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	<title>Comments on: No Nielsen Ratings Glory for BSG Season Four Premiere</title>
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		<title>By: Anonymous Viewer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous Viewer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just goes to show you that the Neilson rating have no relevance on today&#039;s media society and drastically needs to update.  I can&#039;t go 24 since season 4 premiered without talking to some random person about BSG these days.  It&#039;s sad to think that so many of our shows are hinged about these obviously bogus rating and now a days, who verifying their sources?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just goes to show you that the Neilson rating have no relevance on today&#39;s media society and drastically needs to update.  I can&#39;t go 24 since season 4 premiered without talking to some random person about BSG these days.  It&#39;s sad to think that so many of our shows are hinged about these obviously bogus rating and now a days, who verifying their sources?</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous Viewer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous Viewer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just goes to show you that the Neilson rating have no relevance on today&#039;s media society and drastically needs to update.  I can&#039;t go 24 since season 4 premiered without talking to some random person about BSG these days.  It&#039;s sad to think that so many of our shows are hinged about these obviously bogus rating and now a days, who verifying their sources?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just goes to show you that the Neilson rating have no relevance on today&#39;s media society and drastically needs to update.  I can&#39;t go 24 since season 4 premiered without talking to some random person about BSG these days.  It&#39;s sad to think that so many of our shows are hinged about these obviously bogus rating and now a days, who verifying their sources?</p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When the network primetime average for SCI FI is under 1.2 million for the year to date, 2.1 million viewers is a no-brainer to be very good. Each show&#039;s success also depends on how much they cost to air/produce.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the network primetime average for SCI FI is under 1.2 million for the year to date, 2.1 million viewers is a no-brainer to be very good. Each show&#8217;s success also depends on how much they cost to air/produce.</p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When the network primetime average for SCI FI is under 1.2 million for the year to date, 2.1 million viewers is a no-brainer to be very good. Each show&#039;s success also depends on how much they cost to air/produce.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the network primetime average for SCI FI is under 1.2 million for the year to date, 2.1 million viewers is a no-brainer to be very good. Each show&#8217;s success also depends on how much they cost to air/produce.</p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When the network primetime average for SCI FI is under 1.2 million for the year to date, 2.1 million viewers is a no-brainer to be very good. Each show&#039;s success also depends on how much they cost to air/produce.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the network primetime average for SCI FI is under 1.2 million for the year to date, 2.1 million viewers is a no-brainer to be very good. Each show&#8217;s success also depends on how much they cost to air/produce.</p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When the network primetime average for SCI FI is under 1.2 million for the year to date, 2.1 million viewers is a no-brainer to be very good. Each show&#039;s success also depends on how much they cost to air/produce.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the network primetime average for SCI FI is under 1.2 million for the year to date, 2.1 million viewers is a no-brainer to be very good. Each show&#8217;s success also depends on how much they cost to air/produce.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eugenia (and a belated thanks to Rachel Faith). I&#039;m not really very surprised it got a season 4.  I agree with you and I ranted a lot about the quality of season 3, and it was really at Bill&#039;s recommendation that I gutted it out and finally got to the the last couple of episodes.  

I think they thought they were being artistic.  It could be I&#039;m simply too plebian to appreciate the art -- but if art comes at the expense of making the story and its characters less interesting, it&#039;s too high of  a price to pay in my opinion.  

I&#039;m guessing the following assured season 4:

1. it will still be one of the better rated SciFi shows regardless of the drop off from the early years

2. I hear the DVD sales are good and coupled with your point that NBCU doesn&#039;t have to pay licensing fees, that all goes straight to the bottom line.

3.it seems you need a few seasons worth of shows at least for syndication purposes.  If there are a total of 19 new episodes left, that would put them at exactly 75 (if you count the miniseries as 2 episodes).

The S4 premiere has me somewhat optimistic they&#039;ve taken some of the criticism to heart -- we&#039;ll see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eugenia (and a belated thanks to Rachel Faith). I&#8217;m not really very surprised it got a season 4.  I agree with you and I ranted a lot about the quality of season 3, and it was really at Bill&#8217;s recommendation that I gutted it out and finally got to the the last couple of episodes.  </p>
<p>I think they thought they were being artistic.  It could be I&#8217;m simply too plebian to appreciate the art &#8212; but if art comes at the expense of making the story and its characters less interesting, it&#8217;s too high of  a price to pay in my opinion.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing the following assured season 4:</p>
<p>1. it will still be one of the better rated SciFi shows regardless of the drop off from the early years</p>
<p>2. I hear the DVD sales are good and coupled with your point that NBCU doesn&#8217;t have to pay licensing fees, that all goes straight to the bottom line.</p>
<p>3.it seems you need a few seasons worth of shows at least for syndication purposes.  If there are a total of 19 new episodes left, that would put them at exactly 75 (if you count the miniseries as 2 episodes).</p>
<p>The S4 premiere has me somewhat optimistic they&#8217;ve taken some of the criticism to heart &#8212; we&#8217;ll see.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eugenia (and a belated thanks to Rachel Faith). I&#039;m not really very surprised it got a season 4.  I agree with you and I ranted a lot about the quality of season 3, and it was really at Bill&#039;s recommendation that I gutted it out and finally got to the the last couple of episodes.  

I think they thought they were being artistic.  It could be I&#039;m simply too plebian to appreciate the art -- but if art comes at the expense of making the story and its characters less interesting, it&#039;s too high of  a price to pay in my opinion.  

