even that doesn't make a huge amount of sense unless Charlie's Angels really bombed on ABC (two-hour Grey's should have been above a 4 with relative ease) and both The Mentalist and Person of Interest were less than stellar for CBS.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:49
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So did the X Factor USA Fall below 10m last night. I Watched the first episode on ITV 2 And it was awful
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:51
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TVMediaInsights is tweeting the early US household ratings.

8.7/13 HH for Persons of Interest: similar to the HH rating which TXF had the previous night, must be somewhere around the 12-14m mark.
So did the X Factor USA Fall below 10m last night. I Watched the first episode on ITV 2 And it was awful
Not sure yet, the proper US ratings won't be released for another 2-3 hours. The info above is based on early household data, which as AlexIR says isn't always the best indicator.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:56
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Edit: Looks like CBS won in total viewers for every slot
Which makes me wonder about this X Factor winning the night thing...

So did the X Factor USA Fall below 10m last night. I Watched the first episode on ITV 2 And it was awful
We won't know for a couple of hours yet.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:56
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For broadcast in w/c 8th October:

Hayley – World’s Oldest Teenager: Extraordinary People
For ten years, Channel 5’s ‘Extraordinary People’ strand has followed Hayley Okines as she has grown from a toddler to a teenager. This latest film is a heartwarming and personal account of the year many people thought she would never see. And for the first time, Hayley is telling her own story. Hayley suffers from the rare genetic condition Progeria, which causes her to age eight times faster than usual. When she was diagnosed, the average age of death for children with Progeria was thirteen, but since then medical advances have helped to maintain her health. Hayley enters her thirteenth year full of hope that she can avoid the fate of so many of the friends she has lost to the disease.

Movie Premiere: Untraceable (2008)
Crime thriller. A female detective races to find the man responsible for a website which offers footage of grisly acts of torture. The films become ever more violent as more people visit the site, and her battle with the seemingly untraceable webmaster takes on an increasingly personal and violent dimension.

Movie Premiere: One Missed Call (2008)
Remake of the cult Japanese horror. Residents of a small American town are startled when they start receiving voicemail messages that appear to be from their future selves at the point of death. However, when the recipients begin to die in the manner described by the messages, the shock turns to terror as the locals desperately try to defy their mobile phones and cheat death.

New to 5USA: 'Sons of Anarchy' Season 3 Finale
The US biker drama’s third season reaches its dramatic climax. As Jimmy O prepares to flee to south America, SAMCRO tries to organise a deal with the Russians to buy him off them, while Agent Stahl’s deal with Jax makes her the favourite to bring him in. But time is not on the club’s side as they all face custody for the outstanding weapons charges.

Source: Channel 5 Press.
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Old 23-09-2011, 13:59
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We won't know for a couple of hours yet.
Just seen TXF had a 8.3 HH rating yesterday, about 5% down from the 8.7 it had for the premiere. That most likely suggests it had more than 10m viewers.
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:00
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8.7/13 HH for Persons of Interest: similar to the HH rating which TXF had the previous night, must be somewhere around the 12-14m mark.
So now the question is will that skew younger than the average CBS show? If not and we're looking at 12-14 million viewers that'll be a low-mid 3 in the demo on CBS.

And looking at those households X Factor had an 8.3 for the night vs. an 8.9 on CBS so looks like Fox/X Factor will win the night in the demo. Unless young viewers deserted The X Factor last night.
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:05
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Big Bang Theory had a 9.6 in the 8PM hour. I'm guessing it'll break a 5 in the demo with ease. The fantastic season for comedy continues (unless it airs on NBC).
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:07
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So is it Likely that X Factor got less then the Voice's Second Episode if it had a 8.3?? Don't know much about US TV Ratings so sorry for asking
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:14
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So is it Likely that X Factor got less then the Voice's Second Episode if it had a 8.3?? Don't know much about US TV Ratings so sorry for asking
The second episode of The Voice was up on the first episode so The X Factor needed to grow substantially if it was going to beat it (in the demo at least). From the looks of things it hasn't done that. At this point it may very well be a struggle for the season average of The X Factor to beat the first season average of The Voice which will be disappointing for all involved.
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:23
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So is it Likely that X Factor got less then the Voice's Second Episode if it had a 8.3?? Don't know much about US TV Ratings so sorry for asking
Should be said, US don't care much about how many millions watch, they're all about the demo. The ages of people watching, because it's all about ad revenue.

Changes with subscription channels obviously.
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:36
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Should be said, US don't care much about how many millions watch, they're all about the demo. The ages of people watching, because it's all about ad revenue.

Changes with subscription channels obviously.
Although according to Kevin O'Sullivan this morning Cowell has been quoted at some point saying he'd be very disappointed with anything less than 20 million!
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:42
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Its a weird thing. Press releases and the like all tend to focus on total viewers but in the grand scheme of things they mean very little. Advertisers pay for the demo numbers which makes them important in determining what does and doesn't survive.
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:44
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Although according to Kevin O'Sullivan this morning Cowell has been quoted at some point saying he'd be very disappointed with anything less than 20 million!
He did indeed, in this interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...-is-all-227224

Now, after nine years at the center of America's No. 1 primetime show, the man with a special touch for finding talent is about to undertake his most audacious all-or-nothing career move: the Sept. 21 launch of X Factor in the U.S. on Fox. An audience of less than 20 million would be a flat-out "disappointment," he says. Equally important: "Buzz. In England, you genuinely get the feeling the whole country is talking about the show. I hope for that."
Interesting that he used the word 'buzz' because despite all the promo and the special previews, there doesn't seem to be much buzz around XF USA - not yet anyway.
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Old 23-09-2011, 14:59
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A slow night last night. Interestingly, warmer temperatures are forecast for the weekend which may send ratings down a touch. I think the Corrie rating really proves how much it is better in the Wednesday slot, rating several share points higher in that slot.

X Factor USA started well, I think it'll do better than American Idol and will benefit from the UK show airing at the same time as well. Poor on initial indication for Glee, however it may timeshift a lot, so who knows.
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