Ratings

[Webhead2006]

oh i didnt know that. But still the 2.39 rating is still pretty good. Could someone explain to me more about the whole:
8:00: 1.4/3HH, 0.9/4 A18-49, 1.1/5 A18-34, 2,340,000 Viewers
8:30: 1.5/3HH, 0.9/3 A18-49, 1.1/5 A18-34, 2,434,000 Viewers
Stuff i get the finale numbers stuff but in school i never got those breakdown/demo stuff all that much.

 

[SV Fan]

Could someone explain to me.........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Ratings#Ratings.2Fshare_and_total_viewers

The most commonly cited Nielsen results are reported in two measurements: ratings points and share, usually reported as: "ratings points/share". As of September 1, 2009, there are an estimated 114.9 million television households in the United States. A single national ratings point represents one percent of the total number, or 1,149,000 households for the 2009–10 season.

Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to the program. For example, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 9.2/15 during its broadcast, meaning that on average 9.2 percent of all television-equipped households were tuned in to that program at any given moment, while 15 percent of households watching TV were tuned into any program during this timeslot. (Nielsen re-estimates the number of TV-equipped households each August for the upcoming television season.) The difference between rating and share is that a rating reflects the percentage of the total population of televisions tuned to a particular program while share reflects the percentage of televisions actually in use

 

[Webhead2006]

thats man that helps me out a bit.

 

[Billy Batson]

Are you guys aware, the sole purpose they moved Smallvile to Friday? was/is to kill off the show. IMHO
Smallville is a joke of a show now, time to put this old boy to sleep.
Finally the studio heads should have the ammo (low ratings) needed to pull the plug.
Well! have fun, enjoying the token story lines this season.
I'll watch with alot of anger and day dream about, what should have been for this outstanding series.

Damn! I had to live on this version of the two Earths.
Smallville lasted only 4 highly rated seasons, before becoming a blockbuster hit titled Superman: The Man Of Steel, on our parallel planet.

 

[kal_el_526]

Lol god everyone has so much hatred towards the show now, its wierd i think its better then ever

 

[Zorex]

Are you guys aware, the sole purpose they moved Smallvile to Friday? was/is to kill off the show. IMHO
Smallville is a joke of a show now, time to put this old boy to sleep.
Finally the studio heads should have the ammo (low ratings) needed to pull the plug.
Well! have fun, enjoying the token story lines this season.
I'll watch with alot of anger and day dream about, what should have been for this outstanding series.

Damn! I had to live on this version of the two Earths.
Smallville lasted only 4 highly rated seasons, before becoming a blockbuster hit titled Superman: The Man Of Steel, on our parallel planet.

Uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh..............



...............'Kaaaaaaaaayyyy............

 

[AgentPat]

Overnights include the Mets' game. Numbers reflect everybody who watched the CW last night, regardless of what was being broadcast. Any local affiliates that did not air Smallville will be backed out of the ratings for the finals numbers.

Overnight ratings for SV, courtesy Travis Yanan at PiFeedback:
8:00: 1.4/3HH, 0.9/4 A18-49, 1.1/5 A18-34, 2,340,000 Viewers
8:30: 1.5/3HH, 0.9/3 A18-49, 1.1/5 A18-34, 2,434,000 Viewers

Here are the finals, courtesy Mr. Yanan again from PiFeedback:

Smallville (86% coverage, CW usually has 94%)
- 2,238,000 viewers
- 1.4/3 HH
- 0.9/4 A18-49
- 1.1/4 A18-34
- 0.7/3 W18-34

 

[Prison Mike]

so the estimates were greater than the actuals. ouch.

 

[SV Fan]

so the estimates were greater than the actuals. ouch.

Well the overnights included people who watched the Met's baseball game, It was safe to assume the number would drop a little

 

[Webhead2006]

wait so what is the final number then?

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Well the overnights included people who watched the Met's baseball game, It was safe to assume the number would drop a little

People were still watching the Mets?

 

[Milos]

Are you guys aware, the sole purpose they moved Smallvile to Friday? was/is to kill off the show. IMHO
Smallville is a joke of a show now, time to put this old boy to sleep.
Finally the studio heads should have the ammo (low ratings) needed to pull the plug.
Well! have fun, enjoying the token story lines this season.
I'll watch with alot of anger and day dream about, what should have been for this outstanding series.

Damn! I had to live on this version of the two Earths.
Smallville lasted only 4 highly rated seasons, before becoming a blockbuster hit titled Superman: The Man Of Steel, on our parallel planet.

I completely agree with you!

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Are you guys aware, the sole purpose they moved Smallvile to Friday? was/is to kill off the show. IMHO
.

Yes of course, a company who is in business to make money would take it's best performing series and outright cash cow for the past 8 years, and just purposely kill it off for the sake of doing so.

C'mon people, do you REALLY think THAT is the motivation here? IF CW wanted to kill Smallville off, they just wouldnt renew it. It's as simple as that. It's not like they'd have to justify cancelling it to someomne by having to show it had bad ratings.

Now why exactly they feel they can make more money on Friday nights as opposed to the usual Thursday "money night" for ratings? I dont know. Maybe market research indicates that with the crappy economy more people are staying in on Friday nights? Who knows?

