Ratings

[AgentPat]

It seems to be an archaic way of getting a percentage to me. Do they make sure that every household that gets one has access to all of the channels? I just think the system needs to be updated.

Well, Nielsen isn't the only company these days keeping track. Tivo has started to report, and some cable outlets in large metropolitan areas (NY, Chicago, LA, etc.) are doing their own ratings analyses. It's become quite a big business that advertisers pay top dollar for detailed information. For example, it must have been noted by one sponsor recently that female viewership of SV was on the rise. How else would you explain a show whose target audience is 18-34 yo men running an ad for Monostat? (was during last night's episode, Mortal) LOL

 

[KikiDee]

Well, Nielsen isn't the only company these days keeping track. Tivo has started to report, and some cable outlets in large metropolitan areas (NY, Chicago, LA, etc.) are doing their own ratings analyses. It's become quite a big business that advertisers pay top dollar for detailed information. For example, it must have been noted by one sponsor recently that female viewership of SV was on the rise. How else would you explain a show whose target audience is 18-34 yo men running an ad for Monostat? (was during last night's episode, Mortal) LOL

Didn't notice the ad that's pretty funny. I was wondering about Tivo and the cable boxes and if they were using those ratings or not. You can't do anything anymore without some corporation trying to figure out what you want before you want it. Crazy. Oh well as long as it evens out the playing field for my favorite secret pleasure.

 

[avidreader]

Well, Nielsen isn't the only company these days keeping track. Tivo has started to report, and some cable outlets in large metropolitan areas (NY, Chicago, LA, etc.) are doing their own ratings analyses. It's become quite a big business that advertisers pay top dollar for detailed information. For example, it must have been noted by one sponsor recently that female viewership of SV was on the rise. How else would you explain a show whose target audience is 18-34 yo men running an ad for Monostat? (was during last night's episode, Mortal) LOL

What's Monostat?

 

[AgentPat]

What's Monostat?

Spelling aint my forte. Thank goodness for spellcheck. I meant "Monistat." LOL

http://www.monistat.com/

 

[avidreader]

Spelling aint my forte. Thank goodness for spellcheck. I meant "Monistat." LOL

http://www.monistat.com/

LOL!

P.S. I wouldnt have known what Monistat was either. So thanks for the link.

 

[AgentPat]

Daily Variety
Oct. 6, 2005

Brazil: 'Smallville' big with teens
Mipcom 2005: Hot show
By MARCELO CAJUEIRO

RIO DE JANEIRO -- U.S. series built a network of fans during the 1990s thanks to payboxes including the Warner Channel, Sony Entertainment Television and Fox Channel.

But American series have a hard time in Brazil, where locally scripted shows, especially telenovelas, continue to rule, and where there are just 3.8 million pay TV subscribers as opposed to 40 million homes with TV sets tuned to mainstream terrestrial broadcasters.

The exception is No.-2 broadcaster Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao (SBT), which has an output deal with Warner Bros. and airs new and old U.S. series, especially during the weekend.

The three U.S. series with the highest ratings on SBT are "Smallville," "Full House" and "The Dead Zone." "Smallville," airing at 2:30 p.m. on Sundays, is the most successful. SBT's teen auds apparently identify with Clark Kent's transition from boyhood to manhood in Kansas.

"'Smallville' performed well in the different slots we tried it. The public is particularly fond of the show's score. We keep receiving messages from fans in search of CDs," says an SBT spokesman.

The net has the rights for "Smallville's" first four seasons until June 2008.

"Full House," which runs in the Saturday 1:45 p.m. slot, has been on air since March 2000. SBT has the rights for four seasons until next August.

"The Dead Zone" is doing well at 10 a.m. Sundays.​

http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117930283&c=2075

 

[avidreader]

You know I read the other day how well Smallville is rating on ABC Family. Unfortunately I couldnt get the whole article as you had to subscribe, but they noted that ABC Family paid 100 million to get it, I'm not sure if that deal also included Gilmore Girls and 7th Heaven, but it appeared that it was only referring to Smallville.


To Warners I guess its all about bringing in the big bucks and if they can do well on other channels and overseas then Smallville is a winner for them.

 

[Serene]

LOL!

P.S. I wouldnt have known what Monistat was either. So thanks for the link.

My poor kids. Because I work in a gyne office, I'm always bringing home pens that the drug reps leave us - we get hundreds. Anyway, my son complained to me one day that he was in class and realized that the pen he was using said "VAGIFEM" on it. LOL! I'm pretty sure I have some that say Monistat as well.

