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Update: 15th November Updated table.
Update: 7th November Here is the latest table. We've also included Top 20 by Total Viewer Drop and at the request of some people we've also included the Top 20 Viewed Shows as well.
Original Post: 13th October I was just playing around with our ratings stats and thought I'd quickly have a look at which shows have dropped off the most viewers. The tables are done as a percentage of viewers from their average rating to their last episode rating.
Note: I did this in a bit of a rush so there maybe the odd error
Regardless, it's still a bad sign because little shows can't afford to lose even a couple thousand viewers. Even on the CW you would hope for less than a 20% drop.
still a lot got canceled that year too... think it's becoming more common on network as cable and premium provide better dramas it's cutting into a) the margin of viewers that could put a show over the "cancellation hump" and b) it erodes the media critic factor, if you can't beat HBO in the "artistic quality" area why bother when game shows make more money and are cheaper?
problem A is compounded by Neilson, where a few people end up being huge numbers.
According to this, The Event ain't lookin too good. Why is it that every show I like lately either gets cancelled, or gets in danger of cancellation? I'm convinced that if LOST had premiered nowadays instead of 6 years ago, it'd be in danger too.
yep, people only like reality shows and procedurals, one would think since the success of Lost this would be the other way around but it isn't :(
Serialized dramas die fast, in 2011 with Smallville ending, Chuck and The Event in danger, Supernatural being maybe the final season, The Office replacing its protagonist, Fringe in danger as usual (i think), there will be so many few shows for me to watch...
yep, people only like reality shows and procedurals, one would think since the success of Lost this would be the other way around but it isn't :(
Serialized dramas die fast, in 2011 with Smallville ending, Chuck and The Event in danger, Supernatural being maybe the final season, The Office replacing its protagonist, Fringe in danger as usual (i think), there will be so many few shows for me to watch...
At first I thought this article was about series premieres, as in "pilots", and the latest episodes. DH has lost like 8-9 million viewers since season one, which is a shame.
What are your constituent numbers for Chase? I calculated a 32.7% drop.
Likewise, I calculated a 42% drop for The Event and a 61.6% drop for Outlaw. (And, like so many others, a >100% drop doesn't make any conceptual or mathematical sense to me either. A "180% drop" would mean a show dropped almost twice as many viewers as it started out with. Not possible.)
mmm it seems like a typo to me, in the premiere Outlaw had 10 million viewers and in the following episodes it was around 4 million...so that's like 50% less people watching.
I think you can't loose more than 100% or I fail at maths :D
It's really almost the same case with The Event, in the premiere it had 11 million viewers and it has dropped to aprox 6 million.
^^' but that table is not fair for little show on little network. If a show of 10 M lose 1M viewer, it's 'just' a lost of 10% while 1M can be 50% of another show. You should maybe show the numbers with the %
I get that you can gain more that 100% of your original viewers, but you can't lose more of 100% of what you originally had. Is that a typo? Should it be 80%? Still, it's quite impressive
Not seeing how, mathematically, a show could lose more than everyone who watched the premiere (100%), And adding up percent loses from two premieres is not mathematically sound either.
Smallville and Supernatural were preempted during 2 and 3 episodes so those numbers are incorrect. If I'm not wrong Castle was preempted in different markets since season start, so it's not right to compare ratings for different eps vs season premier for shows that were preempted
My friends and general posters i've talked to online have mentioned they've stopped watching house and have dropped it from TiVo... but it still looks like it's going strong. good stuff. :)
Gossip Girl isn't on the list so they're not one of the shows that have lost a lot of viewers since the beginning of the fall season. Not being on the list is a good thing.
Not that it gets the number of viewers it deserves anyway, but at least Supernatural isn't on the list. It might have lower ratings than last year but at least they're pretty steady and solid for a network like the CW. :)
Someone posted this on TVBTN-(thanks to that person, this makes for some very interesting reading if you're a SPN fan)
In the year-over-year comparables to the end of week 7, ‘Supernatural’ has carried over 88% of households, 92% of A18-49s and 95% of P2+s to the desolate viewerscape that is Friday evenings in broadcast television:
‘Supernatural’ season-to-date up to week 7: 2010-11: 1.5HH/3%, 1.10 A18-49, 2,519,000 P2+(FRIDAY) 2009-10: 1.7HH/3%, 1.20 A18-49, 2,653,000 P2+(THURSDAY)
Fringe has also lost viewers. You can check it out on the full ratings table here http://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/full-ratings-tables-to-date-by-total.html
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Regardless, it's still a bad sign because little shows can't afford to lose even a couple thousand viewers. Even on the CW you would hope for less than a 20% drop.