 

[Webhead2006]

yea that is right if they didnt want the show any more they would have simpley not renewed it. Why waste millions of dollars on a show if you dont want it any more. Sure the ratings havent been as great as it was on thursdays. But its still better then the crap CW had on fridays after dumping smackdown. Plus we know pretty much show has to be like below 1 million viewers for CW to axe a show. Plus they cant really drop anything else right now since they have no other programing to replace it yet to mid season period.

 

[Mikelus]

Yes of course, a company who is in business to make money would take it's best performing series and outright cash cow for the past 8 years, and just purposely kill it off for the sake of doing so.

C'mon people, do you REALLY think THAT is the motivation here? IF CW wanted to kill Smallville off, they just wouldnt renew it. It's as simple as that. It's not like they'd have to justify cancelling it to someomne by having to show it had bad ratings.

Haters don't know what they're talking about (as usual).

Fox looks to be well back in 4th, but since their Fridays last season were so screwed up, season to season comparisons may not be that bad. The CW will see a big increase on Fridays, since Smallville, their best 18-49 demo show last season, will do far better than The Game and Everybody Hates Chris that it replaces.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/1...ollhouse-ugly-betty-til-death-southland/26735

Plus Smallville is extremely popular on iTunes, is one of the most downloaded series, DVDs sell well, that's why WB keeps milking the show, those are the facts.

 

[Webhead2006]

you are right there. Plus every night ratings/shows competitions are different.

 

[Billy Batson]

I completely agree with you!

Yes of course, a company who is in business to make money would take it's best performing series and outright cash cow for the past 8 years, and just purposely kill it off for the sake of doing so.

C'mon people, do you REALLY think THAT is the motivation here? IF CW wanted to kill Smallville off, they just wouldnt renew it. It's as simple as that. It's not like they'd have to justify cancelling it to someomne by having to show it had bad ratings.

Now why exactly they feel they can make more money on Friday nights as opposed to the usual Thursday "money night" for ratings? I dont know. Maybe market research indicates that with the crappy economy more people are staying in on Friday nights? Who knows?

Exactly because the show is a cash cow they are FORCED to renew it.
Next season they'll move it to Saturday.
Smallville has turned into Lois & Clark for cryin out loud. MAN WTF!!!
I didn't know Downtown Smallville was called Metropolis?
I understand Clark going and coming from Metropolis like it's a 10 min drive away but how the hell does Chloe and Lois travel to and from so quickly?

- TALON

 

[Webhead2006]

that has been a stickly thing fans havent liked about the show. The whole distance from smallville to metropolis has changed alot over the course of the series. It was stated in the early seasons it was around 3hrs to get from one to the other which would equal a couple hundred miles. Then it became more like smallville is like a suburb type of deal from metropolis. It would have been more interesting if they made metropolis the real distance away from smallville being in middle america and metropolis somewhere on the east coast between nyc/nj/delware/etc....

 

[Billy Batson]

See Webhead, little things like that, show they can give a rats A_ _ about the logic behind Superman mythos.
Smallville has detour so far left it has become a train wreck of a series, that should never be mentioned in any Superman conversation.
I no longer understand what's the point of the show? Where is it going?
It's just a pay check to everyone involved now.
I can't understand how some fans see the series as BETTER. Are you serious?
Sadly, you are serious. I guess. I just don't have a clue.

 

[Webhead2006]

well everyone has their opinions, sure at times the show has done stupid things and i havent liked it. But from the early days through now there has been alot of good things the show has/is doing. I still enjoy the show and will continue to watch it to when ever it ends. But yea everyone has their likes and dislikes in tv shows/films.

 

[Brainiac 8]

See Webhead, little things like that, show they can give a rats A_ _ about the logic behind Superman mythos.
Smallville has detour so far left it has become a train wreck of a series, that should never be mentioned in any Superman conversation.
I no longer understand what's the point of the show? Where is it going?
It's just a pay check to everyone involved now.
I can't understand how some fans see the series as BETTER. Are you serious?
Sadly, you are serious. I guess. I just don't have a clue.

Yes, because we all know that even the comic books continue to follow the logic behind the established mythos...oh wait...it doesn't.

In fact the mythos has been done and redone, and about to be redone again that there is no set mythos for Superman.

 

[Billy Batson]

well everyone has their opinions, sure at times the show has done stupid things and i havent liked it. But from the early days through now there has been alot of good things the show has/is doing. I still enjoy the show and will continue to watch it to when ever it ends. But yea everyone has their likes and dislikes in tv shows/films.

well you are correct, thanks for entertaining my opinion. Pardon me for taking this a little of coarse. Smallville being a power house in the ratings department on the CW and all.
I just don't understand the logic in moving the show to Fridays other than to tank it.

We always kept and eye on the ratings to gauge how successful a season the show will have. then we speculate on the direction the show may take the following season and what should be done to make next season's ratings go even higher.

I truly enjoyed doing that, but it's no longer the same, in a negative way.

 

[Billy Batson]

Yes, because we all know that even the comic books continue to follow the logic behind the established mythos...oh wait...it doesn't.

In fact the mythos has been done and redone, and about to be redone again that there is no set mythos for Superman.

Normally when a comic derail from the mythos it's a logical amendment to the mythos. when done correctly, I give praise. when it done poorly, I express my disappointment.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Normally when a comic derail from the mythos it's a complete overhaul to the mythos. when done correctly, I give praise. when it done poorly, I express my disappointment.

Fixed that for you.

It's why I despise DC sometimes.

 

[Billy Batson]

Thanks.

I hear you, I hear you.