I&#039;m guessing the following assured season 4:

1. it will still be one of the better rated SciFi shows regardless of the drop off from the early years

2. I hear the DVD sales are good and coupled with your point that NBCU doesn&#039;t have to pay licensing fees, that all goes straight to the bottom line.

3.it seems you need a few seasons worth of shows at least for syndication purposes.  If there are a total of 19 new episodes left, that would put them at exactly 75 (if you count the miniseries as 2 episodes).

The S4 premiere has me somewhat optimistic they&#039;ve taken some of the criticism to heart -- we&#039;ll see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eugenia (and a belated thanks to Rachel Faith). I&#8217;m not really very surprised it got a season 4.  I agree with you and I ranted a lot about the quality of season 3, and it was really at Bill&#8217;s recommendation that I gutted it out and finally got to the the last couple of episodes.  </p>
<p>I think they thought they were being artistic.  It could be I&#8217;m simply too plebian to appreciate the art &#8212; but if art comes at the expense of making the story and its characters less interesting, it&#8217;s too high of  a price to pay in my opinion.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing the following assured season 4:</p>
<p>1. it will still be one of the better rated SciFi shows regardless of the drop off from the early years</p>
<p>2. I hear the DVD sales are good and coupled with your point that NBCU doesn&#8217;t have to pay licensing fees, that all goes straight to the bottom line.</p>
<p>3.it seems you need a few seasons worth of shows at least for syndication purposes.  If there are a total of 19 new episodes left, that would put them at exactly 75 (if you count the miniseries as 2 episodes).</p>
<p>The S4 premiere has me somewhat optimistic they&#8217;ve taken some of the criticism to heart &#8212; we&#8217;ll see.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eugenia (and a belated thanks to Rachel Faith). I&#039;m not really very surprised it got a season 4.  I agree with you and I ranted a lot about the quality of season 3, and it was really at Bill&#039;s recommendation that I gutted it out and finally got to the the last couple of episodes.  

I think they thought they were being artistic.  It could be I&#039;m simply too plebian to appreciate the art -- but if art comes at the expense of making the story and its characters less interesting, it&#039;s too high of  a price to pay in my opinion.  

I&#039;m guessing the following assured season 4:

1. it will still be one of the better rated SciFi shows regardless of the drop off from the early years

2. I hear the DVD sales are good and coupled with your point that NBCU doesn&#039;t have to pay licensing fees, that all goes straight to the bottom line.

3.it seems you need a few seasons worth of shows at least for syndication purposes.  If there are a total of 19 new episodes left, that would put them at exactly 75 (if you count the miniseries as 2 episodes).

The S4 premiere has me somewhat optimistic they&#039;ve taken some of the criticism to heart -- we&#039;ll see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eugenia (and a belated thanks to Rachel Faith). I&#8217;m not really very surprised it got a season 4.  I agree with you and I ranted a lot about the quality of season 3, and it was really at Bill&#8217;s recommendation that I gutted it out and finally got to the the last couple of episodes.  </p>
<p>I think they thought they were being artistic.  It could be I&#8217;m simply too plebian to appreciate the art &#8212; but if art comes at the expense of making the story and its characters less interesting, it&#8217;s too high of  a price to pay in my opinion.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing the following assured season 4:</p>
<p>1. it will still be one of the better rated SciFi shows regardless of the drop off from the early years</p>
<p>2. I hear the DVD sales are good and coupled with your point that NBCU doesn&#8217;t have to pay licensing fees, that all goes straight to the bottom line.</p>
<p>3.it seems you need a few seasons worth of shows at least for syndication purposes.  If there are a total of 19 new episodes left, that would put them at exactly 75 (if you count the miniseries as 2 episodes).</p>
<p>The S4 premiere has me somewhat optimistic they&#8217;ve taken some of the criticism to heart &#8212; we&#8217;ll see.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eugenia (and a belated thanks to Rachel Faith). I&#039;m not really very surprised it got a season 4.  I agree with you and I ranted a lot about the quality of season 3, and it was really at Bill&#039;s recommendation that I gutted it out and finally got to the the last couple of episodes.  

I think they thought they were being artistic.  It could be I&#039;m simply too plebian to appreciate the art -- but if art comes at the expense of making the story and its characters less interesting, it&#039;s too high of  a price to pay in my opinion.  

I&#039;m guessing the following assured season 4:

1. it will still be one of the better rated SciFi shows regardless of the drop off from the early years

2. I hear the DVD sales are good and coupled with your point that NBCU doesn&#039;t have to pay licensing fees, that all goes straight to the bottom line.

3.it seems you need a few seasons worth of shows at least for syndication purposes.  If there are a total of 19 new episodes left, that would put them at exactly 75 (if you count the miniseries as 2 episodes).

