Ratings

[avidreader]

If anyone thought about watching Twins, dont bother, that would have to be the worst 1/2 hour of TV sitcom on TV at the moment. Melanie Griffith should seriously think about a different career. I havent watched that other show so I cant comment.

Someone asked above about the SFX budget for Smallville. I'd be interested to know what that is as well, in fact I'd be interested to know what their total budget is for each show. Do they release that kind of information?

 

[triplet]

You see this people? You too could join in on these classic inside joke moments, if you were cool enough to watch The Office.

Maybe once House and Supernatural are into reruns I'll give it another try, but I deal with Office stuff all day so I'm sorta with NHawk19 on that one...

I've tried watching it and I stand by my statement. I just cant get into it. I deal with office politics and regular politics all day, just dont need to see them on TV.

Although, I found Office Space hilarious... but I have my own version of TPS reports so that part of that film was particularly funny.

 

[Serene]

You see this people? You too could join in on these classic inside joke moments, if you were cool enough to watch The Office.

I loved Office Space, and would probably really like this show too.. but I can't give up House or Supernatural for it. I already have to tape one and watch the other.

 

[AgentPat]

Smallville? Ratings? Oh yeah...

Okay, old news, but it's a new article, and I like basking in this glory:

(Excerpt, Zap2It.com)

...the battle for third place on Thursday night is getting more and more interesting, with The WB emerging as a surprise competitor for the No. 3 spot behind CBS and NBC. Last week "Smallville" (3.9/6) drew 6.4 million viewers, setting a record for the network in that time period and nearly beating ABC's "Alias" (4.7/8, 6.78 million viewers). It did, in fact, beat "Alias" (and everything else, save CBS' "Survivor") in the demographics it cares about most, people 12-34 and adults 18-34.

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|98241|1|,00.html
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[avidreader]

Cool Keep on posting, I say.

 

[triplet]

Here's another thing on the ratings, this is from a WB press release over on Futon Critic.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20051025wb01



Excerpt:

SMALLVILLE has consistently been one of the winners on the night this season, achieving a #1 rank in men 18-34 (3.5/12) for the fourth time in as many weeks this season. The super series also placed #1 in men 12-34 (3.6/12) and #2 among adults 18-34 (3.1/10), persons 12-34 (3.1/10) and men 18-49 (3.3/10).


SMALLVILLE set new WB Thursday records in males 12-34 (3.6/12) and men 18-49 (3.3/10) and equaled the all-time high in men 18-34 (3.5/12). SMALLVILLE also set new Thursday time period records in persons 12-34 (3.1/10), adults 18-49 (2.9/8) and total viewers (6.4 million), while delivering the time period record in adults 18-34 (3.1/10). The show built sharply week-to-week across all demos, and continues to more than double the time period deliveries of a year ago in adults 18-34, adults 18-49 and persons 12-34.

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The WB Thursday achieved triple-digit growth across nearly every key demo, including +156% in adults 18-34, +118% in persons 12-34 and +120% in adults 18-49. The network ranked #2 on the night in men 12-34 (2.4/8) and was #3 on the night in adults 18-34 (2.3/7), women 18-34 (2.3/6), men 18-34 (2.2/7), persons 12-34 (2.4/7), females 12-34 (2.4/7), adults 18-49 (2.2/6) and men 18-49 (2.2/6).

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More good news!

 

[AgentPat]

Last week's Nielsen wrap ups still trickling in...

USA Today:

• It's a bird ... WB's Smallville set a network record for its new Thursday time slot, averaging 6.4 million viewers, the series' best showing in nearly two years. Competitors in that 8 p.m. hour weren't so lucky: ABC's Alias and UPN's Everybody Hates Chris hit series lows, with 6.8 million and 5.5 million viewers respectively.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-10-25-nielsen-analysis_x.htm​

Daily Variety:

• The WB and UPNUPN fought to a draw in their target adults 18-34 demo (1.7/5), with the Frog led as usual by its drama lineups on Tuesday and Thursday. Latter night featured more great numbers from "Smallville" on its new night (Daily Variety, Oct. 24).

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931607​

Reuters and Hollywood Reporter kept it short:

• WB had a particularly good showing Thursday from 8 p.m. anchor "Smallville" (6.4 million, 2.9/8).

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsA...9576_RTRIDST_0_TELEVISION-RATINGS-WEEK-DC.XML​

Last weeks' network averages (in millions of viewers):

CBS: 13.1
Fox: 10.6
ABC: 10.5
NBC: 9.3
WB: 3.7
UPN: 3.5

 

[NHawk19]

Last weeks' network averages (in millions of viewers):

CBS: 13.1
Fox: 10.6
ABC: 10.5
NBC: 9.3
WB: 3.7
UPN: 3.5

So an overall 5th place netowrk almost doubles its total viewership for one show, then wins in key demos to boot. Hello season 6 and increased budget.

 

[AgentPat]

So an overall 5th place network almost doubles its total viewership for one show, then wins in key demos to boot. Hello season 6 and increased budget.

Interesting way of looking at it, but you're right. SV attracted 6.4M viewers last week, which is almost double the network's average. The show would *really* have to take a MAJOR dive this year in ratings for The WB NOT to want to renew 'em, and I don't see that happening. I think sweeps' weeks next month will seal the deal.

