Flashforward

[CatherineM]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='28 May 2010 - 05:48 PM' timestamp='1275086938' post='2119894']
I doubt that any publisher would want book sales to drop so low.
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You are trying my patience.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='CatherineM' date='28 May 2010 - 05:24 PM' timestamp='1275089074' post='2119912']
You are trying my patience.
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Sorry, but the ratings for the show really did collapse near the end. When Univision gets higher ratings you know you are in trouble.

[jeffpugh]

Bad ratings? I liked the show. It was pretty consistent. As per books, there is actually a series out there based on the concept.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='28 May 2010 - 10:52 PM' timestamp='1275108775' post='2120028']
Bad ratings? I liked the show. It was pretty consistent. As per books, there is actually a series out there based on the concept.
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The final episode of Flashforward had a 1.4 rating. Now to put that into perspective I am posting the ratings for the top ten shows for the week ending 23 May 2010, and to put those ratings into perspective I am including the ratings for the top ten shows for the week ending 11 February 1973.


[b]Top Ten TV Shows week ending 23 May 2010[/b]

[list=1]
[*]Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 12.1
[*]American Idol - Wednesday (FOX) 11.1
[*]American Idol - Tuesday (FOX) 10.5
[*]NCIS (CBS) 9.9
[*]NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) 9.5
[*]Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 9.7
[*]The Mentalist (CBS) 9.4
[*]The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 8.9
[*]CSI (CBS) 8.6
[*]LOST: Series Finale (ABC) 7.5
[/list]

[b]Top Ten TV Shows week ending 11 February 1973[/b]

[list=1]
[*]All in the Family (CBS) 35.0
[*]Columbo (NBC) 32.3
[*]Bob Hope Special (NBC) 31.2
[*]Sanford and Son (NBC) 30.6
[*]NBC Follies (NBC) 26.8
[*]Escape (NBC) 26.3
[*]Bridget Loves Bernie (CBS) 26.0
[*]Maude (CBS) 26.0
[*]The Flip Wilson Show (NBC) 25.9
[*]NBC Saturday Night Movie (NBC) 25.9
[/list]

N.B. - In the 1970s the big three networks would have canceled shows with ratings as low as [i]Dancing with the Stars[/i] for the week ending 23 May 2010.

[CatherineM]

That's back when there were only 3 channels to cut up the pie.

The books are way different than the show was.

[jeffpugh]

Wow. Low rating. People just not watching it? Sad story.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='29 May 2010 - 03:57 AM' timestamp='1275123468' post='2120079']
The final episode of Flashforward had a 1.4 rating. Now to put that into perspective I am posting the ratings for the top ten shows for the week ending 23 May 2010, and to put those ratings into perspective I am including the ratings for the top ten shows for the week ending 11 February 1973.


[b]Top Ten TV Shows week ending 23 May 2010[/b]

[list=1]
[*]Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 12.1
[*]American Idol - Wednesday (FOX) 11.1
[*]American Idol - Tuesday (FOX) 10.5
[*]NCIS (CBS) 9.9
[*]NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) 9.5
[*]Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 9.7
[*]The Mentalist (CBS) 9.4
[*]The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 8.9
[*]CSI (CBS) 8.6
[*]LOST: Series Finale (ABC) 7.5
[/list]
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Dancing with the Stars and American Idol had more viewers than the grand finale of LOST?

Edited May 30, 2010 by Resurrexi

[CatherineM]

[quote name='Resurrexi' date='29 May 2010 - 10:58 PM' timestamp='1275191888' post='2120546']
Dancing with the Stars and American Idol had more viewers than the grand finale of LOST?
[/quote]
The dumbing down of America at work.

[jeffpugh]

How do they get these reviews, anyway? I mean... maybe the finale of lost was a lower rating because everyone got together with friends to watch it... meaning fewer TV receptions on that channel because there are 5-6 people per TV

[CatherineM]

That's what we did with the final M*A*S*H episode. We had everclear punch from martini glasses and dressed in fatigues or scrubs. We even inflated surgical gloves as balloons. I think we had 20 over. To be honest, a lot of the party is a blank for some reason.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='30 May 2010 - 12:32 PM' timestamp='1275244377' post='2120733']
How do they get these reviews, anyway? I mean... maybe the finale of lost was a lower rating because everyone got together with friends to watch it... meaning fewer TV receptions on that channel because there are 5-6 people per TV
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The rating number is the percentage of households watching a TV show, so in the case of Flashforward 1.4% of all American households with a TV watched the final episode of that program. M*A*S*H - for its final episode - had a 60.2 rating and a 77% share of the audience watching TV when it was broadcast, meaning that 60.2% of all American households with a TV were watching M*A*S*H's final episode, while the share means that 77% of all TVs that were turned on at the time were watching CBS.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='CatherineM' date='30 May 2010 - 01:52 PM' timestamp='1275245573' post='2120737']
That's what we did with the final M*A*S*H episode. We had everclear punch from martini glasses and dressed in fatigues or scrubs. We even inflated surgical gloves as balloons. I think we had 20 over. To be honest, a lot of the party is a blank for some reason.
[/quote]

[havok579257]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='30 May 2010 - 03:06 PM' timestamp='1275246365' post='2120742']
The rating number is the percentage of households watching a TV show, so in the case of Flashforward 1.4% of all American households with a TV watched the final episode of that program. M*A*S*H - for its final episode - had a 60.2 rating and a 77% share of the audience watching TV when it was broadcast, meaning that 60.2% of all American households with a TV were watching M*A*S*H's final episode, while the share means that 77% of all TVs that were turned on at the time were watching CBS.
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but you also have to take into account that when mash aired there was no real cable tv. there were 4 channles. now there are over 1000 channels. the household precentage will never be as high as mash except for superbowls.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='havok579257' date='30 May 2010 - 04:36 PM' timestamp='1275259017' post='2120826']
but you also have to take into account that when mash aired there was no real cable tv. there were 4 channles. now there are over 1000 channels. the household precentage will never be as high as mash except for superbowls.
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The top ten shows for the big three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) during the 1970s usually got a rating number between 30 and 40, which fell during the 1980s to between 25 and 35. During the 1990s the top ten shows of the big three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC), with the addition of the fledgling FOX network, usually got a rating number between 20 and 25, but in the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s the four major broadcast networks have seen their ratings collapse, so that now the broadcast networks are lucky if even one or two of their shows can get a rating of 10 or slightly higher. In fact, during just the last year the three older networks lost audience (around 20%), while FOX barely maintained its audience level from the 2008-2009 season.

Cable networks have also been unable to get consistently high ratings (the highest rated cable program - usually a sporting event or Sponge Bob episode - would not even make it into the top twenty-five list of the broadcast networks), and viewership in general (for both broadcast and cable TV) is down.

Edited May 30, 2010 by Apotheoun

[jeffpugh]

Do you think they'll average watching on line, too? I watched the finale on line.