The S4 premiere has me somewhat optimistic they&#039;ve taken some of the criticism to heart -- we&#039;ll see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eugenia (and a belated thanks to Rachel Faith). I&#8217;m not really very surprised it got a season 4.  I agree with you and I ranted a lot about the quality of season 3, and it was really at Bill&#8217;s recommendation that I gutted it out and finally got to the the last couple of episodes.  </p>
<p>I think they thought they were being artistic.  It could be I&#8217;m simply too plebian to appreciate the art &#8212; but if art comes at the expense of making the story and its characters less interesting, it&#8217;s too high of  a price to pay in my opinion.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m guessing the following assured season 4:</p>
<p>1. it will still be one of the better rated SciFi shows regardless of the drop off from the early years</p>
<p>2. I hear the DVD sales are good and coupled with your point that NBCU doesn&#8217;t have to pay licensing fees, that all goes straight to the bottom line.</p>
<p>3.it seems you need a few seasons worth of shows at least for syndication purposes.  If there are a total of 19 new episodes left, that would put them at exactly 75 (if you count the miniseries as 2 episodes).</p>
<p>The S4 premiere has me somewhat optimistic they&#8217;ve taken some of the criticism to heart &#8212; we&#8217;ll see.</p>
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		<title>By: Eugenia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eugenia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding the economics of the BSG(2003):  It&#039;s an &quot;in-house&quot; production meaning NBC/Universal does not pay licensing fees to an outside production company for airing the show.

Regarding the &quot;vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show&quot;:  That&#039;s a load of garbage put out by Moore and Eick to justify some really BAD writing, particularly in Season 3. Rachel Faith explained it nicely above. 

I couldn&#039;t believe so-called professionals were allowed to put such a disjointed, incomprehensible mess on the air.  It wasn&#039;t just one episode either (every series has one or two crummy episodes), it was episode after episode after episode.  I&#039;m amazed it got a Season 4.

I would be easier on the show if it was offered as an entertaining story.  If writers and showrunners ask me to think, then I&#039;m not going to overlook incredibly stupid characters, plot holes, out-of-character dialogue, inconsistencies in basic elements, retcons, etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding the economics of the BSG(2003):  It&#8217;s an &#8220;in-house&#8221; production meaning NBC/Universal does not pay licensing fees to an outside production company for airing the show.</p>
<p>Regarding the &#8220;vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show&#8221;:  That&#8217;s a load of garbage put out by Moore and Eick to justify some really BAD writing, particularly in Season 3. Rachel Faith explained it nicely above. </p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t believe so-called professionals were allowed to put such a disjointed, incomprehensible mess on the air.  It wasn&#8217;t just one episode either (every series has one or two crummy episodes), it was episode after episode after episode.  I&#8217;m amazed it got a Season 4.</p>
<p>I would be easier on the show if it was offered as an entertaining story.  If writers and showrunners ask me to think, then I&#8217;m not going to overlook incredibly stupid characters, plot holes, out-of-character dialogue, inconsistencies in basic elements, retcons, etc.</p>
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		<title>By: Eugenia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eugenia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding the economics of the BSG(2003):  It&#039;s an &quot;in-house&quot; production meaning NBC/Universal does not pay licensing fees to an outside production company for airing the show.

Regarding the &quot;vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show&quot;:  That&#039;s a load of garbage put out by Moore and Eick to justify some really BAD writing, particularly in Season 3. Rachel Faith explained it nicely above. 

I couldn&#039;t believe so-called professionals were allowed to put such a disjointed, incomprehensible mess on the air.  It wasn&#039;t just one episode either (every series has one or two crummy episodes), it was episode after episode after episode.  I&#039;m amazed it got a Season 4.

I would be easier on the show if it was offered as an entertaining story.  If writers and showrunners ask me to think, then I&#039;m not going to overlook incredibly stupid characters, plot holes, out-of-character dialogue, inconsistencies in basic elements, retcons, etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding the economics of the BSG(2003):  It&#8217;s an &#8220;in-house&#8221; production meaning NBC/Universal does not pay licensing fees to an outside production company for airing the show.</p>
<p>Regarding the &#8220;vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show&#8221;:  That&#8217;s a load of garbage put out by Moore and Eick to justify some really BAD writing, particularly in Season 3. Rachel Faith explained it nicely above. </p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t believe so-called professionals were allowed to put such a disjointed, incomprehensible mess on the air.  It wasn&#8217;t just one episode either (every series has one or two crummy episodes), it was episode after episode after episode.  I&#8217;m amazed it got a Season 4.</p>
<p>I would be easier on the show if it was offered as an entertaining story.  If writers and showrunners ask me to think, then I&#8217;m not going to overlook incredibly stupid characters, plot holes, out-of-character dialogue, inconsistencies in basic elements, retcons, etc.</p>
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		<title>By: Eugenia</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-6/#comment-307070</link>
		<dc:creator>Eugenia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding the economics of the BSG(2003):  It&#039;s an &quot;in-house&quot; production meaning NBC/Universal does not pay licensing fees to an outside production company for airing the show.

Regarding the &quot;vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show&quot;:  That&#039;s a load of garbage put out by Moore and Eick to justify some really BAD writing, particularly in Season 3. Rachel Faith explained it nicely above. 

I couldn&#039;t believe so-called professionals were allowed to put such a disjointed, incomprehensible mess on the air.  It wasn&#039;t just one episode either (every series has one or two crummy episodes), it was episode after episode after episode.  I&#039;m amazed it got a Season 4.

