So I'm confused. On this thread you posted that Friday Night Lights did a decent job and on your mediaweek online column, you put it in the losers column.
Count me as part of the audience that watched FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS yesterday because CSI MIAMI was a rerun. Also count me as someone who won't be following it to any future airings.
I like the subject of the show and I have watched Kyle Chandler in his previous series, but I just can't get into this one after a couple of tries. Maybe it's the writing, and more likely it's that terribly annoying jumpy camera style, but I simply don't enjoy this show at all.
I will be watching the ratings to see if people sampled the show in yesterday's time period and follow it to future viewings.
I see something similar happening to FNL that occurred with another beloved, but little-watched show on NBC: American Dreams.
I wouldn't be surprised if NBC shipped the show off somewhere where it wouldn't do as much damage, but try and keep it on the air to see if it can expand its core audience, create word of mouth, or get any type of awards recognition.
As far as the future of either Studio 60 or FNL? NBC has far more invested in the former, because of talent involved (and a lot of pre-season crowing by the network). A cancellation would admit defeat on several levels, and would kill any momentum the network might generate for creating more quality shows. I think they'll keep it alive to see what chances it has to pick up some Emmy's next year (look how well West Wing still did despite dismal ratings...)
Glad to see FNL did better and I agree that the move was probably a surprise to many (to me, anyway, and I haven't missed an episode in the regular Tuesday slot.) The numbers aren't actually that much better, of course, and certainly not winning numbers for a Peacock show. I think NBC would be wise to try FNL there again anyway. In the spirit of the game.
Posts: 60 | Location: USA | Registered: 25 September 2006
Go Charlie........... "ABC's World News with Charles Gibson" averaged 8.38 million Total Viewers and a 2.2/9 among Adults 25-54, placing second for the week of October 23, 2006.
"World News" had 1.09 million more Total Viewers than the CBS' "Evening News," the largest gap between the two broadcasts in more than 8 months (week of 2/6/06). This also marks "World News'" greatest advantage over CBS since Katie Couric's debut. Week to week, the gap between ABC and CBS was 22% larger among Total Viewers and 3% greater among demo viewers.
Additionally for the week, "World News'" Total Viewer lead over CBS was a whopping 203% larger than it was in Bob Schieffer's final week as anchor (week of 8/28/06).
On Tuesday, October 24, Charles Gibson anchored "World News" from Boston. The broadcast was up 11% in Households and 4% among Adults 25-54 compared to the prior 4-week time period in that city. For the week, "World News" also ranked #1 in 8 out of the top 10 markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston and Atlanta.
Jon Banner is the executive producer of "ABC's World News with Charles Gibson."
EVENING NEWS (Week of October 23, 2006)
Total Viewers A25-54 (rating/share) ABC 8,380,000 2.2/9 NBC 8,860,000 2.4/9 CBS 7,290,000 1.9/7
[QUOTE]Originally posted by a-mad: A cancellation would admit defeat on several levels, and would kill any momentum the network might generate for creating more quality shows. QUOTE]
What's worse though - admitting defeat or the bad press associated with the show and the network's fear of cutting bait?
I like Studio 60, but it seems like its time for the network to move press coverage away story from the show's low numbers and high cost. Instead of being an outlet for quality TV, it is becoming the place where quality TV goes to die.
ABC $85.92 NBC $82.18 CBS $102.16 Fox $65.76 The CW $23.87 My Network TV $11.28
These are fantasy values, not live stock information QUOTE]
The basis behind the pricing of each stock is quite complex in it's presentation. Each Channel is linked to every show that is aired during primetime. Also, some channels are linked together, such as Fox and My Network TV - so, if Fox rises, My Network also rises at a percentage of the Fox increase. This is why My Network is at around $11.28 instead of $1.28. It is being bouyed up by Fox's overall performance. I have a website in regards to all this, but will not post the url without permission as it may be considered spam.
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Posts: 42 | Location: BC Canada | Registered: 25 October 2006
Originally posted by Marc Berman: But shouldn't you treat Fox and MyNetworkTV separately? CBS and the CW are not linked together after all, are they?
The CW is a special case as it is a cross-merger of two prior networks and has been established in effect for more than 10 years as two seperates. Although it's two prior networks had been owned by other companies (WB owned by Tribune/CBS and Warner Bros Studios) (UPN owned by CBS) the CW is treated as a seperate network - whereas My Network is only airing two shows, both made by Fox and owned by Fox. I'm considering My Network TV to be a sub network of Fox, not a true standalone. Since it's not even getting any decent ratings - it's pretty much dead in the water so far. If it picks up - it may rise in price, otherwise - it can fade into obscurity - which is pretty much what seems to be happening now anyways.
On a side note - Should I post Show stock prices on each forum for the individual shows, or on this forum? Since I'm tracking every single primetime show - there are a lot of them.
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Posts: 42 | Location: BC Canada | Registered: 25 October 2006
