[scifinoir2] Re: SciFi Rates Returning Series Based on Viewership
I saw a couple episodes of Chuck... you're not missing much. The best Scifi/ geek show on the networks this season is the big bang theroy. It's smart and funny. TV the past few seasons has really been dumbed down. It's like hey let's flood the market with really dumb shows. (notice how I didn't mention Ghost Hunters that's how much I think of it) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, that proves it: this rating system they use is bogus. No human with enough brain power to move his eyelids could possibly rate Ghost Hunters an A show! I've tried to watch it, and it's just stupid. Nothing's ever proven, they run around with EM detectors like something out of Ghostbusters. It reminds me of when they had John Edward the psychic on years ago, to watch him talk to the dead. And then a show like Chuck is given a really low grade. Now I don't watch Chuck, but critics love it, and its fan base may be smaller than NBC wants, but it's very, very loyal. And I can tell from even cursory viewing that it's lightyears beyond Ghost Hunters, yet it gets a much lower grade?? -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] We Rate Returning SF TV Series http://www.scifi.com/sfw/news/sfw_news_20081103.html Yikes! And you think the economy is bad. Imagine being a network executive these days. Much like the vanishing honeybees, television viewers seems to have evaporated, and shows across the spectrum are struggling. In fact, the networks are bleeding as they thrash about trying to figure out how to bring viewers back to their favorite shows. In this second of two stories, we take a look at how returning SFF series are doing this fall, grading them from best to worst. Ghost Hunters (SCI FI) Premiered with 2.7 million viewers. Last week, 3.2 million viewers. The future's so bright, these ghost hunters will have to wear shades. Last week our favorite ghost- hunting plumbers reached a series high, which is great news leading into their big live Halloween investigation special. And beyond spawning a successful sequel in Ghost Hunters International, SCI FI just announced it has ordered a pilot for Ghost Hunters: College Edition, in which seasoned investigators lead a group of college students in the hunt for ghosts. Can you say franchise? Or, heck, let's just have the Ghost Hunting Channel. Grade: A This story continues below the image. The Ghost Hunters: Jason Hawes (left) and Grant Wilson. (Chris Kontoes for SCI FI ) Ghost Whisperer (CBS) Premiered with 9.31 million viewers. Last week, 9.95 million viewers. While the series hasn't been able to crack 10 million viewers this year, it's come close enough that it is the highest-rated series on Friday nights. And this is one of the few shows that has actually increased viewers since last year on the networks. Grade: B+ Supernatural (The CW) Premiered with 3.96 million viewers. Last week, 3.25 million viewers. Supernatural has also done well this season, increasing in total viewers from last season. This male- oriented show also has seen a dramatic increase among women 18-49, which is very good. And the show did it all in the toughest timeslot on television. Grade: B Smallville (The CW) Premiered with 4.38 million viewers. Last week, 4.22 million viewers. Down a bit from last season, Smallville is still looking like a champ, compared with The CW's other low-rated programming. It may not be as shiny as it once was, but what show would be as it delves into its eighth season? Ratings should be good enough for another year--if The CW doesn't collapse completely. It's unlikely the network will find another show that can be competitive on Thursday nights with viewers as loyal as those for Smallville. Grade: B- This story continues below the image. Tom Welling as Clark Kent in Smallville. (Michael Courtney for The CW) Heroes (NBC) Premiered with 9.89 million viewers. Last week, 8.46 million viewers. How the mighty have fallen. While Heroes premiered last year with 16.97 million viewers, the series has taken a significant hit. One bright spot is that the show does very well in DVR viewings later in the week. The bad news is that most of those people don't watch commercials. It's doubtful Heroes is in danger of cancellation at this point, but the show's hit status has vanished. Grade: C (NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.) Chuck (NBC) Premiered with 6.48 million viewers. Last week, 6.7 million viewers. You've got to love a show about a sweet and adorable nerd who ends up accidentally becoming a spy, and NBC loved it enough in its second season to give it a full-season pickup before it even premiered. Unfortunately, viewers have not been flocking to the series, which is down significantly from last year, and if NBC didn't have other problems, Chuck would be in big trouble. Grade: C- Eli