I would be easier on the show if it was offered as an entertaining story.  If writers and showrunners ask me to think, then I&#039;m not going to overlook incredibly stupid characters, plot holes, out-of-character dialogue, inconsistencies in basic elements, retcons, etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding the economics of the BSG(2003):  It&#8217;s an &#8220;in-house&#8221; production meaning NBC/Universal does not pay licensing fees to an outside production company for airing the show.</p>
<p>Regarding the &#8220;vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show&#8221;:  That&#8217;s a load of garbage put out by Moore and Eick to justify some really BAD writing, particularly in Season 3. Rachel Faith explained it nicely above. </p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t believe so-called professionals were allowed to put such a disjointed, incomprehensible mess on the air.  It wasn&#8217;t just one episode either (every series has one or two crummy episodes), it was episode after episode after episode.  I&#8217;m amazed it got a Season 4.</p>
<p>I would be easier on the show if it was offered as an entertaining story.  If writers and showrunners ask me to think, then I&#8217;m not going to overlook incredibly stupid characters, plot holes, out-of-character dialogue, inconsistencies in basic elements, retcons, etc.</p>
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		<title>By: Eugenia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eugenia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding the economics of the BSG(2003):  It&#039;s an &quot;in-house&quot; production meaning NBC/Universal does not pay licensing fees to an outside production company for airing the show.

Regarding the &quot;vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show&quot;:  That&#039;s a load of garbage put out by Moore and Eick to justify some really BAD writing, particularly in Season 3. Rachel Faith explained it nicely above. 

I couldn&#039;t believe so-called professionals were allowed to put such a disjointed, incomprehensible mess on the air.  It wasn&#039;t just one episode either (every series has one or two crummy episodes), it was episode after episode after episode.  I&#039;m amazed it got a Season 4.

I would be easier on the show if it was offered as an entertaining story.  If writers and showrunners ask me to think, then I&#039;m not going to overlook incredibly stupid characters, plot holes, out-of-character dialogue, inconsistencies in basic elements, retcons, etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding the economics of the BSG(2003):  It&#8217;s an &#8220;in-house&#8221; production meaning NBC/Universal does not pay licensing fees to an outside production company for airing the show.</p>
<p>Regarding the &#8220;vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show&#8221;:  That&#8217;s a load of garbage put out by Moore and Eick to justify some really BAD writing, particularly in Season 3. Rachel Faith explained it nicely above. </p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t believe so-called professionals were allowed to put such a disjointed, incomprehensible mess on the air.  It wasn&#8217;t just one episode either (every series has one or two crummy episodes), it was episode after episode after episode.  I&#8217;m amazed it got a Season 4.</p>
<p>I would be easier on the show if it was offered as an entertaining story.  If writers and showrunners ask me to think, then I&#8217;m not going to overlook incredibly stupid characters, plot holes, out-of-character dialogue, inconsistencies in basic elements, retcons, etc.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Kw.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Kw.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think Sci-Fi is upset with these numbers and I don&#039;t think they were expecting a big jump just because of all the media coverage.  The publicity for the network is enough for Sci-Fi to be happy about (just like Mad Men did for AMC).  Another reason why the media covered it so much was because the last original episode had aired over a year ago.  The network knows that its mini-series will always be its biggest draws and they made that very clear in the upfront presentation a few weeks ago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think Sci-Fi is upset with these numbers and I don&#8217;t think they were expecting a big jump just because of all the media coverage.  The publicity for the network is enough for Sci-Fi to be happy about (just like Mad Men did for AMC).  Another reason why the media covered it so much was because the last original episode had aired over a year ago.  The network knows that its mini-series will always be its biggest draws and they made that very clear in the upfront presentation a few weeks ago.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Kw.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Kw.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think Sci-Fi is upset with these numbers and I don&#039;t think they were expecting a big jump just because of all the media coverage.  The publicity for the network is enough for Sci-Fi to be happy about (just like Mad Men did for AMC).  Another reason why the media covered it so much was because the last original episode had aired over a year ago.  The network knows that its mini-series will always be its biggest draws and they made that very clear in the upfront presentation a few weeks ago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think Sci-Fi is upset with these numbers and I don&#8217;t think they were expecting a big jump just because of all the media coverage.  The publicity for the network is enough for Sci-Fi to be happy about (just like Mad Men did for AMC).  Another reason why the media covered it so much was because the last original episode had aired over a year ago.  The network knows that its mini-series will always be its biggest draws and they made that very clear in the upfront presentation a few weeks ago.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Kw.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Kw.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think Sci-Fi is upset with these numbers and I don&#039;t think they were expecting a big jump just because of all the media coverage.  The publicity for the network is enough for Sci-Fi to be happy about (just like Mad Men did for AMC).  Another reason why the media covered it so much was because the last original episode had aired over a year ago.  The network knows that its mini-series will always be its biggest draws and they made that very clear in the upfront presentation a few weeks ago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think Sci-Fi is upset with these numbers and I don&#8217;t think they were expecting a big jump just because of all the media coverage.  The publicity for the network is enough for Sci-Fi to be happy about (just like Mad Men did for AMC).  Another reason why the media covered it so much was because the last original episode had aired over a year ago.  The network knows that its mini-series will always be its biggest draws and they made that very clear in the upfront presentation a few weeks ago.</p>
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		<title>By: Teri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It shows that one television is watching BSG, but does not show that at my house there were 50 people watching that one television. I know of many BSG season 4 premiere FRAK parties, they should multiply the numbers at least by 2.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It shows that one television is watching BSG, but does not show that at my house there were 50 people watching that one television. I know of many BSG season 4 premiere FRAK parties, they should multiply the numbers at least by 2.</p>
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		<title>By: Teri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It shows that one television is watching BSG, but does not show that at my house there were 50 people watching that one television. I know of many BSG season 4 premiere FRAK parties, they should multiply the numbers at least by 2.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It shows that one television is watching BSG, but does not show that at my house there were 50 people watching that one television. I know of many BSG season 4 premiere FRAK parties, they should multiply the numbers at least by 2.</p>
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		<title>By: Teri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It shows that one television is watching BSG, but does not show that at my house there were 50 people watching that one television. I know of many BSG season 4 premiere FRAK parties, they should multiply the numbers at least by 2.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It shows that one television is watching BSG, but does not show that at my house there were 50 people watching that one television. I know of many BSG season 4 premiere FRAK parties, they should multiply the numbers at least by 2.</p>
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		<title>By: Teri</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-5/#comment-307063</link>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It shows that one television is watching BSG, but does not show that at my house there were 50 people watching that one television. I know of many BSG season 4 premiere FRAK parties, they should multiply the numbers at least by 2.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It shows that one television is watching BSG, but does not show that at my house there were 50 people watching that one television. I know of many BSG season 4 premiere FRAK parties, they should multiply the numbers at least by 2.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rebecca, unfortunately there are no good consistent metrics for measuring online viewing yet (not for BSG, not for ANY show -- I&#039;m sure LOST has large online viewership, but I couldn&#039;t tell you what it is!). 