ReplyDeletestill a lot got canceled that year too... think it's becoming more common on network as cable and premium provide better dramas it's cutting into a) the margin of viewers that could put a show over the "cancellation hump" and b) it erodes the media critic factor, if you can't beat HBO in the "artistic quality" area why bother when game shows make more money and are cheaper?
ReplyDeleteproblem A is compounded by Neilson, where a few people end up being huge numbers.
ha, that's exactly what I think, 2004-05 was the year of really serialized dramas
ReplyDeleteAccording to this, The Event ain't lookin too good. Why is it that every show I like lately either gets cancelled, or gets in danger of cancellation? I'm convinced that if LOST had premiered nowadays instead of 6 years ago, it'd be in danger too.
ReplyDeleteNow THIS is a very interesting and informative post. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really don't like seeing Community toward the top of this list, though. :(
Okay, thanks for explaining.
ReplyDeletePeople don't want to give a chance to new shows. Is this the beginning of the end for tv series?
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me Chuck is doing a lot better than a ton of the other NBC shows, despite it's drop.
ReplyDeleteWe've updated the table to show the numbers
ReplyDeleteYep, should be fixed now. I screwed up a forumula lol
ReplyDeletewell, give or take haha, most of them seem correct except for Outlaw which must be a typo I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteWhat? 4.9/7.8 = .628. Therefore, using those numbers, it has retained 62.8% of its original and dropped 37.2%.
ReplyDeleteyep, people only like reality shows and procedurals, one would think since the success of Lost this would be the other way around but it isn't :(
ReplyDeleteSerialized dramas die fast, in 2011 with Smallville ending, Chuck and The Event in danger, Supernatural being maybe the final season, The Office replacing its protagonist, Fringe in danger as usual (i think), there will be so many few shows for me to watch...
yep, people only like reality shows and procedurals, one would think since the success of Lost this would be the other way around but it isn't :(
ReplyDeleteSerialized dramas die fast, in 2011 with Smallville ending, Chuck and The Event in danger, Supernatural being maybe the final season, The Office replacing its protagonist, Fringe in danger as usual (i think), there will be so many few shows for me to watch...
Cool, DH is up.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought this article was about series premieres, as in "pilots", and the latest episodes. DH has lost like 8-9 million viewers since season one, which is a shame.
COme on you guys it's too soon to tell:)
ReplyDelete13% is fairly low, thank everybody ;)
ReplyDeletenope, Chase seems kinda correct to me
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chase_episodes
it gives me 61,71%
Chase we had 7.8 premiere and last episode 4.9
ReplyDeleteWhat are your constituent numbers for Chase? I calculated a 32.7% drop.
ReplyDeleteLikewise, I calculated a 42% drop for The Event and a 61.6% drop for Outlaw. (And, like so many others, a >100% drop doesn't make any conceptual or mathematical sense to me either. A "180% drop" would mean a show dropped almost twice as many viewers as it started out with. Not possible.)
mmm it seems like a typo to me, in the premiere Outlaw had 10 million viewers and in the following episodes it was around 4 million...so that's like 50% less people watching.
ReplyDeleteI think you can't loose more than 100% or I fail at maths :D
It's really almost the same case with The Event, in the premiere it had 11 million viewers and it has dropped to aprox 6 million.
^^' but that table is not fair for little show on little network. If a show of 10 M lose 1M viewer, it's 'just' a lost of 10% while 1M can be 50% of another show. You should maybe show the numbers with the %
ReplyDeleteI get that you can gain more that 100% of your original viewers, but you can't lose more of 100% of what you originally had. Is that a typo? Should it be 80%? Still, it's quite impressive
ReplyDeleteOf course you can more than 100% :)
ReplyDelete1 week you 1 Million viewers, the next you have 200 million. What's
the % increase?
