On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm sure there are some second run rules, but isn't it really just a PR > story? > > "Nobody" is really going to be sitting up at 4am to watch S05E14 or > whatever. I assumed the post Thanksgiving date was to do with nobody > running new episodes of anything between then and Christmas. > > Therefore non-stop Simpsons reruns will rate as well as anything else at > that point. > > I must admit I've never quite understood the basically "no new episodes in > December" thing. I assume as rates are lower. But broadly December always > seems to be midseason break time from what I can fathom. > There are a lot of parties on December evenings, particularly corporate and non-profit organization holiday parties. And the network or cable channel is often counterprogramming to a Christmas classic and the ratings don't justify a new episode. -- -- 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.