You sometimes will get reports of # of streams, but that&#039;s fairly meaningless data as it doesn&#039;t give you an idea on average how many watched the whole episode.  I do grant that BSG is likely to have more online viewing than a lot of show, but until there are consistent metrics, there is no good way to talk about it or factor it in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rebecca, unfortunately there are no good consistent metrics for measuring online viewing yet (not for BSG, not for ANY show &#8212; I&#8217;m sure LOST has large online viewership, but I couldn&#8217;t tell you what it is!). </p>
<p>You sometimes will get reports of # of streams, but that&#8217;s fairly meaningless data as it doesn&#8217;t give you an idea on average how many watched the whole episode.  I do grant that BSG is likely to have more online viewing than a lot of show, but until there are consistent metrics, there is no good way to talk about it or factor it in.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rebecca, unfortunately there are no good consistent metrics for measuring online viewing yet (not for BSG, not for ANY show -- I&#039;m sure LOST has large online viewership, but I couldn&#039;t tell you what it is!). 

You sometimes will get reports of # of streams, but that&#039;s fairly meaningless data as it doesn&#039;t give you an idea on average how many watched the whole episode.  I do grant that BSG is likely to have more online viewing than a lot of show, but until there are consistent metrics, there is no good way to talk about it or factor it in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rebecca, unfortunately there are no good consistent metrics for measuring online viewing yet (not for BSG, not for ANY show &#8212; I&#8217;m sure LOST has large online viewership, but I couldn&#8217;t tell you what it is!). </p>
<p>You sometimes will get reports of # of streams, but that&#8217;s fairly meaningless data as it doesn&#8217;t give you an idea on average how many watched the whole episode.  I do grant that BSG is likely to have more online viewing than a lot of show, but until there are consistent metrics, there is no good way to talk about it or factor it in.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rebecca, unfortunately there are no good consistent metrics for measuring online viewing yet (not for BSG, not for ANY show -- I&#039;m sure LOST has large online viewership, but I couldn&#039;t tell you what it is!). 

You sometimes will get reports of # of streams, but that&#039;s fairly meaningless data as it doesn&#039;t give you an idea on average how many watched the whole episode.  I do grant that BSG is likely to have more online viewing than a lot of show, but until there are consistent metrics, there is no good way to talk about it or factor it in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rebecca, unfortunately there are no good consistent metrics for measuring online viewing yet (not for BSG, not for ANY show &#8212; I&#8217;m sure LOST has large online viewership, but I couldn&#8217;t tell you what it is!). </p>
<p>You sometimes will get reports of # of streams, but that&#8217;s fairly meaningless data as it doesn&#8217;t give you an idea on average how many watched the whole episode.  I do grant that BSG is likely to have more online viewing than a lot of show, but until there are consistent metrics, there is no good way to talk about it or factor it in.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rebecca, unfortunately there are no good consistent metrics for measuring online viewing yet (not for BSG, not for ANY show -- I&#039;m sure LOST has large online viewership, but I couldn&#039;t tell you what it is!). 

