Bad numbers all week. Every show on Wednesday dropped viewers, as well as other hits like HEROES. Only AI seemed to do as well as usual (unfortunately). Maybe because of upcoming final exams?
Originally posted by Frazier: Bad numbers all week. Every show on Wednesday dropped viewers, as well as other hits like HEROES. Only AI seemed to do as well as usual (unfortunately). Maybe because of upcoming final exams?
Most college finals are done, but high school is coming up. Some colleges are graduating this week - Virginia Tech's graduation is today. Graduation hurts tv viewing - better things to do.
My finals aren't for another 2 weeks but we go late into the year, so that's normal for us.
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Upcoming? Shouldn't final exams be about over?
Most college finals are done, but high school is coming up. Some colleges are graduating this week - Virginia Tech's graduation is today. Graduation hurts tv viewing - better things to do.
Rumors are flying, this time at CBS...have they cancelled "The Class" and dumped all of their comedy pilot contenders in favor of an all-drama line-up, except for Monday and the returns of "How I Met Your Mother", "Old Christine", "2.5 Men" and "Rules of Engagement"...?
I think that we'll drive ourselves batty trying to figure out why these ratings are tanking. In the end, it's probably a combination of several things. I will say that I think that the largest contributor will be DVRs. When I bought my TiVo, I was the only person I knew that had one. Now, all of my friends either have TiVo or the cable equivalent. That is probably true for a lot of people. In the end, that adds up.
By Nikki Finke LA Weekly in her deadlinehollywooddaily blog Friday, May 11, 2007
This rumored ABC schedule is floating around Hollywood this AM:
MONDAY DANCING WITH THE STARS SAM I AM MARLOWE
TUESDAY DANCING WITH THE STARS DIRTY SEXY MONEY BOSTON LEGAL
WEDNESDAY PUSHING DAISIES PRIVATE PRACTICE (Grey's Anatomy spinoff) OCTOBER ROAD
THURSDAY UGLY BETTY GREY'S ANATOMY FOOTBALL WIVES
FRIDAY THE MIDDLE MISS/GUIDED MEN IN TREES 20/20
SATURDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SUNDAY AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES BROTHERS & SISTERS
PRE-SCHEDULED REPLACEMENTS NOTES FROM THE UNDERBELLY (Mondays after DWTS) PERFECT GENTLEMEN (Mondays after DWTS) LOST (Tuesdays in January) OPRAH WINFREY'S BIG GIVE (Tuesdays after DWTS)
MIDSEASON THE BACHELOR CASHMERE MAFIA CAVEMEN ELI STONE THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW THE KNIGHTS OF PROSPERITY SUPERNANNY WIFESWAP
Yep. It's too long. The May sweeps weren't even a big deal back in the day because everyone was gearing up to be in repeat mode. Television seasons usually ended in March or April.
One time, I read an article in a very old issue of Broadcasting that CBS finished third in May sweeps one year (I think it was '77 or '78) because they loaded the sweeps period with reruns and ABC and NBC programmed more aggressively.
Don't know how all the hoopla over May sweeps came to be, but nobody used the phrase "season finale" in network promotions 20 years ago.
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Originally posted by tvchtw: Possibly the season is just too long? We've become spoiled by DVDs/DVRs and cable shows which complete their runs in 8 to 13 weeks and then we wait 9 months for them to return. With shows beginning in September and running all the way til May with hiatuses/reruns, some people might just be worn out. With that being said if the shows are compelling enough they should be able to overcome that.
The season lasted 39 weeks (with 13 weeks in the summer for repeats, before being gradually shortened.
And before the advent of people meters, the sweeps were far more important than they are now.
They were crucial, especialy to the (then) seven major market TV stations each of the three networks owned.
By the way, ABC was dominant in both the 1976-77 and 1977-78 seasons, finishing each year with 11 of the top 20 programs in the Nielsens. So it probably doesn't matter what CBS did or didn't do, since it had just six top 20 shows in both the 76-77 and 77-78 seasons.
(Source: Nielsen Media Servces)
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Originally posted by T Dog: Yep. It's too long. The May sweeps weren't even a big deal back in the day because everyone was gearing up to be in repeat mode. Television seasons usually ended in March or April.
One time, I read an article in a very old issue of Broadcasting that CBS finished third in May sweeps one year (I think it was '77 or '78) because they loaded the sweeps period with reruns and ABC and NBC programmed more aggressively.
Don't know how all the hoopla over May sweeps came to be, but nobody used the phrase "season finale" in network promotions 20 years ago.
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Originally posted by tvchtw: Possibly the season is just too long? We've become spoiled by DVDs/DVRs and cable shows which complete their runs in 8 to 13 weeks and then we wait 9 months for them to return. With shows beginning in September and running all the way til May with hiatuses/reruns, some people might just be worn out. With that being said if the shows are compelling enough they should be able to overcome that.
