On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:49, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Speaking as an under-30, I can't remember the last time I watched anything on USA regularly since the days when they had a block of game show reruns on in the afternoon during the early 90s. (Ah, "Press Your Luck"... Bright colors, flashing lights, and occasional cartoon. How great for the kid who'd just spent all day being understimulated in school.) I do know a few people around my age who watch(ed) Psych and/or Monk, but that's about it. However, I don't think that the under-30 set sees much of a difference between broadcast and non-broadcast TV because we've grown up in the days of ubiquitous cable/satellite and DVR/online viewing penetration is getting pretty high, so it doesn't matter much to us that the shows that we might be watching are on "niche" networks or "bad" timeslots. Personally, if I'm in the mood to watch TV but don't have anything specific in mind, broadcast TV doesn't even enter my channel surfing. My first choice is something on the DVR, then Olbermann/Maddow, the ESPNs, HBO, and then the niche networks (Food, Discovery, Science, History, SciFi, etc.) -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