You sometimes will get reports of # of streams, but that&#039;s fairly meaningless data as it doesn&#039;t give you an idea on average how many watched the whole episode.  I do grant that BSG is likely to have more online viewing than a lot of show, but until there are consistent metrics, there is no good way to talk about it or factor it in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rebecca, unfortunately there are no good consistent metrics for measuring online viewing yet (not for BSG, not for ANY show &#8212; I&#8217;m sure LOST has large online viewership, but I couldn&#8217;t tell you what it is!). </p>
<p>You sometimes will get reports of # of streams, but that&#8217;s fairly meaningless data as it doesn&#8217;t give you an idea on average how many watched the whole episode.  I do grant that BSG is likely to have more online viewing than a lot of show, but until there are consistent metrics, there is no good way to talk about it or factor it in.</p>
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		<title>By: Rebecca</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t get Scifi channel so I have to get my BSG fix online.  A lot of my friends do the same.  I think that using just TV numbers doesn&#039;t reflect how many people actually watch the show</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t get Scifi channel so I have to get my BSG fix online.  A lot of my friends do the same.  I think that using just TV numbers doesn&#8217;t reflect how many people actually watch the show</p>
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		<title>By: Rebecca</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t get Scifi channel so I have to get my BSG fix online.  A lot of my friends do the same.  I think that using just TV numbers doesn&#039;t reflect how many people actually watch the show</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t get Scifi channel so I have to get my BSG fix online.  A lot of my friends do the same.  I think that using just TV numbers doesn&#8217;t reflect how many people actually watch the show</p>
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		<title>By: Rebecca</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t get Scifi channel so I have to get my BSG fix online.  A lot of my friends do the same.  I think that using just TV numbers doesn&#039;t reflect how many people actually watch the show</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t get Scifi channel so I have to get my BSG fix online.  A lot of my friends do the same.  I think that using just TV numbers doesn&#8217;t reflect how many people actually watch the show</p>
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		<title>By: Rebecca</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rebecca</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t get Scifi channel so I have to get my BSG fix online.  A lot of my friends do the same.  I think that using just TV numbers doesn&#039;t reflect how many people actually watch the show</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t get Scifi channel so I have to get my BSG fix online.  A lot of my friends do the same.  I think that using just TV numbers doesn&#8217;t reflect how many people actually watch the show</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marc, it&#039;s a somewhat complex discussion.  There are two HH ratings #s that could be reported: one translates to the overall television universe and one translates to only the universe covered by the cable channels.  When we report #s here, and what you generally see published in the press are the overall television universe #s. More coverage would change potentially both numbers, though seemingly it would change the overall # for the better.  Since I don&#039;t have all the old data (or much data at all) for the SciFi channel, I can&#039;t really confirm what you posted.  But I can&#039;t deny it either. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc, it&#8217;s a somewhat complex discussion.  There are two HH ratings #s that could be reported: one translates to the overall television universe and one translates to only the universe covered by the cable channels.  When we report #s here, and what you generally see published in the press are the overall television universe #s. More coverage would change potentially both numbers, though seemingly it would change the overall # for the better.  Since I don&#8217;t have all the old data (or much data at all) for the SciFi channel, I can&#8217;t really confirm what you posted.  But I can&#8217;t deny it either. <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marc, it&#039;s a somewhat complex discussion.  There are two HH ratings #s that could be reported: one translates to the overall television universe and one translates to only the universe covered by the cable channels.  When we report #s here, and what you generally see published in the press are the overall television universe #s. More coverage would change potentially both numbers, though seemingly it would change the overall # for the better.  Since I don&#039;t have all the old data (or much data at all) for the SciFi channel, I can&#039;t really confirm what you posted.  But I can&#039;t deny it either. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc, it&#8217;s a somewhat complex discussion.  There are two HH ratings #s that could be reported: one translates to the overall television universe and one translates to only the universe covered by the cable channels.  When we report #s here, and what you generally see published in the press are the overall television universe #s. More coverage would change potentially both numbers, though seemingly it would change the overall # for the better.  Since I don&#8217;t have all the old data (or much data at all) for the SciFi channel, I can&#8217;t really confirm what you posted.  But I can&#8217;t deny it either. <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-5/#comment-307056</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marc, it&#039;s a somewhat complex discussion.  There are two HH ratings #s that could be reported: one translates to the overall television universe and one translates to only the universe covered by the cable channels.  When we report #s here, and what you generally see published in the press are the overall television universe #s. More coverage would change potentially both numbers, though seemingly it would change the overall # for the better.  Since I don&#039;t have all the old data (or much data at all) for the SciFi channel, I can&#039;t really confirm what you posted.  But I can&#039;t deny it either. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc, it&#8217;s a somewhat complex discussion.  There are two HH ratings #s that could be reported: one translates to the overall television universe and one translates to only the universe covered by the cable channels.  When we report #s here, and what you generally see published in the press are the overall television universe #s. More coverage would change potentially both numbers, though seemingly it would change the overall # for the better.  Since I don&#8217;t have all the old data (or much data at all) for the SciFi channel, I can&#8217;t really confirm what you posted.  But I can&#8217;t deny it either. <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marc, it&#039;s a somewhat complex discussion.  There are two HH ratings #s that could be reported: one translates to the overall television universe and one translates to only the universe covered by the cable channels.  When we report #s here, and what you generally see published in the press are the overall television universe #s. More coverage would change potentially both numbers, though seemingly it would change the overall # for the better.  Since I don&#039;t have all the old data (or much data at all) for the SciFi channel, I can&#039;t really confirm what you posted.  But I can&#039;t deny it either. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marc, it&#8217;s a somewhat complex discussion.  There are two HH ratings #s that could be reported: one translates to the overall television universe and one translates to only the universe covered by the cable channels.  When we report #s here, and what you generally see published in the press are the overall television universe #s. More coverage would change potentially both numbers, though seemingly it would change the overall # for the better.  Since I don&#8217;t have all the old data (or much data at all) for the SciFi channel, I can&#8217;t really confirm what you posted.  But I can&#8217;t deny it either. <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not sure if Robert can confirm this....

What Outlander said is right on the money. These days a 1.2 on SCI FI was like a 1.4 to 1.5 about a year and a half ago. Reason being? Because the amount of households who get SCI FI was less. Now that the number has increased to who gets SCI FI, a show can still keep the same amount of households tuned in but they will still have a lower rating. 

Also like to point out that a show can score the same household rating but still have a large difference in total viewers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure if Robert can confirm this&#8230;.</p>
<p>What Outlander said is right on the money. These days a 1.2 on SCI FI was like a 1.4 to 1.5 about a year and a half ago. Reason being? Because the amount of households who get SCI FI was less. Now that the number has increased to who gets SCI FI, a show can still keep the same amount of households tuned in but they will still have a lower rating. </p>
<p>Also like to point out that a show can score the same household rating but still have a large difference in total viewers.</p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not sure if Robert can confirm this....

