tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149153403168306818.post8854031636429164021..comments2023-09-30T09:11:03.048-04:00Comments on SpottedRatings.com: 2013 Upfront Answers, General ThoughtsSpothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01222504847153680060noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149153403168306818.post-54281765586786208602013-05-19T00:19:36.972-04:002013-05-19T00:19:36.972-04:00NBC:
Monday: A
Tuesday: A
Wednesday: C
Thursday: ...NBC:<br /><br />Monday: A<br />Tuesday: A<br />Wednesday: C<br />Thursday: D<br />Friday: B<br />Sunday: Inc. (won't happen, so I'll say C)<br /><br />I'd say B-<br /><br />FOX:<br /><br />Monday: C<br />Tuesday: C<br />Wednesday: C<br />Thursday: C<br />Friday: C<br />Sunday: B<br /><br />Grade: C<br /><br />ABC:<br /><br />Monday: D<br />Tuesday: C<br />Wednesday: C<br />Thursday: B<br />Friday: B<br />Sunday: B<br /><br />Grade: CSpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222504847153680060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149153403168306818.post-34695820440137436582013-05-17T20:57:13.814-04:002013-05-17T20:57:13.814-04:00My theory about Survivor's ratings:
According...My theory about Survivor's ratings:<br /><br />According to this blog, 34% of the viewers of Survivor: Caramoan were in the demo. We assume that it means that almost all the rest were above the demo. However, I think that there is a largely unknown group of Survivor Fans between 15 and 18 right now. Think about it. Survivor premiered when I was 4 (I am 17 now), and was a mega-hit for years. While these people maybe did not watch the very first seasons, it was always on in their houses when it was a mega-hit with a MUCH younger audience. I expect that as these people enter the demo, we will see the year-to-year drop slow or stop. This season only dropping 9% may have been the start of that trend.<br /><br />In my grade at school, there are 76 people. I have had conversations about Survivor with at least seven of them this year. I know that we are a small sample size, but (if an average of 6 watch an episode), that is a 7.9 rating. If we assume that two others watch that I do not know about, that is a 10.5 rating (just two tenths shy of the highest non-Super Bowl lead out entertainment program since I have followed ratings.<br /><br /><br /><br />I expect this fall's season, if promoted well, to hover around a 2.8 to a 3.0. Then, the spring season should average about a 2.5 to a 2.6.Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222504847153680060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149153403168306818.post-41633585074879273452013-05-17T15:21:01.327-04:002013-05-17T15:21:01.327-04:00On the whole, I also think the networks did a bett...On the whole, I also think the networks did a better this year compared to last year with their scheduling moves and series pickups.<br /><br /><b>CBS: A-</b>. They concentrated on expanding their comedy block while also utilizing existing shows to shore up the problem slots of Tuesdays at 10:00 and Fridays at 9:00. Plus they showed resistance to picking up shows solely for the brand (NCIS: Red, Beverly Hills Cop). And the network's trying to go broader with single-camera shows and more serialized dramas.<br /><br /><b>The CW: B+.</b> This is mostly wrapped up in renewing The Carrie Diaries, which to me was like ABC renewing Body of Proof last season: a flop that stuck around for non-ratings reasons. I think that Carrie will crash just as hard on Fridays than Mondays, so I think BatB "won" out by getting the higher HUT night.<br /><br /><b>NBC: B-.</b> I like the vote of confidence that Chicago Fire is getting since NBC needs a new hit procedural, and having no fear about moving a weakening show from the best timeslot on the network is ballsy. But the network's going to continue its streak of being in last place among the Big 4 on Wednesdays.<br /><br /><b>Fox: C.</b> It's good move of picking up many more shows to avoid having to let flops like The Mob Doctor limp along is canceled out by not starting the process of shrinking the 2-hour performance shows.<br /><br /><b>ABC: D+.</b> Ironically, this is the "head in the sand" network. Their upfront looked like a midseason roll out by dropping new shows into the current ratings holes instead of actually scheduling its existing pieces. The Alphabet net only peeked out to see how bad its Tuesday was and will actually try next season. Of the five networks, this is the only one that has no fear about completely remodeling a night; it'll be the third time in less than ten years that a night has all-new shows (or fourth time if you redefine it as new-to-the-night shows when Grey's Anatomy was bookended with Ugly Betty and Six Degrees/Men in Trees).Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222504847153680060noreply@blogger.com