The president of FX network has said basically this for years. When asked if it is better to be 20th most popular thing of the majority of TV viewers or the 1st most popular thing of a small percentage of TV viewers, always opt for the small percentage, and they will reward you with loyalty and respect. Dick Wolf has made successful TV shows in his lifetime, but I don't think you'll find his viewers willing to follow him into hell. Dan Harmon, Seth MacFarlane, Mitch Hurwitz, or Aaron Sorkin will probably never score a show rated in the top five of the Nielsens, but their fans will stand in line in 110 degree heat outside a convention center just for the chance to pay $40 for an autograph of one of the supporting cast of one of their programs.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't see that anyone posted it. I don't agree with all of it, But I > like the idea that in the future they may not have to dumb down > everything for the lowest common denominator. > > > https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-deadly-sins-where-hollywood-wrong-future-tv-jason-hirschhorn > > “Let’s say you had a show where 80 percent of the people you show it > to think it’s pretty good. They might watch it, but none of those > people think it’s a great show nor is it their favorite show. But then > you have another show where only 30 percent of people like it. For > every single one of them, they’re going to watch every single episode > and they love it. Well, in an on-demand world, show No. 2 is more > valuable.” > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
