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Anyone remember watching the last episode of "MASH" in February of 1983? It had a 60.3 rating! How many shows get a 6.0 rating these days?
Apples-and-oranges. Most of America had only three choices for original programming during that evening. Comparison between three choices and twenty or thirty choices have no significance.
I'm sorry, but I just can't bring myself to watch any bit of this show.
Yeah, I don't understand what these networks are thinking trying to suddenly create shows around movies that came out a couple decades ago. The first Rush Hour was 18 years ago. The most recent was 9 years ago. Same with Minority Report. It came out almost 15 years ago. I don't think many people were really clamoring to see more.
Apples-and-oranges. Most of America had only three choices for original programming during that evening. Comparison between three choices and twenty or thirty choices have no significance.
What rating constitutes a "hit" these days?
More channels usually means more chaff instead of more wheat.
What rating constitutes a "hit" these days?
More channels usually means more chaff instead of more wheat.
20 million viewers would seem to be the number for a 'smash hit'. Using "The Big Bang Theory" as a yardstick.
It averaged 8 million in 07-08
10 million in 08-09
14 million in 09-10
13 million in 10-11
15 million in 11-12
18 million in 12-13
20 million in 13-14
19 million in 14-15
Broadcast, to be a 'hit', I would say would have to hit 10-12 million.
Numbers change for cable series.
The Walking Dead is the most successful cable series, and at its peak it was averaging 14 million.
Then.. There's pay TV series.. Sopranos was likely the most watched pay TV series.. it averaged 10 million at its peak.
Yeah, I don't understand what these networks are thinking trying to suddenly create shows around movies that came out a couple decades ago. The first Rush Hour was 18 years ago. The most recent was 9 years ago. Same with Minority Report. It came out almost 15 years ago. I don't think many people were really clamoring to see more.
Disney's given everyone the idea that if they remake something people liked many years ago, they'll automatically like it now. even if it sucks.
Disney's given everyone the idea that if they remake something people liked many years ago, they'll automatically like it now. even if it sucks.
I'm not sure what TV show Disney started it with, but I would think it has more to do with shows like Hawaii 5-0 and Parenthood being somewhat popular.
It's not one specific number. It depends on the network (CBS at the top; Joe's Noname Network at the bottom), depends on the night of the week (Sunday and Thursday at the top; Saturday at the bottom), and depends on who owns the series (programming a network has to buy requires higher ratings to be a "hit" than programming the network owns).
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Originally Posted by Mouldy Old Schmo
More channels usually means more chaff instead of more wheat.
Not necessarily. The difference between three broadcast networks and five broadcast networks and the top twenty cable networks is mostly more wheat - more diversity of offerings so that people who have other-than-mainstream preferences can enjoy some high quality entertainment. At some point after twenty cable networks, perhaps not until we hit thirty or forty, the additional channels add practically nothing for anyone. The good news is that those channels are so inexpensive that they are practically free.
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