Shows and crap ratings part 1
I was under the impression that most of the shows I watch are not that popular and always in the fear of getting the ax. Just for fun I thought I'd see if the shows I think are unpopular really are that.
Before actually checking the numbers, I thought Community would have pitiful ratings and the others would have slightly better or significantly better ratings, but things were not so clear cut.
House has had pretty strong ratings over the years, to me the peak seems to take place in the fourth season episode 11 "Frozen" with 29.04 million viewers. In the last season (7th), the show has dropped since then and has had ratings ranging from high 7 million to over 12 million viewers. The 12 million peak also happened during the season's 11th episode, "Family practice". Personally I'm probably not continuing to watch the show. It's weird these days.
I assumed Gossip girl would be high on the list, but even on its highest rated second season the series scored under 4 million viewers. In the past season (4th) the writers decided to crap on everyone watching the show and the viewers have responded accordingly: the highest rated episode "Townie" scored 2.06 million viewers, whereas most of the episodes had more or less a million and a half viewers, with a series low at "the Princesses and the Frog" at 1.27. I am definitely dropping this show. It's offensive to women everywhere now.
The Big Bang Theory is maybe the most popular show I watch, and after its first season they've enjoyed on average close to 10 million viewers, third season episode "The Precious Fragmentation" seemingly holding the series high at 16.31 million viewers. The fourth season that just drew to a close enjoyed on average 10 million or more viewers. This show I'm keeping, but dear lord I hope they're not doing Lenny again.
Like I said, I thought for sure Community would have awful ratings since the fans are always complaining about TBBT taking all viewers (they're on at the same time), but on its first season all episodes with the exception of "Contemporary American Poultry" got over 4 million viewers. Overall they seem to be doing better than GG right now, and deservedly so. On its second season it faired slightly worse and there were more episodes, especially towards the end of the season, where ratings were in the high or low 3 millions. I guess there really is something to be worried about. Not as much as I thought, but it is worrying that the episode of the season "The Paradigms of Human Memory" got a series low of 3.17 million viewers. Hopefully they get a spot somewhere where they don't have to compete against TBBT. And yes, of course I'm going to keep watching Community.
Psych is a special case, because I haven't gotten the hold of their ratings info for seasons other than the fifth. Psych reportedly has bad ratings and therefore do things like Psych-outs for the fans to keep them watching. The fifth season had on average about three million viewers, the highest rated episode being "Viagra Falls" with 4.11 million viewers, and a season low being the "Polarizing express" with 2.43 million viewers, although the latter was probably due to two episodes being aired one after the other, so people might have had other shows to catch. So far, looks pretty good, not too bad at least, although I wish they would have more viewers. They do have a sixth season coming up, though, so thumbs up for that.
Before actually checking the numbers, I thought Community would have pitiful ratings and the others would have slightly better or significantly better ratings, but things were not so clear cut.
House has had pretty strong ratings over the years, to me the peak seems to take place in the fourth season episode 11 "Frozen" with 29.04 million viewers. In the last season (7th), the show has dropped since then and has had ratings ranging from high 7 million to over 12 million viewers. The 12 million peak also happened during the season's 11th episode, "Family practice". Personally I'm probably not continuing to watch the show. It's weird these days.
I assumed Gossip girl would be high on the list, but even on its highest rated second season the series scored under 4 million viewers. In the past season (4th) the writers decided to crap on everyone watching the show and the viewers have responded accordingly: the highest rated episode "Townie" scored 2.06 million viewers, whereas most of the episodes had more or less a million and a half viewers, with a series low at "the Princesses and the Frog" at 1.27. I am definitely dropping this show. It's offensive to women everywhere now.
The Big Bang Theory is maybe the most popular show I watch, and after its first season they've enjoyed on average close to 10 million viewers, third season episode "The Precious Fragmentation" seemingly holding the series high at 16.31 million viewers. The fourth season that just drew to a close enjoyed on average 10 million or more viewers. This show I'm keeping, but dear lord I hope they're not doing Lenny again.
Like I said, I thought for sure Community would have awful ratings since the fans are always complaining about TBBT taking all viewers (they're on at the same time), but on its first season all episodes with the exception of "Contemporary American Poultry" got over 4 million viewers. Overall they seem to be doing better than GG right now, and deservedly so. On its second season it faired slightly worse and there were more episodes, especially towards the end of the season, where ratings were in the high or low 3 millions. I guess there really is something to be worried about. Not as much as I thought, but it is worrying that the episode of the season "The Paradigms of Human Memory" got a series low of 3.17 million viewers. Hopefully they get a spot somewhere where they don't have to compete against TBBT. And yes, of course I'm going to keep watching Community.
Psych is a special case, because I haven't gotten the hold of their ratings info for seasons other than the fifth. Psych reportedly has bad ratings and therefore do things like Psych-outs for the fans to keep them watching. The fifth season had on average about three million viewers, the highest rated episode being "Viagra Falls" with 4.11 million viewers, and a season low being the "Polarizing express" with 2.43 million viewers, although the latter was probably due to two episodes being aired one after the other, so people might have had other shows to catch. So far, looks pretty good, not too bad at least, although I wish they would have more viewers. They do have a sixth season coming up, though, so thumbs up for that.