What Outlander said is right on the money. These days a 1.2 on SCI FI was like a 1.4 to 1.5 about a year and a half ago. Reason being? Because the amount of households who get SCI FI was less. Now that the number has increased to who gets SCI FI, a show can still keep the same amount of households tuned in but they will still have a lower rating. 

Also like to point out that a show can score the same household rating but still have a large difference in total viewers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure if Robert can confirm this&#8230;.</p>
<p>What Outlander said is right on the money. These days a 1.2 on SCI FI was like a 1.4 to 1.5 about a year and a half ago. Reason being? Because the amount of households who get SCI FI was less. Now that the number has increased to who gets SCI FI, a show can still keep the same amount of households tuned in but they will still have a lower rating. </p>
<p>Also like to point out that a show can score the same household rating but still have a large difference in total viewers.</p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not sure if Robert can confirm this....

What Outlander said is right on the money. These days a 1.2 on SCI FI was like a 1.4 to 1.5 about a year and a half ago. Reason being? Because the amount of households who get SCI FI was less. Now that the number has increased to who gets SCI FI, a show can still keep the same amount of households tuned in but they will still have a lower rating. 

Also like to point out that a show can score the same household rating but still have a large difference in total viewers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure if Robert can confirm this&#8230;.</p>
<p>What Outlander said is right on the money. These days a 1.2 on SCI FI was like a 1.4 to 1.5 about a year and a half ago. Reason being? Because the amount of households who get SCI FI was less. Now that the number has increased to who gets SCI FI, a show can still keep the same amount of households tuned in but they will still have a lower rating. </p>
<p>Also like to point out that a show can score the same household rating but still have a large difference in total viewers.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-5/#comment-8933</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe, I&#039;d just jump directly to the last 2 episodes of Season 3, watch the season four premiere and then go back and watch the remainder of Season 3 to tide you over between season 4 episodes.  Season 4 seems poised to be much more interesting than season 3 was -- I hope that turns out to be the case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe, I&#8217;d just jump directly to the last 2 episodes of Season 3, watch the season four premiere and then go back and watch the remainder of Season 3 to tide you over between season 4 episodes.  Season 4 seems poised to be much more interesting than season 3 was &#8212; I hope that turns out to be the case.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-5/#comment-306993</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe, I&#039;d just jump directly to the last 2 episodes of Season 3, watch the season four premiere and then go back and watch the remainder of Season 3 to tide you over between season 4 episodes.  Season 4 seems poised to be much more interesting than season 3 was -- I hope that turns out to be the case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe, I&#8217;d just jump directly to the last 2 episodes of Season 3, watch the season four premiere and then go back and watch the remainder of Season 3 to tide you over between season 4 episodes.  Season 4 seems poised to be much more interesting than season 3 was &#8212; I hope that turns out to be the case.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-5/#comment-306994</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe, I&#039;d just jump directly to the last 2 episodes of Season 3, watch the season four premiere and then go back and watch the remainder of Season 3 to tide you over between season 4 episodes.  Season 4 seems poised to be much more interesting than season 3 was -- I hope that turns out to be the case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe, I&#8217;d just jump directly to the last 2 episodes of Season 3, watch the season four premiere and then go back and watch the remainder of Season 3 to tide you over between season 4 episodes.  Season 4 seems poised to be much more interesting than season 3 was &#8212; I hope that turns out to be the case.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-5/#comment-306995</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe, I&#039;d just jump directly to the last 2 episodes of Season 3, watch the season four premiere and then go back and watch the remainder of Season 3 to tide you over between season 4 episodes.  Season 4 seems poised to be much more interesting than season 3 was -- I hope that turns out to be the case.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe, I&#8217;d just jump directly to the last 2 episodes of Season 3, watch the season four premiere and then go back and watch the remainder of Season 3 to tide you over between season 4 episodes.  Season 4 seems poised to be much more interesting than season 3 was &#8212; I hope that turns out to be the case.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bua</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-4/#comment-8931</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Bua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally, I think the vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show.

And certainly there are those who don&#039;t like having to think while watching TV.

So, let them watch those dancing shows and all that crap, I&#039;ll just enjoy this frakking final season (as soon as I finish season three on DVD).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally, I think the vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show.</p>
<p>And certainly there are those who don&#8217;t like having to think while watching TV.</p>
<p>So, let them watch those dancing shows and all that crap, I&#8217;ll just enjoy this frakking final season (as soon as I finish season three on DVD).</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bua</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-4/#comment-307050</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Bua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally, I think the vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show.

And certainly there are those who don&#039;t like having to think while watching TV.

So, let them watch those dancing shows and all that crap, I&#039;ll just enjoy this frakking final season (as soon as I finish season three on DVD).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally, I think the vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show.</p>
<p>And certainly there are those who don&#8217;t like having to think while watching TV.</p>
<p>So, let them watch those dancing shows and all that crap, I&#8217;ll just enjoy this frakking final season (as soon as I finish season three on DVD).</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bua</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe Bua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally, I think the vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show.

And certainly there are those who don&#039;t like having to think while watching TV.

