The piracy hounds are out! I'm willing to bet this is going to lower the ratings for the episodes since the eps will be available online a day before it even begins in the US.
Yeah, this will be horrible for the ratings. CM will survive because it's well established, and someone will realize that piracy was the reason for the dive before anything drastic happens. A new show, however, may be doomed from the start under these circumstances.
It might not affect the US ratings at all. With a one day spread it *might* affect the pilot...but neither show is Doctor Who or Lost. I don't see a millions of people rushing to see either show before it airs here hassle free. I *love* Criminal Minds, but it's not on my "I must watch my recording before i got to sleep tonight!" list.
samething used to happen with CSI Miami and I could honestly say while I was curious about what happened I honestly didn't find myself rushing to download it a day early...what was one more day? lol Not to mention that depending on when it airs, odds are by the time it gets online for those in U.S. it's like 3 or 4am. At that point personally, unless like someone said it's the season premiere, what is the point? I might as well just wait the few hours til it airs at 9pm EST. while I think it may affect the ratings for those who just can't wait, I doubt it will affect them overall because those people who can't wait who will watch it the night before or early day of are probably hardcore enough to watch it again live! lol
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ReplyDeleteThe piracy hounds are out! I'm willing to bet this is going to lower the ratings for the episodes since the eps will be available online a day before it even begins in the US.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this will be horrible for the ratings. CM will survive because it's well established, and someone will realize that piracy was the reason for the dive before anything drastic happens. A new show, however, may be doomed from the start under these circumstances.
ReplyDeleteThat seems really odd. If it's to address international downloading of eps...why not same day airing? I'm not sure of that logic at all.
ReplyDeleteIt might not affect the US ratings at all. With a one day spread it *might* affect the pilot...but neither show is Doctor Who or Lost. I don't see a millions of people rushing to see either show before it airs here hassle free. I *love* Criminal Minds, but it's not on my "I must watch my recording before i got to sleep tonight!" list.
ReplyDeletedo you realize that "piracy" is the only way to watch this for some people ?
ReplyDeletenot everyone lives in the usa
samething used to happen with CSI Miami and I could honestly say while I was curious about what happened I honestly didn't find myself rushing to download it a day early...what was one more day? lol Not to mention that depending on when it airs, odds are by the time it gets online for those in U.S. it's like 3 or 4am. At that point personally, unless like someone said it's the season premiere, what is the point? I might as well just wait the few hours til it airs at 9pm EST. while I think it may affect the ratings for those who just can't wait, I doubt it will affect them overall because those people who can't wait who will watch it the night before or early day of are probably hardcore enough to watch it again live! lol
ReplyDeleteNo one mentioned scheduling. Plus CW shows are never really simulcast on Canadian networks anyway.
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