 

[avidreader]

My poor kids. Because I work in a gyne office, I'm always bringing home pens that the drug reps leave us - we get hundreds. Anyway, my son complained to me one day that he was in class and realized that the pen he was using said "VAGIFEM" on it. LOL! I'm pretty sure I have some that say Monistat as well.

Haha, that is so funny.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Daily Variety
Oct. 6, 2005

Brazil: 'Smallville' big with teens
Mipcom 2005: Hot show
By MARCELO CAJUEIRO

RIO DE JANEIRO -- U.S. series built a network of fans during the 1990s thanks to payboxes including the Warner Channel, Sony Entertainment Television and Fox Channel.

But American series have a hard time in Brazil, where locally scripted shows, especially telenovelas, continue to rule, and where there are just 3.8 million pay TV subscribers as opposed to 40 million homes with TV sets tuned to mainstream terrestrial broadcasters.

The exception is No.-2 broadcaster Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao (SBT), which has an output deal with Warner Bros. and airs new and old U.S. series, especially during the weekend.

The three U.S. series with the highest ratings on SBT are "Smallville," "Full House" and "The Dead Zone." "Smallville," airing at 2:30 p.m. on Sundays, is the most successful. SBT's teen auds apparently identify with Clark Kent's transition from boyhood to manhood in Kansas.

"'Smallville' performed well in the different slots we tried it. The public is particularly fond of the show's score. We keep receiving messages from fans in search of CDs," says an SBT spokesman.

The net has the rights for "Smallville's" first four seasons until June 2008.

"Full House," which runs in the Saturday 1:45 p.m. slot, has been on air since March 2000. SBT has the rights for four seasons until next August.

"The Dead Zone" is doing well at 10 a.m. Sundays.​

http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117930283&c=2075

Cool, Smallville is right up there with Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, and John Stamos in Brazil! What more could anyone ask for?

 

[AgentPat]

If it wasn't already established, last week's SV ep (Mortal) beat Alias in ALL under-50 categories, even though its overall total viewership was lower. Interesting...

SV: 2.6/7, 5.84
Alias: 2.4/7, 7.39

Information printed in today's Daily Variety:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117930448

 

[avidreader]

If it wasn't already established, last week's SV ep (Mortal) beat Alias in ALL under-50 categories, even though its overall total viewership was lower. Interesting...

SV: 2.6/7, 5.84
Alias: 2.4/7, 7.39

Information printed in today's Daily Variety:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117930448

So who watches Alias then, people over 50?

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

just Ben Affleck I think

 

[avidreader]

just Ben Affleck I think

Ya think?

 

[Super_Ludacris]

Damn, I'm kinda impressed with SV's run this season in the ratings

 

[RakuMon]

Damn, I'm kinda impressed with SV's run this season in the ratings

I know this is OT, but I just noticed Luda's avvie. The Rox are gonna be sick this year! I'm so excited, I can't wait for the season to start!
I thought picking up Stro was their best move, but when they brought in D.A. and Skip? They're gonna be unstoppable!

And now back to your regularly scheduled discussion of Smallville ratings...

 

[Milkman95]

So who watches Alias then, people over 50?

Should be a good competition between the two all year - they're both good shows. Of course I watch one and tape the other.............

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

I'm telling ya, it's Affleck's spawn, it's taking that whole show down. Now we just need him to sleep with someone on CSI

 

[LarryLegend]

Maybe he could sleep with somebody from the OC and then Survivor,both shows would begin to tank and Smallville would wins its slot.

On a secondary note, Rockets are overated. Go Wolves.

 

[AgentPat]

Not quite ratings' info, but it's reviews like this that contribute to higher numbers at the Nielsen pumps...

Mobile Register, AL
TV & DVD Columnist Mike Brantley

Smallville' soars again
Thursday, October 13, 2005

Network publicists are the most enthusiastic proponents of a network's programming.

They are paid to be. Me? I'm paid to tell you what I like -- and what I don't.

But I'm on the same page today with publicist Keith Marder of The WB. Last month he sent out the following praise in an e-mail to TV critics. The subject was "Smallville," his network's lead-off show on Thursday nights this fall.

"I have seen the first three episodes of the season," wrote Marder ahead of the "Smallville" fifth-season premiere, "and I promise they are as good, if not better, than any this show has ever done. If you could notarize an e-mail, the preceding statement would be notarized."

Now we've seen two out of those three. So far, Marder's endorsement is on the mark.

"Smallville" is creatively on fire again, like it was its first three years. The series seemed to stumble a bit in its fourth year, though I admit to turning away at some point last season.

