Uh-Oh (Ratings)

POSTED BY: Hobbes
UPDATED: Saturday, October 5, 2002 18:58
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HOBBES

Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:52 PM

I live in Toronto, with a satillete dish, and it appears that Fox-E has preempted Firefly and John Doe for a baseball game. Fox-W broadcasts Firefly and John Doe at midnight (AST). Global broadcasts Firefly at 8, but not John Doe.

That's bad news for ratings.

Anyone else's Fox affilete preempt Firefly?

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May the wind be always at your back.
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RINGWRAITH

Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:58 PM

I wouldn't get too worried. Fox gets boffo ratings for baseball playoffs (usually) and I wouldn't be surprised to see Firefly pre-empted in the future this season due to baseball; hey, as long as some team is beating the Yankees that's okay with me.

The affiliate I get (from Rochester) is airing Firefly/John Doe this week.

BTW, I'm from Manitoba so "Howdy!" from a fellow Canuck.

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"How will this end?"
"In fire."
--Babylon 5, 'The Coming of Shadows'
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HOBBES

Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:08 PM

Yeah but the fact Firefly is airing in less markets will hurt the ratings.

Yeah, we Canucks have to stick together against the damn yanks :) eh :)

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May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May you be in heaven an hour before
The Devil knows you’re dead.

HAKEN

Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:15 PM

Do they group the Canadian ratings with the US ratings?

RINGWRAITH

Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:16 PM

Actually I don't like the Yankees because I'm a Boston Red Sox fan who is none to pleased that they're missing the playoffs. AGAIN. Damn relief pitchers...

I think that MOST markets in the U.S. (and Canada) will get Firefly although now I'm curious. It's not great news but this time of year is not a good time for ANY show to start up on Fox. I'm worried Angel will have terrible ratings now that it's on Sundays, up against all the crappy made-for-tv melodramas (or terrible special fx laden mini series), ESPN Sunday Night Football and other programs. Fortunately "Space: The Imagination Station" airs Angel on Thursdays (I doubt they'll change this) so no worries here; just worried about overall ratings in the States.

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"How will this end?"
"In fire."
--Babylon 5, 'The Coming of Shadows'
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HOBBES

Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:39 PM

I know what you mean about Angel. SUCH a bad day for shows (except Alias, for some reason it does good there).

What I like is that I get Buffy at 7 on Monday (from NTV) a full day before most people heh heh heh.

As for ratings Canadian ratings can be found here:
http:://www.canoe.ca/TelevisionRatings/home_regionratings.html

For US ratings I use http://www.boxofficemojo.com/tv/ but they seem to be off, they're saying that Firefly only got a 4.0

What ratings place do you guys use?

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May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May you be in heaven an hour before
The Devil knows you’re dead.

CHARLIEBLUE

Friday, September 27, 2002 12:33 AM

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Originally posted by Ringwraith:
I'm worried Angel will have terrible ratings now that it's on Sundays, up against all the crappy made-for-tv melodramas (or terrible special fx laden mini series), ESPN Sunday Night Football and other programs. Fortunately "Space: The Imagination Station" airs Angel on Thursdays (I doubt they'll change this) so no worries here; just worried about overall ratings in the States.

I wouldn't worry about that. I'm sure The WB is well aware that they're putting Angel in a bad place. If the ratings drop sharply this season, they'll probably just go, "Well, that was dumb of us."
Actually, though, I think The WB may have a pretty good thing going on Sundays. I mean, I actually plan to watch three hours of WB that night--maybe even four if Everwood turns out to be as bad as Emily VanCamp's last gig. That's at least as much as I'll be watching the entire rest of the week put together. So that could be a good sign if I'm at all normal.

JERRY

Friday, September 27, 2002 12:41 AM

The premiere of Charmed did really well in the ratings, which could be a good sign for Angel, and I think the WB's expectations are modest. But it is the most competitive timeslot possible.

As far as the Firefly preemption in Toronto, I don't think Canadian ratings really matter to the show's chances.

I'm not sure if the show will be preempted for the baseball playoffs or not. I know episode 3 will air. If there are a few preemptions coming after that, that could be why Joss moved his episode up to third.

GLEEBO

Friday, September 27, 2002 2:14 AM

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Originally posted by CharlieBlue:
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Originally posted by Ringwraith:

I wouldn't worry about that. I'm sure The WB is well aware that they're putting Angel in a bad place. If the ratings drop sharply this season, they'll probably just go, "Well, that was dumb of us."
Actually, though, I think The WB may have a pretty good thing going on Sundays. I mean, I actually plan to watch three hours of WB that night--maybe even four if Everwood turns out to be as bad as Emily VanCamp's last gig. That's at least as much as I'll be watching the entire rest of the week put together. So that could be a good sign if I'm at all normal.

Ah another Emily Van Camp fan. I watched Glory Days just for her and Poppy Montgomery. I watched "Everwood" for her and expected it to be a 7th Heaven type show. I was glad it wasnt, it was actually really good. Much more realistic too.

MOJOECA

Friday, September 27, 2002 3:20 AM

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Originally posted by Hobbes:
For US ratings I use http://www.boxofficemojo.com/tv/ but they seem to be off, they're saying that Firefly only got a 4.0

4.0 is the final "hard" number.

Up until this point, all anybody had were overnight numbers. Overnights are in a state of flux as they're literally measured overnight, and since different reporting services have different deadlines, the reported overnight rating can vary.

--- Joe

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