Welcome back to another Question of the Day.
This one comes from BubbleButtFan who asks.
"Why do you think there aren't any monster hits like 'Lost' anymore?
The 2004-2005 TV season was the last to create 'monster' hits - 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Desperate Housewives', as well as 'Lost'. All of these shows were consistently above 20 million at some points, and were sometimes even able to hit as much as 30 million viewers. This was only a few short years ago - since then shows like 'Glee', 'Heroes', and 'Modern Family' haven't even come close.
Is it because shows just aren't as good quality anymore? Is it because today's shows try too hard to clone past hits? Is it because the storylines just aren't as gripping? Is it because people just aren't as willing to invest so much of their time into shows anymore? Is there still a huge audience out there for new monster hits, and the networks just need to greenlight the right show?
What are your thoughts? "
For me personally, I believe it's the changing the landscape of TV/Internet and Technology and the outdated Neilsen System.
I don't know about you, but I find myself, Downloading, Streaming and Recording a lot more shows than I did 3-4 years ago. People no longer have to watch shows live and can now watch them at their convenience. One of the few shows that I made a real effort to watch live was LOST.
Also people are spending more and more time on the Internet as well as streaming media. This in conjunction with the outdated Nielsen system means that the results are getting very skewed.
The other thing to consider is that Reality shows are taking over many of the Prime-time schedules, they draw huge audiences and are cheaper and easier to make.
So what about you? Are the numbers dwindling due to changing technology mediums or are the results just not getting recording accurately, or are the shows just not good enough? Do you think we'll ever see 25+ Million viewers for a scripted TV show again?
Sound off in the comments.
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