Not seeing how, mathematically, a show could lose more than everyone who watched the premiere (100%), And adding up percent loses from two premieres is not mathematically sound either.
ReplyDeleteHow can you lose more than 100% of viewers? Isn't 100% everybody watching? How can you lose more than all your audience?
ReplyDeleteYep, prem was 12.9 and the last one was 13.1
ReplyDeleteSo Desperate Housewives has gained 1.5??
ReplyDeleteI think you don't get the point of the table.
ReplyDeleteouch 13.0 percent for Chuck? Why? Where is everybody?
ReplyDeleteI think because it moved day. It aired the premiere midweek but then
ReplyDeletemoved to a friday which killed it.
How did Outlaw get a 180% drop? xD
ReplyDeleteYep that's correct. You have to remember that some shows have only had
ReplyDelete1 or 2 episodes.
Simpsons for example had a premier of 7.7 million, the 2nd and most
recent episode had 8.6 million.
So does this mean that the ones with a negative percent number increased that much? So the Simpsons e.g. have now 10,5% more viewers than before?
ReplyDeleteSmallville and Supernatural were preempted during 2 and 3 episodes so those numbers are incorrect. If I'm not wrong Castle was preempted in different markets since season start, so it's not right to compare ratings for different eps vs season premier for shows that were preempted
ReplyDeleteMy friends and general posters i've talked to online have mentioned they've stopped watching house and have dropped it from TiVo... but it still looks like it's going strong. good stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteGossip girl writers really need to make nate and serena be a couple again because they lose viewers when those 2 arent together
ReplyDeleteGossip Girl isn't on the list so they're not one of the shows that have lost a lot of viewers since the beginning of the fall season. Not being on the list is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm blind, but I really can't find GossipGirl o.O
ReplyDelete:) The one chart that DOESN'T have Fringe on it. :P
ReplyDeletethanks :)
ReplyDeleteThey're right, Dark. If there was a negative 100% drop, then absolutely nobody would be watching the show.
ReplyDeleteActually, yes--that is the only thing that matters.
ReplyDeleteGlad we cleared that up.
This is just the top 20 shows
ReplyDeletewhere is supernatural?
ReplyDeleteNot that it gets the number of viewers it deserves anyway, but at least Supernatural isn't on the list. It might have lower ratings than last year but at least they're pretty steady and solid for a network like the CW. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's the only thing that matters.
ReplyDeleteSomeone posted this on TVBTN-(thanks to that person, this makes for some very interesting reading if you're a SPN fan)
ReplyDeleteIn the year-over-year comparables to the end of week 7, ‘Supernatural’ has carried over 88% of households, 92% of A18-49s and 95% of P2+s to the desolate viewerscape that is Friday evenings in broadcast television:
‘Supernatural’ season-to-date up to week 7:
2010-11: 1.5HH/3%, 1.10 A18-49, 2,519,000 P2+(FRIDAY)
2009-10: 1.7HH/3%, 1.20 A18-49, 2,653,000 P2+(THURSDAY)
Thanks. I always count on you to help me see the overall picture.
ReplyDelete25 !!! % 20.. 20..... 25%! *died*
ReplyDeleteso glad Fringe isnt on here *does the happy dance*
ReplyDeleteoh noooo.. CHUCK is in danger whith smallville ending?? how come?
ReplyDeleteFringe has also lost viewers. You can check it out on the full ratings table here http://www.spoilertv.com/2010/11/full-ratings-tables-to-date-by-total.html
ReplyDeleteWhere is Fringe ?
ReplyDeleteWhy is Glee on there twice? One saying there is a increase, and one saying there is a drop?
ReplyDeleteOne is the average per episode and one is the %drop
ReplyDeleteSaddened by some of the drops, but only surprised by Hawaii Five-O. Hope that doesn't continue. It's a good show, and most remakes aren't.
ReplyDeleteSo is off the map doing good or badd?
ReplyDeleteVery bad
ReplyDeleteWell I hope the producers of the event see , or saw the writing on the wall. Thanks to the hiatus...not.
ReplyDelete