The 2016-17 Climate Center: Renewology Targets

Thursday, October 6, 2016

The 2016-17 Climate Center: Renewology Targets

Note: You are viewing the Javascript-disabled version of this page, which updates less frequently. You may see more timely info on a Javascript-enabled browser. Ever wonder how Renewology comes up with its percentages? A key part is the network-specific target averages; the R% is all about how close a show is to its target average. This Climate Center post will illustrate the steps that go into creating those targets, within each network and category.

The first table is simply a week-to-week list of all the network/category targets, so you can see easily how they've evolved over the course of the season. Then there's a more in-depth look at the components of the target on each network. At the bottom of these tables is a brief description of what these numbers are. For more on why they're actually used in Renewology, please see the summary of the Renewology process. (The stuff about target averages is under Step Three.)

These numbers are up to date through Sunday, October 2.

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The Targets

Week	ABC Comedy	ABC Drama	CBS Comedy	CBS Drama	NBC Comedy	NBC Drama	Fox Comedy	Fox Drama
1	0.93	0.90	1.16	1.02	0.89	0.99	0.82	0.91
2	0.88	0.85	1.24	1.09	0.91	1.01	0.74	0.82
3	0.89	0.86	1.22	1.08	0.90	1.01	0.80	0.89

ABC

Week	y2dTrue	Decline	ProjTrue	Category	CatRatio	ProjCat	NetAvg	NetGen	FinalAvg	Target
1	1.34	-5%	1.27	Comedy	106%	1.35	1.30	-0.05	1.25	0.93
1	1.34	-5%	1.27	1	1.34	-5%	1.27	Drama	98%	1.24	1.26	-0.05	1.21	0.90
2	1.50	-20%	1.19	Comedy	106%	1.27	1.22	-0.05	1.17	0.88
2	1.50	-20%	1.19	2	1.50	-20%	1.19	Drama	98%	1.16	1.18	-0.05	1.13	0.85
3	1.44	-16%	1.21	Comedy	106%	1.28	1.24	-0.05	1.19	0.89
3	1.44	-16%	1.21	3	1.44	-16%	1.21	Drama	98%	1.18	1.19	-0.05	1.14	0.86

CBS

Week	y2dTrue	Decline	ProjTrue	Category	CatRatio	ProjCat	NetAvg	NetGen	FinalAvg	Target
1	1.36	-5%	1.29	Comedy	132%	1.70	1.45	+0.1	1.55	1.16
1	1.36	-5%	1.29	1	1.36	-5%	1.29	Drama	96%	1.24	1.27	+0.1	1.37	1.02
2	1.69	-18%	1.39	Comedy	132%	1.83	1.56	+0.1	1.66	1.24
2	1.69	-18%	1.39	2	1.69	-18%	1.39	Drama	96%	1.33	1.36	+0.1	1.46	1.09
3	1.57	-13%	1.36	Comedy	132%	1.80	1.54	+0.1	1.64	1.22
3	1.57	-13%	1.36	3	1.57	-13%	1.36	Drama	96%	1.31	1.34	+0.1	1.44	1.08

NBC

Week	y2dTrue	Decline	ProjTrue	Category	CatRatio	ProjCat	NetAvg	NetGen	FinalAvg	Target
1	1.41	-5%	1.34	Comedy	64%	0.86	1.14	+0.05	1.19	0.89
1	1.41	-5%	1.34	1	1.41	-5%	1.34	Drama	90%	1.20	1.28	+0.05	1.33	0.99
2	1.91	-29%	1.36	Comedy	64%	0.87	1.17	+0.05	1.22	0.91
2	1.91	-29%	1.36	2	1.91	-29%	1.36	Drama	90%	1.22	1.31	+0.05	1.36	1.01
3	1.82	-26%	1.35	Comedy	64%	0.87	1.16	+0.05	1.21	0.90
3	1.82	-26%	1.35	3	1.82	-26%	1.35	Drama	90%	1.21	1.30	+0.05	1.35	1.01

Fox

Week	y2dTrue	Decline	ProjTrue	Category	CatRatio	ProjCat	NetAvg	NetGen	FinalAvg	Target
1	1.23	-5%	1.17	Comedy	86%	1.01	1.10	0	1.10	0.82
1	1.23	-5%	1.17	1	1.23	-5%	1.17	Drama	112%	1.30	1.22	0	1.22	0.91
2	1.45	-28%	1.04	Comedy	86%	0.90	0.99	0	0.99	0.74
2	1.45	-28%	1.04	2	1.45	-28%	1.04	Drama	112%	1.17	1.09	0	1.09	0.82
3	1.41	-19%	1.13	Comedy	86%	0.98	1.07	0	1.07	0.80
3	1.41	-19%	1.13	3	1.41	-19%	1.13	Drama	112%	1.27	1.19	0	1.19	0.89

Week - The Weeks in these tables refer to the weeks in which these averages are used, not the weeks that the numbers themselves come from. In other words, a y2dTrue number for week 6 is actually averaging the network's original True ratings through the end of week 5. Week 6 numbers are used to generate the R% while numbers are coming out during week 6.

y2dTrue - The network's average of all original, non-sports 2016-17 series in True through the end of the previous week.

Decline - How much the y2dTrue is expected to drop between now and the end of the season. Derived from how this average dropped in the previous two seasons. These numbers will get pretty close to zero by the end of the fall, though NBC's will take a little longer because it is expected to keep declining during The Voice's hiatus.
ProjTrue - The average that results from applying Decline to y2dTrue.

In week one (and before week one), when no data from this season was available, y2dTrue is the previous season's True average, while Decline expects a 5% year-to-year decline.

CatRatio - The ratio between the category average and the overall network average. Early in the season, this is based on what these ratios were at the end of previous seasons. Later, it will shift to using actual data from this season.
ProjCat - The average that results from applying CatRatio to ProjTrue.

NetAvg - A weighted average of ProjTrue (60% weight) and ProjCat (40% weight).
NetGen - The 'network generosity' factor, derived from the network's historic renewal tendencies.
FinalAvg - NetAvg plus NetGen.
Target - The point at which a show on this network and in this category has a 50 R%. Approximately equal to 75% of FinalAvg.

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