This is a good news/bad news kind of thing, good that the sci-fi channel has some great ratings, sad at what it was that gave them the great ratings (I am not including Stargate in that statement)
SCI FI Has Record Ratings he SCI FI Channel reported that it drew record ratings in the second quarter of the year, finishing in the top 10 of all non-news cable networks in key demographics. The ratings were the best second-quarter prime-time ratings in the channel's history, marking a record 14th consecutive month of year-over-year ratings growth and the longest current prime-time growth streak in television. SCI FI ranked in the top 10 among all non-news basic cable networks for ratings and deliveries this quarter for persons 25-54 (0.6 rating, sixth-place ranking, 572,000 viewers), males 25-54 (0.7, sixth place, 327,000), males 18-49 (0.6, seventh place, 310,000) and females 25-54 (0.5, 10th place, 244,000), the channel announced. SCI FI reported its best June ever, with a 1.0 prime-time average rating (787,000 households and 1.07 million viewers), an 11 percent increase over the same month a year ago. Second-quarter ratings average a 0.9 household rating (728,000 households and 994,000 viewers). The channel's SCI FI Fridays block of original programming made it the highest-rated network on all basic cable for the night among males 25-54. The block featured the seventh-season launch of Stargate SG-1 and new first-season episodes of Tremors: The Series and Scare Tactics. SCI FI's Saturday Original Movies delivered a 1.3 average rating this quarter, outperforming non-original Saturday movies by 18 percent. This year, SCI FI became the largest producer of original movies in television, beating out all cable and broadcast networks, the channel announced. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
