Uh-Oh (Ratings)
POSTED BY: Hobbes
UPDATED: Saturday, October 5, 2002 18:58
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Originally posted by Ringwraith:
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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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
Hmm... only 1 show on Fridays even cracked the top 20 (Law and Order). So Firefly didn't be *that* bad.
--Dylan Palmer, Pretentious Bastard at Large--
"Oh my god, I'm a hack!" - Joss Whedon
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Novagrass, where did you get this quote from Joss? I'm curious in what circumstances he said this:
"Oh my god, I'm a hack!" - Joss Whedon
Hyperion
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Quote:I think I saw it in that long article in the NY Times. Got to slayage.com and scroll down for a link.
Originally posted by Hyperion:
Novagrass, where did you get this quote from Joss? I'm curious in what circumstances he said this:
"Oh my god, I'm a hack!" - Joss Whedon
Whedon is always saying stuff like this. He obviously has performance anxiety issues. I read somewhere that really creative people often have this problem -- in fact they often use it to drive their work. Like most really good actors have stage fright, but they don't push it back they build it into their acting.
JOSS, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!
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Originally posted by Jerry:
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.
FF will get preempted next week for baseball for sure because Fox is carrying the game nationally. What I can't tell is if it will get hurt this week because of the yankees/angels game which is on at 7:00pm EST and, I assume, will be carried in New York and LA (where it should just push back the start). Not that NY and LA are significant markets or anything.
-MBS
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Originally posted by malcolm:
FF will get preempted next week for baseball for sure because Fox is carrying the game nationally. What I can't tell is if it will get hurt this week because of the yankees/angels game which is on at 7:00pm EST and, I assume, will be carried in New York and LA (where it should just push back the start). Not that NY and LA are significant markets or anything.
Ah. I didn't realize it was being preempted here (NY). That basically makes the rating for this one irrelevant, and makes me wonder why they would air what is likely one of the stronger episodes when no one can see it.
-Jerry
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Originally posted by Hyperion:
Novagrass, where did you get this quote from Joss? I'm curious in what circumstances he said this:
"Oh my god, I'm a hack!" - Joss Whedon
Hyperion
It's from the New York Times article. He was saying it in jest, mostly. I liked it cause it's much to my sense of humor... something that I'd say about my work
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"Oh my god, I'm a hack!" - Joss Whedon
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Originally posted by Jerry:Quote:
Originally posted by malcolm:
FF will get preempted next week for baseball for sure because Fox is carrying the game nationally. What I can't tell is if it will get hurt this week because of the yankees/angels game which is on at 7:00pm EST and, I assume, will be carried in New York and LA (where it should just push back the start). Not that NY and LA are significant markets or anything.
Ah. I didn't realize it was being preempted here (NY). That basically makes the rating for this one irrelevant, and makes me wonder why they would air what is likely one of the stronger episodes when no one can see it.
-Jerry
That is the big question. Does Fox have a plan for FF or is programming as haphazard as it seems? I guess that's why I'm not a network executive. I just don't get it.
-MBS
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From www.zap2it.com:
At 8 p.m., CBS' "48 Hours Investigates" led the hour with 7.3/14 as
"Providence" returned to NBC in second place, 7.0/13. "America's Funniest
Home Videos" was third on ABC, 4.8/9, as "Firefly" finished fourth on FOX,
4.3/8.
The new CBS drama "Hack" continues to thrive at 9 p.m., winning the hour with
8.1/14. "Dateline NBC" was in second with 6.8/12 as FOX's "John Doe" took
third, 4.8/8. "That Was Then" still hasn't found an audience on ABC, trailing
at 2.8/5.
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As far as I can tell, that 4.3 is compared to 4.1 for The Train Job and 3.6 for Bushwacked. If so, I'd take that as an encouraging sign that the show might be starting to build an audience. Although it's hard to say how the ratings are impacted by being preempted in New York and L.A.
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