Originally posted by mayorofsmpleton:
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Question for you guys:
Is it safe to say that a show with 8-9 million is good and probably the standard nowadays, and anything over (10+) is a hit?
Amazing how I would double those numbers 2 years ago with 15-16 being good and 20+ being a hit.
Even more amazing when you realize that shows used to get canceled for not doing 30+ million... (pre-80's of course), or when you factor in the mid-nineties when the networks all seemed to have at least a few series averaging over 25 million on a regular basis...
I found an old Entertainment Weekly in my garage a few weeks ago and a rerun of FRIENDS on NBC got 17+ million, with a rerun of SCRUBS at 13+million. Puts things in perspective when Scrubs can't even really crack 7 million now with original episodes...