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: SciFi Rates Returning Series Based on Viewership
Funny, Chuck gets high praise from all quarters. But your point is well taken. This article is rating stuff based on popularity, not intrinsic worth. That's troubling. Guess it explains, though, how SciFi cancels things like Dresden Files, yet greenlights junk like Flash Gordon, and the underwhelming Sanctuary. -- Original message -- From: votomguy [EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw a couple episodes of Chuck... you're not missing much. The best Scifi/ geek show on the networks this season is the big bang theroy. It's smart and funny. TV the past few seasons has really been dumbed down. It's like hey let's flood the market with really dumb shows. (notice how I didn't mention Ghost Hunters that's how much I think of it) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, that proves it: this rating system they use is bogus. No human with enough brain power to move his eyelids could possibly rate Ghost Hunters an A show! I've tried to watch it, and it's just stupid. Nothing's ever proven, they run around with EM detectors like something out of Ghostbusters. It reminds me of when they had John Edward the psychic on years ago, to watch him talk to the dead. And then a show like Chuck is given a really low grade. Now I don't watch Chuck, but critics love it, and its fan base may be smaller than NBC wants, but it's very, very loyal. And I can tell from even cursory viewing that it's lightyears beyond Ghost Hunters, yet it gets a much lower grade?? -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] We Rate Returning SF TV Series http://www.scifi.com/sfw/news/sfw_news_20081103.html Yikes! And you think the economy is bad. Imagine being a network executive these days. Much like the vanishing honeybees, television viewers seems to have evaporated, and shows across the spectrum are struggling. In fact, the networks are bleeding as they thrash about trying to figure out how to bring viewers back to their favorite shows. In this second of two stories, we take a look at how returning SFF series are doing this fall, grading them from best to worst. Ghost Hunters (SCI FI) Premiered with 2.7 million viewers. Last week, 3.2 million viewers. The future's so bright, these ghost hunters will have to wear shades. Last week our favorite ghost- hunting plumbers reached a series high, which is great news leading into their big live Halloween investigation special. And beyond spawning a successful sequel in Ghost Hunters International, SCI FI just announced it has ordered a pilot for Ghost Hunters: College Edition, in which seasoned investigators lead a group of college students in the hunt for ghosts. Can you say franchise? Or, heck, let's just have the Ghost Hunting Channel. Grade: A This story continues below the image. The Ghost Hunters: Jason Hawes (left) and Grant Wilson. (Chris Kontoes for SCI FI ) Ghost Whisperer (CBS) Premiered with 9.31 million viewers. Last week, 9.95 million viewers. While the series hasn't been able to crack 10 million viewers this year, it's come close enough that it is the highest-rated series on Friday nights. And this is one of the few shows that has actually increased viewers since last year on the networks. Grade: B+ Supernatural (The CW) Premiered with 3.96 million viewers. Last week, 3.25 million viewers. Supernatural has also done well this season, increasing in total viewers from last season. This male- oriented show also has seen a dramatic increase among women 18-49, which is very good. And the show did it all in the toughest timeslot on television. Grade: B Smallville (The CW) Premiered with 4.38 million viewers. Last week, 4.22 million viewers. Down a bit from last season, Smallville is still looking like a champ, compared with The CW's other low-rated programming. It may not be as shiny as it once was, but what show would be as it delves into its eighth season? Ratings should be good enough for another year--if The CW doesn't collapse completely. It's unlikely the network will find another show that can be competitive on Thursday nights with viewers as loyal as those for Smallville. Grade: B- This story continues below the image. Tom Welling as Clark Kent in Smallville. (Michael Courtney for The CW) Heroes (NBC) Premiered with 9.89 million viewers. Last week, 8.46 million viewers. How the mighty have fallen. While Heroes premiered last year with 16.97 million viewers, the series has taken a significant hit. One bright spot is that the show does very well in DVR viewings later in the week. The bad news is that most of those people don't watch commercials. It's doubtful Heroes is in danger of cancellation at this point, but the show's hit status has vanished. Grade: C (NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.) Chuck (NBC) Premiered with 6.48 million viewers. Last week, 6.7 million viewers.