But I have been reliving the show's beginnings lately, since finding the first-season DVD set on sale for $18.88 at a local retailer. That's significantly less than half the price these DVD sets usually go for.

In "Smallville," Tom Welling stars as a Superman in the making. As longtime viewers know -- and newcomers can find out thanks to the four seasons on DVD (I wish I could find the others at $18.88, but so far no dice; Season No. 4 hit retailer shelves on Sept. 13 at around $45 street price) -- Welling plays Clark Kent in the days before he takes to flight in those red-and-blue tights and cape.

The series is at its best when it focuses on the characters we care most about, especially Clark. What lost me last season was an emphasis that seemed to be developing on new characters, including new romantic interests for Clark and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk).

So far this season, the focus is back on the characters we know and like best. And young Clark is back on the road to becoming Superman, having taken a big step in that direction by discovering the famous Fortress of Solitude so familiar to fans of both the comic books and the feature films "Superman: The Movie" and "Superman II" (the best of the movie series with the late Christopher Reeve).

The fourth season wasn't all bad. It did, after all, introduce us to Erica Durance as the new Lois Lane. This season, we have the addition of James Marsters (you know him as Spike from "Buffy" and "Angel") as classic comic-book villain Brainiac, and Michael Rosenbaum continues to make us both like and revile him as Lex Luthor -- who begins as a friend but is destined to be Superman's arch enemy.

Giving a solid family foundation to this series are actors John Schneider and Annette O'Toole as Clark's adopted parents.

I'm back on this ride. (Does this mean I'm quitting "Alias," the competition at the same hour on ABC? I'll tell you next week.)​

http://www.al.com/tv/mobileregister/mbrantley.ssf?/base/entertainment/112919491314380.xml&coll=3

 

[NHawk19]

Should we start placing bets on the over night ratings?

I'm calling SV 1st place in the slot among males 18-49

 

[AgentPat]

Should we start placing bets on the over night ratings?

I'm calling SV 1st place in the slot among males 18-49

That would be quite a coup. I bet they get the 18-34 male demo.

This is all so wonderfully exciting, I must say. I'm glad to see the show getting attention again.

 

[avidreader]

That would be quite a coup. I bet they get the 18-34 male demo.

This is all so wonderfully exciting, I must say. I'm glad to see the show getting attention again.

That is good news, most of the reviews that I've seen come through, whilst not as extensive as this one, have all said that they are happy with the way things are shaping up this season.

The more that shout it the better.

 

[triplet]

http://medialifemagazine.com/artman/publish/article_636.asp

Here's an article on Smallville's ratings success....

The real Thursday spoiler: 'Smallville'

Surprise: WB show is bettering even 'Chris'

By Abigail Azote
Oct 13, 2005


When the WB moved the aging “Smallville” to the highly competitive Thursday 8 p.m. timeslot, it seemed like a risky move. There it would face not only CBS and NBC’s heavyweights but also UPN’s promising “Everybody Hates Chris.”

Two weeks in, the WB’s gamble is paying off.

The UPN show may be getting all the critical buzz but “Smallville” is getting the ratings. In two outings, the fifth-year show has bettered “Chris” in the major demos.

No less surprising, the WB series is outpacing last season’s average, last week scoring 2.6 18-49 rating, up 86 percent from its year-ago time period average. And that is up 30 percent from "Smallville's" average last season.

And with a 3.0 among viewers 18-34, “Smallville” rose to the No. 2 program in its timeslot last week, besting ABC’s “Alias,” NBC’s “Joey” and “Will and Grace,” as well as baseball on Fox. It was behind only CBS's "Survivor."

But perhaps most impressive, the Superman saga is well ahead of comedian Chris Rock's new sitcom on UPN, its first half hour clocking a 2.8 18-34 rating, 33 percent better than “Chris’s” 2.1. The UPN series debuted big the week before “Smallville” returned but has since declined.

Why is “Smallville" faring so well, and on a new night yet? Two reasons, the first being its loyal core audience, says Steve Sternberg, director of audience analysis at Magna Global. "Many moved with it to Thursday.”

The other is who the show draws. Says Sternberg: “It has a substantially different audience than any of its competitors.”

In addition to trouncing "Chris," "Smallville" is also besting that show's companion, fellow newcomer “Love, Inc,.” which airs at 8:30 p.m. Season to date, the two UPN shows combined have averaged a 2.1 18-49 rating, 19 percent less than “Smallville’s” 2.6 average. Among 18-34s, “Smallville” has averaged a 3.1 so far this season, 51 percent better than “Chris” and “Love, Inc.’s” 2.05 average.

 

[Pickle-El]

Doing good.....