Oh, and everybody put their baseball allegiances aside tonight. Keep your collective fingers crossed that Chicago wins, 'cause that will mean more repeats on FOX tomorrow night, which will only add to SV's bottom line.

Go White Sox!

<- NY Yankee fan living in Boston. Go figure? LOL

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit before moving to the East Coast. I dont think it's actually possible on a genetic level for me to root for a Chicago team. Perhaps I'll just root AGAINST Houston instead?

 

[NHawk19]

*ugh* Pirates Fan

 

[LarryLegend]

Let's hope the episodes are as good for sweeps as they have been thus far. Tommorow's vampire one concerns me.

 

[Serene]

We're Cubs fans in this household. Most Chicago area people are one or the other. But I root for any Chicago team before any other. So.. GO SOX!

 

[Max]

Let's hope the episodes are as good for sweeps as they have been thus far. Tommorow's vampire one concerns me.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm hoping most fans will simply accept the episode for what it is - a way to celebrate Halloween -- and NOT tune out for the subsequent sweeps episodes. Maybe I'm being overly critical of an episode that hasn't aired yet, but it just looks too . . . . too . . . .

I guess I'll have to wait and see.

Anyway, back on subject:

RATINGS LOOK FABULOUS! It's nice to see it getting a lot of attention from the media.

 

[triplet]

EDITED: for being stupid.

 

[Billy Batson]

6.4 million!
More episodes like Run & Aqua please.
The comicbook folks have spoken.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Nice World Series is over! Congrats to the White Sox. Bad for baseball that it ended in 4, but good for Smallville ratings

 

[AgentPat]

Nice World Series is over! Congrats to the White Sox. Bad for baseball that it ended in 4, but good for Smallville ratings

LOL! Indeed. I honestly didn't care who won the series this year; none of "my" teams were in it LOL. But I'm glad it ended in four. FOX will be at the bottom of the Nielsen barrel tonight. Next week though, let the "real" games begin. I'm just hoping folks aren't dissuaded from watching *next* week's episode after seeing the one tonight.

 

[Lara]

LOL! Indeed. I honestly didn't care who won the series this year; none of "my" teams were in it LOL. But I'm glad it ended in four. FOX will be at the bottom of the Nielsen barrel tonight. Next week though, let the "real" games begin. I'm just hoping folks aren't dissuaded from watching *next* week's episode after seeing the one tonight.

I'm also worried about this. Didn't that happen last year? A bad ep and people seem to jump ship

 

[KikiDee]

I'm also worried about this. Didn't that happen last year? A bad ep and people seem to jump ship

I don't think we'll have that problem this year due to the way they've been promoting. Last year they did hardly any advertising. This year they have 2-3 different internet sites that post teaser clips. They've realized how big their online audience is and associating with Batman Begins wasn't a bad move either.

They have some great mythological based episodes coming up and as long as they keep some of that running through the storyline people will keep coming back. They can't give us everything we want all at once. Consider us Pavlov's dog.....we keep coming back because eventually we do get a real treat.

 

[NHawk19]

LOL! Indeed. I honestly didn't care who won the series this year; none of "my" teams were in it LOL. But I'm glad it ended in four. FOX will be at the bottom of the Nielsen barrel tonight. Next week though, let the "real" games begin. I'm just hoping folks aren't dissuaded from watching *next* week's episode after seeing the one tonight.

That's a real concern especially considering the fall off last season. I posted this somewhere before. But WB SV whoever when they make episodes like this one need to promote it as a part of the respective holiday and not make it like there will be heavy mythos.

 

[KikiDee]

That's a real concern especially considering the fall off last season. I posted this somewhere before. But WB SV whoever when they make episodes like this one need to promote it as a part of the respective holiday and not make it like there will be heavy mythos.

They do on some of the other WB networks....they're promoting it as "Halloween hits Smallville"

 

[NHawk19]

Havent seen that yet I wonder what finally clicked.

 

[AgentPat]

That's a real concern especially considering the fall off last season. I posted this somewhere before. But WB SV whoever when they make episodes like this one need to promote it as a part of the respective holiday and not make it like there will be heavy mythos.

Promotion of an ep IS important, no doubt about it. But how the ep is promoted won't change what people think *after* seeing it.

The goal with series television is to grow your audience through time as much as possible. Statistically, there will be some viewers that tune in tonight that have NEVER seen an episode of SV. Depending on what they think after watching tonight, they'll either be persuaded to come back next week, or they won't. What's misleading about total viewer statistics (regardless of demographic breakdown) is that we're only given a total figure. Basically, the six million viewers who watched last week are not ALL going to be the same individuals who watch tonight. Sure, most of them will be, but there will be a certain amount of newbies. THOSE are the people you want to see come back. And you don't want to dissuade current viewers from tuning out for subsequent episodes because the "last" one they saw was "bad" in their opinion. You don't want attrition to even out viewership each week. You want to GROW.

Having said all that, Thirst *could* do quite well since there ARE a lot of Buffy fans out there and they might actually come back NEXT week. So it's up in the air until the fast affiliates tomorrow.

 

[RakuMon]

Don't you think the teaser for the following week will also determine how many people "come back?"