Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The RATINGS Thread - Part 1

[Silvermoon]

That's not entirely true. The key ratings is the 18-49 demo and any show that hits above a 2.0 is doing a good job. The show has had some monster ratings and even last week managed to get all the way up to a 2.0, it's just that the show hasn't been consistently pulling those kinds of numbers. The slow start and the re-runs have probably paid some part in that.

Curious, what do you consider "consistently"? By my tally, 15 episodes have had a 2.0 or above in final ratings. Only 1 (likely 2 - ultimately depends on where Ep 17's final numbers adjust to) have had below a 2.0. So I'd say it's been "consistently" doing a good job - going by what you indicated doing a good job consists of

 

[ares834]

if last night was "mediocre" I'm queen Elizabeth.

One episode doesn't make a show good though.

 

[Alex_Kidd]

From episode 11 it's always been very good.
From the magical place. I can't do anything if you've decided to hate it.

 

[ares834]

From episode 11 it's always been very good.
From the magical place. I can't do anything if you've decided to hate it.

Different opinions. I personally haven't like it consistently since episode 13 (and even then I thought Yes Men was merely decent).

 

[Docker2.0]

That's not entirely true. The key ratings is the 18-49 demo and any show that hits above a 2.0 is doing a good job. The show has had some monster ratings and even last week managed to get all the way up to a 2.0, it's just that the show hasn't been consistently pulling those kinds of numbers. The slow start and the re-runs have probably paid some part in that.

So when u say that the show hasn't remotely lived up to the hype the truth is that it has delivered some nice size ratings in the key demo just not consistently. But probably enough to warrant a second season. The only thing alarming is watching this weeks ratings come in so low, it's a bit surprising and if that trend continues then that will spell Dr. Doom....

I don't believe it has had monster ratings since it's first month. The show has had decent ratings but to call them monster is reaching. Are the ratings due to going up against NCIS? I kind of doubt that. The show opened up huge, meaning people really wanted to like it. And with the ratings dropping seemingly every week............sorry but I don't get how people are so blind to a show and put down people who don't agree with them.

 

[Holy Slapper]

Wouldn't the show benefit from airing on a different day or later hour? NCIS and The Voice are just killing it.

 

[Alex_Kidd]

we'll see next week if the time slot can do the difference

 

[Silvermoon]

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...bout-a-boy-chicago-fire-adjusted-down/252522/

As predicted, adjusted up in final numbers. It went up to a 1.9 (no longer a series low), so like last week it went up .2

 

[Alex_Kidd]

this is nice.

 

[ares834]

Apocalypse averted.

 

[SHIELDtv]

Buzz yesterday was so big our twitter account gained around 800 new followers! That's a HUGE increase compared to the usually maybe 50-100 on an episode night. How that doesn't translate to the ratings just baffles me

 

[Alex_Kidd]

I can't realize that, Shieldy, really can't.
Something goes wrong. We'll se next week with the shift of slot, this will be interesting.

 

[mkilban2]

Show is doomed.


It's pulling 9-10 million weekly when all the numbers are tallied And that's legally. I'm sure there's another million+ out there downloading torrents/streaming the show as well haha. I see no chance of the show not being renewed for another season.

Hopefully they'll get this to Netflix as soon as possible as well, that's only going to help the show going forward. When Arrow popped up there I saw people I'd never imagine watching that show enjoying it

 

[Lord]

if last night was "mediocre" I'm queen Elizabeth.

When they droped the show it was probably when it was mediocre, not last night, they weren't even watching that episode

 

[Dr. Evil]

Deadline says it's very likely to be picked up:

http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/television-bubble-shows-2014-renewed-or-cancelled-list/

 

[Mysteryman]

Deadline says it's very likely to be picked up:

http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/television-bubble-shows-2014-renewed-or-cancelled-list/

For me, I dont think that there is any question that it is picked up .
The question is , on what night will it air and will the budget be cut significantly ?

