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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
But, I wouldn't be surprised if there were people that DVRed the game to watch the commercials and skip through the game.

Yep. See the story HERE.

OK its Prediction time

Which teams will be in it?

What will the score be?

What will the ratings be?

What show will get the Post Super Bowl airing?

Interesting fact about the cities that produced the highest ratings for the Super Bowl:

Who watched where?
Interestingly enough, New York City wasn't among the metropolitan areas most-glued to TV sets for the Giants' win, according to NFL numbers.

Top 5 markets, SB XLII ratings Market Rating
Boston 55.6
Indianapolis 54.1
Jacksonville 52.0
Pittsburgh 50.8
Washington., D.C. 50.3


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs07/news/story?id=3230863


Seeing Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and Indy on that list makes me think that the extreme dislike for a team is a good draw for ratings because the Pats are pretty despised in those cities.

I don't think you are seeing 'hate fueled' viewing. What you atre seeing is that towns with teams that might have made it to the Superbowl are towns that had viewers more interested in football this year. Is it really a surprise that a higher percentage of people in Jacksonville were interested in football than people in Miami?

Has anyone seen a rating number for New York City? I would think that number would have to be pretty high. If it isn't, then expect the final numbers to go up more.

Indy is really becomeing a Football Town. Basketball is starting to become the "2nd Sport".

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Originally posted by Obveeus:
I don't think you are seeing 'hate fueled' viewing. What you atre seeing is that towns with teams that might have made it to the Superbowl are towns that had viewers more interested in football this year. Is it really a surprise that a higher percentage of people in Jacksonville were interested in football than people in Miami?

Has anyone seen a rating number for New York City? I would think that number would have to be pretty high. If it isn't, then expect the final numbers to go up more.

Hey, anyone knows when the final numbers for House will be available ? Will we ever know how many people watched from 10.38 to... I guess 11.30 something ?

House Super Bowl episode to be repeated Feb 15th

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Originally posted by flehay:
Hey, anyone knows when the final numbers for House will be available ? Will we ever know how many people watched from 10.38 to... I guess 11.30 something ?

They should be released later today with the rest of the weekend Numbers

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Originally posted by Obveeus:
...why not give the slot to Friday Night Lights?

This is NBC. A move like that would be on par with their recent 'intelligence'.

1) FNL will not be on the air next season

2) If it was still a series, it would pull an all time ratings low for a post Super Bowl show.

See, I told you it was the kind of move NBC would make.

Hmm, perhaps there is hope for the show. In my opinion, it wouldn't be the lowest rated ever just because of the audience crossover with football fans in general. Certainly no worse than the Alias disaster.

How bad did Alias do ?

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Originally posted by flehay:
How bad did Alias do ?

Less than 20 million if I recall for an extremely hyped up episode.

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Originally posted by Justin:

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Originally posted by Justin:
House did horrible.

House can get 25 million after American Idol, which is what, 35ish million viewers at the end?

And after 105.7 million viewers, House only gets 29. Horrible. Just horrible.

NBC should do a sitcom after the Super Bowl next year. Remember Friends back in 1996 getting 55 million viewers after the Super Bowl? It had a football themed episode, and that was its highest rated episode ever, beating the finale.

NBC has no sitcoms anywhere near as popular as Friends was (even with declining ratings in general factored in). The Office is not popular with the masses and would result in maybe 20 million viewers if they were lucky.

The Office has a lot of buzz though. And I think everyone has heard of it but hasn't taken the time to watch it. If NBC kept promoting it to 1/3 of America [during the Super Bowl], then they would take the time to watch it.

Plus, NBC could get some new mega hit comedy next season. Sure, the chances are 1 in a million, but eventually, NBC will find something.

Alias had buzz too. The fact is this is not a major hit comedy and for many people its just not that entertaining. Its really for an acquired taste. Greys Anatomy, on the other hand, has the ability to lure in just about anybody for a stunting episode like 2 years ago. Its much easier to follow in terms of storyline. If I were NBC, I would actually consider using one of the Law and Orders (preferably SVU). They could use a bit of a boost.

On another note, did anyone else watch last night's Paradise Hotel? I recorded it and thought it has real potential to live up to true Fox reality trash. The characters are certainly good looking enough and there's someone from Iowa so I can automatically find someone to root for. Anyone else?

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by flehay:
How bad did Alias do ?

Less than 20 million if I recall for an extremely hyped up episode.

17.3 million, but the ABC people (I resist the temptation to use another adjective) completely botched everything surrounding that Superbowl. They used 90% of their promos to advertise unproven new reality shows that were premiering the following night, which all tanked. Only a few promos of Alias, which focused on scandily-clad Jennifer Garner and told them nothing about the show (thus if people tuned in to see her partly naked, they did so in the first 5 minutes and then tuned out afterwards), and finally ran their post-game show really long, keeping Alias from premiering until after 11pm Eastern time. Again, it total, a complete disaster all around.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by Justin:

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by Justin:
House did horrible.

House can get 25 million after American Idol, which is what, 35ish million viewers at the end?

And after 105.7 million viewers, House only gets 29. Horrible. Just horrible.

NBC should do a sitcom after the Super Bowl next year. Remember Friends back in 1996 getting 55 million viewers after the Super Bowl? It had a football themed episode, and that was its highest rated episode ever, beating the finale.

NBC has no sitcoms anywhere near as popular as Friends was (even with declining ratings in general factored in). The Office is not popular with the masses and would result in maybe 20 million viewers if they were lucky.

The Office has a lot of buzz though. And I think everyone has heard of it but hasn't taken the time to watch it. If NBC kept promoting it to 1/3 of America [during the Super Bowl], then they would take the time to watch it.

Plus, NBC could get some new mega hit comedy next season. Sure, the chances are 1 in a million, but eventually, NBC will find something.

Alias had buzz too. The fact is this is not a major hit comedy and for many people its just not that entertaining. Its really for an acquired taste. Greys Anatomy, on the other hand, has the ability to lure in just about anybody for a stunting episode like 2 years ago. Its much easier to follow in terms of storyline. If I were NBC, I would actually consider using one of the Law and Orders (preferably SVU). They could use a bit of a boost.

THE OFFICE - if this were thought to have gen aud potential, would it be in slot it is in now?

Also, agree on "acquired taste" idea, as one airing alone may not attract sustained interest.

However, I also think you could forget about SVU, one of my faves, but a polarizing show.