So, let them watch those dancing shows and all that crap, I&#039;ll just enjoy this frakking final season (as soon as I finish season three on DVD).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally, I think the vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show.</p>
<p>And certainly there are those who don&#8217;t like having to think while watching TV.</p>
<p>So, let them watch those dancing shows and all that crap, I&#8217;ll just enjoy this frakking final season (as soon as I finish season three on DVD).</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bua</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe Bua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally, I think the vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show.

And certainly there are those who don&#039;t like having to think while watching TV.

So, let them watch those dancing shows and all that crap, I&#039;ll just enjoy this frakking final season (as soon as I finish season three on DVD).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally, I think the vast majority of Americans are not smart enough to follow the show.</p>
<p>And certainly there are those who don&#8217;t like having to think while watching TV.</p>
<p>So, let them watch those dancing shows and all that crap, I&#8217;ll just enjoy this frakking final season (as soon as I finish season three on DVD).</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-4/#comment-8922</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and as an aside @informant -- I do not care about politics at all and I let slide completely any comparisons to what the shows do versus what goes on in the real world.  That said, if Jericho had Tricia Helfer in it -- well, I can&#039;t say what it might have meant for its ratings, but I can say I would&#039;ve written about the show at least four times as much as I already wrote about it! ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and as an aside @informant &#8212; I do not care about politics at all and I let slide completely any comparisons to what the shows do versus what goes on in the real world.  That said, if Jericho had Tricia Helfer in it &#8212; well, I can&#8217;t say what it might have meant for its ratings, but I can say I would&#8217;ve written about the show at least four times as much as I already wrote about it! <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and as an aside @informant -- I do not care about politics at all and I let slide completely any comparisons to what the shows do versus what goes on in the real world.  That said, if Jericho had Tricia Helfer in it -- well, I can&#039;t say what it might have meant for its ratings, but I can say I would&#039;ve written about the show at least four times as much as I already wrote about it! ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and as an aside @informant &#8212; I do not care about politics at all and I let slide completely any comparisons to what the shows do versus what goes on in the real world.  That said, if Jericho had Tricia Helfer in it &#8212; well, I can&#8217;t say what it might have meant for its ratings, but I can say I would&#8217;ve written about the show at least four times as much as I already wrote about it! <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and as an aside @informant -- I do not care about politics at all and I let slide completely any comparisons to what the shows do versus what goes on in the real world.  That said, if Jericho had Tricia Helfer in it -- well, I can&#039;t say what it might have meant for its ratings, but I can say I would&#039;ve written about the show at least four times as much as I already wrote about it! ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and as an aside @informant &#8212; I do not care about politics at all and I let slide completely any comparisons to what the shows do versus what goes on in the real world.  That said, if Jericho had Tricia Helfer in it &#8212; well, I can&#8217;t say what it might have meant for its ratings, but I can say I would&#8217;ve written about the show at least four times as much as I already wrote about it! <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and as an aside @informant -- I do not care about politics at all and I let slide completely any comparisons to what the shows do versus what goes on in the real world.  That said, if Jericho had Tricia Helfer in it -- well, I can&#039;t say what it might have meant for its ratings, but I can say I would&#039;ve written about the show at least four times as much as I already wrote about it! ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and as an aside @informant &#8212; I do not care about politics at all and I let slide completely any comparisons to what the shows do versus what goes on in the real world.  That said, if Jericho had Tricia Helfer in it &#8212; well, I can&#8217;t say what it might have meant for its ratings, but I can say I would&#8217;ve written about the show at least four times as much as I already wrote about it! <img src='http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-4/#comment-8921</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Outlander, actually from what I read, BSG has a relatively very small production budget for a SciFi show (perhaps 50% or less of that of a network show).  

Also syndication and DVD sales factor into the mix.  But exactly how the economics work, we don&#039;t know.  It&#039;s not clear to me whether these shows are &quot;profitable immediately&quot; or whether they are OK with waiting a little bit for the payback.  

I agree completely that it&#039;s amazing how much more competitive the environment is these days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Outlander, actually from what I read, BSG has a relatively very small production budget for a SciFi show (perhaps 50% or less of that of a network show).  </p>
<p>Also syndication and DVD sales factor into the mix.  But exactly how the economics work, we don&#8217;t know.  It&#8217;s not clear to me whether these shows are &#8220;profitable immediately&#8221; or whether they are OK with waiting a little bit for the payback.  </p>
<p>I agree completely that it&#8217;s amazing how much more competitive the environment is these days.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Seidman</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/04/07/no-nielsen-ratings-glory-for-bsg-season-four-premiere/3230/comment-page-4/#comment-306996</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Outlander, actually from what I read, BSG has a relatively very small production budget for a SciFi show (perhaps 50% or less of that of a network show).  

Also syndication and DVD sales factor into the mix.  But exactly how the economics work, we don&#039;t know.  It&#039;s not clear to me whether these shows are &quot;profitable immediately&quot; or whether they are OK with waiting a little bit for the payback.  

I agree completely that it&#039;s amazing how much more competitive the environment is these days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Outlander, actually from what I read, BSG has a relatively very small production budget for a SciFi show (perhaps 50% or less of that of a network show).  </p>
<p>Also syndication and DVD sales factor into the mix.  But exactly how the economics work, we don&#8217;t know.  It&#8217;s not clear to me whether these shows are &#8220;profitable immediately&#8221; or whether they are OK with waiting a little bit for the payback.  </p>
<p>I agree completely that it&#8217;s amazing how much more competitive the environment is these days.</p>
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