 

[Vartha]

if last night was "mediocre" I'm queen Elizabeth.

Well I'll bet the ratings will be down because of Hulu's screw up of releasing the show earlier in the day.

 

[Shifty]

Buzz yesterday was so big our twitter account gained around 800 new followers! That's a HUGE increase compared to the usually maybe 50-100 on an episode night. How that doesn't translate to the ratings just baffles me

There are only 20,000 households that have Nielsen boxes so you need those 800 to have boxes to count.

All this word of mouth doesn't really matter unless they're watching it on something that can be measured like a Nielsen box, iTunes or Hulu. And DVR still isn't the best but the networks need to spin something and the +7s help.

I did catch the end of last night's show to see what would happen. It will likely return but life on ABC doesn't seem long. Maybe Netflix will air the second season.

 

[Mike Murdock]

Nielsen is a random sample and a decently large number so, while there's a margin of error, it isn't completely off as far as accuracy goes.

I think the fear of spoilers caused some die-hard fans to pause this week. I'd be curious what online viewing looks like and how next week's repeat will do. In other words, there might be a delayed tune in. Hopefully the tie in will be a net positive eventually.

 

[JC00]

I did catch the end of last night's show to see what would happen. It will likely return but life on ABC doesn't seem long. Maybe Netflix will air the second season.

Why would they put it on Netflix? ABC is a Disney owned company. If it's renewed it will be on ABC.

 

[Shifty]

Why would they put it on Netflix? ABC is a Disney owned company. If it's renewed it will be on ABC.

Because live viewership still determines what stays and goes and AoS' live viewership keeps shrinking.

If advertisers won't pay what ABC is asking and ABC has to reduce the price to get companies on board then they'll just lose more money on the show. At a certain point ABC will pull the plug with the money they're losing.

From the premiere and DVR info throughout the season there's a large number of people who may sample or binge watch the series if given the opportunity. Especially once more people see Captain America 2.

Netflix could make Marvel/Disney a better offer than what the advertisers are offering. AoS is hurting ABC's lineup and that timeslot, eventually, would be better off with a new show.

With 4 other Marvel shows lined up on Netflix, adding season one and doing a 13 episode second season that's not restricted to the production schedule of a broadcast network drama could be the best thing for AoS. I'm saying this as a non-fan.

 

[Mike Murdock]

The production schedule was an important feature of this season, as weird as that sounds. This episode had to be released on this date after you've seen everything leading up to it.

That being said, next season doesn't necessarily have to be that way if the goal was an August to May season anyway (i.e., a Guardians of the Galaxy to Age of Ultron season). But I suspect they still might want to take advantage of this experiment if they can.

The ratings do well for 18-49 males and do a good job of capturing the "not NCIS" audience. Those are things that an advertiser would like. That being said, I'm sure they are hoping next week's repeat and new episode will justify the experiment (even if it doesn't recapture the series premier's numbers).

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I'm sure with all the buzz and WOM and another week for people to see Cap next week will be a big boost

 

[Gallifreyan]

I'm sure with all the buzz and WOM and another week for people to see Cap next week will be a big boost

I think so as well , I know quite a few people even saw in mentions on Tumblr that hadn't seen WS so they weren't gonna watch Shield cause the didn't want to be spoiled.

I'm not too concerned about it getting a season 2 , it pretty much has the same numbers as Once Upon A Time and that show is on it's 3th season and most likely getting a 4th .

 

[Alex_Kidd]

I think so as well , I know quite a few people even saw in mentions on Tumblr that hadn't seen WS so they weren't gonna watch Shield cause the didn't want to be spoiled.

I'm not too concerned about it getting a season 2 , it pretty much has the same numbers as Once Upon A Time and that show is on it's 3th season and most likely getting a 4th .

But the budgets are ridicolously different. AOS with the visual effects of OUAT it's a nightmare...