Comments on: Overnight Nielsen Ratings for Mad Men Premiere Up Over 100%!

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:37:54 +0000

It Should do well since they've been promoting it more than a Ford dipped in Coke sprinkled with McDonald's Big Macs! I've been seeing ads for it non-stop. And I don't have a tv so that's truly impressive. I like the show, but I generally think it's WAY overhyped. Did In Plain Sight suffer too much?

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:37:54 +0000

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:14:02 +0000

Sandy, FYI, my chicken scratch seems to check out ; ) This story in TV week adds a little more info in that Breaking Bad did 796K in the 25-54 to last night 996K for Mad Men. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/07/nearly_2_mil…

By: Laforge129

Laforge129 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:08:05 +0000

That is why I think Hulu is going to bring Mad Men 2007 series to hulu!! Check out:
http://www.tech-linkblog.com/2008/07/hulu-clues...

for further information!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:57:00 +0000

Steven, since when are ratings the sole indicator of quality? If that were the case, American Idol would be the best show on television. (Did I really just type that sentence? I just threw up in my mouth a little…) Fortunately this isn’t true. Mad Men may not get the 4.5 million+ viewers of In Plain Sight or the 3.5 million of Army Wives (or whatever Hannah Montana and Spongebob get), but who cares? The numbers are up big, and the show itself is still of excellent quality. If both of those elements hold steady, AMC will renew it again.

It certainly doesn’t violate its own rules from week to week like IPS did (The doctor can’t run his own practice one week, but the religious couple can still have a soup kitchen the next?) The only thing “In Plain Sight” was the shark that show was jumping.

And don’t even get me started on comparing MM to the rash of procedurals over on the nets. They may get 5-10x more viewers, but the likes of CSI Miami and NCIS being better than Mad Men? Yeah right.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:44:00 +0000

Steven, I was sure I replied to your first comment in this thread but now I don’t see my reply. Probably a sign that I need to back away from the computer for a while! I agree with youIt’s been reported that they had a $25 million budget to promote Mad Men this season. That seems really high, but I know for sure they’re doing at least some promotin because I saw several ads for the premiere while watching ESPN last week.

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:29:00 +0000

You’re right it did. They don’t have as much money as USA and TNT do to promote their shows.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:19:00 +0000

Sandy, not as good as last night and the person I spoke with made a point of bringing Breaking Bad up for context. Unfortunately I was taking notes by hand and I can’t read my own chicken scratch with regard to Breaking Bad’s numbers. I think Breaking Bad had a 1.1 HH Rating in its premiere, Mad Men Season one had a 1.3 rating and last night’s episode had a 1.6 rating.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:16:00 +0000

What were Breaking Bad’s ratings like in comparison to Mad Men last year?

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:07:30 +0000

Army Wives and In Plain Sight are way better. How did that show do against those two?

By: Kumari

Kumari — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:05:00 +0000

I watched Season 1 over the weekend on On Demand. It’s an awesome show – the competition pales in comparison. All good things to Mad Men!