what i dont get is, why the hell they go by nielsen ratings on whether a show gets cancelled. so what, your not getting your targetted demographic, but you are getting a fuckton of viewers for your show. Just because the eyeballs watching arent a certain age, doesnt mean that it isnt worth watching.
Because it's the Advertisers that effectively pay for the shows. They want their products to be seen by people in the 18-49 range.
Eg a show could have 100 million viewers but if all of them are aged 90 it does not matter. They would rather have a show with 1 million viewers all aged 24.
See this helpful FAQ http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/10/renewals-and-cancellations-decisions.html
Parenthood and its 1.2/1.3 A18-49 rating at #49 ahead of shows like 24 (2.6 for episodes 9.01/9.02, 2.0 for episode 9.03), The Good Wife (which did go to 1.3 late in the season but usually it was around 1.5/1.6) is pretty weird, same for Almost Human (#29) ahead of Person of Interest (#33) - I know AH's cancellation was an anomaly given its fairly decent ratings, but other than its premiere (heavily helped by a Sunday night football game) I highly doubt it did better than PoI. Nielsen should take that regular timeslot factor into account (e.g: The Following's premiere had a 4.1 rating on Adults 18-49, even though most of the *following* episodes were around 1.5 A18-49).
Hannibal is financed in large part by Gaumont, a studio of which the newly founded TV branch is trying to break into original programming for the past couple of years, and thus it is probably very generous with its first critical hit (Hemlock Grove didn't make that much of a splash, and Barbarella isn't expected on Canal+ until 2015). NBC joined in but they don't have to pay a lot for the show. Warner Bros. perhaps didn't want to pay as much as NBC wanted them to pay in order for them to greenlight a third season of Revolution (which would have probably led to a fourth season because of the syndication thing).
And if Hannibal could air Wednesdays at 8PM (it definitely couldn't), it would probably do better than its current ratings on Fridays at 10PM, you can't really compare the two. NBC doesn't have any other show that would pair well enough with Grimm and would bring a low but steady amount of viewers as well as critical acclaim for a relatively low cost compared to most other dramas with an expensive production like Hannibal.
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Is it me or this tables can't expand? If I click.. then only appears the SAME little image and.. nothing more (and the 2ยบ is too big)
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ReplyDeleteThis only reminds how disappointed I am about Almost Human's cancellation. The show actually had quite good ratings. Ugh!
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ReplyDeletewhat i dont get is, why the hell they go by nielsen ratings on whether a show gets cancelled. so what, your not getting your targetted demographic, but you are getting a fuckton of viewers for your show. Just because the eyeballs watching arent a certain age, doesnt mean that it isnt worth watching.
ReplyDeleteBecause it's the Advertisers that effectively pay for the shows. They want their products to be seen by people in the 18-49 range.
ReplyDeleteEg a show could have 100 million viewers but if all of them are aged 90 it does not matter. They would rather have a show with 1 million viewers all aged 24.
See this helpful FAQ
http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/10/renewals-and-cancellations-decisions.html
Better even than some of the shows they renewed!
ReplyDeleteNot that bad for ABC and Revenge is actually doing better than I expected, its around the top 35-39 shows.
ReplyDeleteParenthood and its 1.2/1.3 A18-49 rating at #49 ahead of shows like 24 (2.6 for episodes 9.01/9.02, 2.0 for episode 9.03), The Good Wife (which did go to 1.3 late in the season but usually it was around 1.5/1.6) is pretty weird, same for Almost Human (#29) ahead of Person of Interest (#33) - I know AH's cancellation was an anomaly given its fairly decent ratings, but other than its premiere (heavily helped by a Sunday night football game) I highly doubt it did better than PoI. Nielsen should take that regular timeslot factor into account (e.g: The Following's premiere had a 4.1 rating on Adults 18-49, even though most of the *following* episodes were around 1.5 A18-49).
ReplyDeleteI dont get it Revolution gets more viewers in both Demos than Hannibal and Revoluion gets cancelled and Hannibal doesn't...
ReplyDeleteHannibal is financed in large part by Gaumont, a studio of which the newly founded TV branch is trying to break into original programming for the past couple of years, and thus it is probably very generous with its first critical hit (Hemlock Grove didn't make that much of a splash, and Barbarella isn't expected on Canal+ until 2015). NBC joined in but they don't have to pay a lot for the show. Warner Bros. perhaps didn't want to pay as much as NBC wanted them to pay in order for them to greenlight a third season of Revolution (which would have probably led to a fourth season because of the syndication thing).
ReplyDeleteAnd if Hannibal could air Wednesdays at 8PM (it definitely couldn't), it would probably do better than its current ratings on Fridays at 10PM, you can't really compare the two. NBC doesn't have any other show that would pair well enough with Grimm and would bring a low but steady amount of viewers as well as critical acclaim for a relatively low cost compared to most other dramas with an expensive production like Hannibal.