On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think NBC might be the better example: they run populist claptrap
> like America's Got Talent or Minute to Win It on the mothership, which
> is guaranteed to lure in the older viewers who think "Guy from the
> Food Network is just so darling" but will feel like an episode of
> Lawrence Welk to anyone under 30, while the stuff that could attract
> the younger viewers to the network is either deemed 'niche' ("Eureka",
> "BSG") or 'too edgy for the network' (anything USA airs after 9
> eastern). Stuff that COULD attract younger viewers to the network
> ("Chuck") is held back until mid-season or given a terrible timeslot.
>
Are the USA dramas popular with younger viewers? I got the impression from
that fairly brutal SNL skit last season that shows like Burn Notice are
viewed as irrelevant by the under 30s.
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