http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/29/fox-ties-cbs-for-adults-25-54-likely-to-pass-before-seasons-end/17668/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:01:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/29/fox-ties-cbs-for-adults-25-54-likely-to-pass-before-seasons-end/17668/comment-page-1/#comment-82198 Of Birds and Bubbles - What can Darwin teach us about TV? | Simulmedia Tue, 05 May 2009 15:15:08 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/29/fox-ties-cbs-for-adults-25-54-likely-to-pass-before-seasons-end/17668#comment-82198 [...] We think this indicates that CBS and ABC have adopted an audience acquisition strategy focused on niche audiences.  Their attentiveness charts look somewhere between a traditional broadcast network and a cable network.  This slight tilt towards specialization seems to have worked as both have beat NBC (when one excludes the Super Bowl) in the ratings game. [...] [...] We think this indicates that CBS and ABC have adopted an audience acquisition strategy focused on niche audiences.  Their attentiveness charts look somewhere between a traditional broadcast network and a cable network.  This slight tilt towards specialization seems to have worked as both have beat NBC (when one excludes the Super Bowl) in the ratings game. [...]

]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/29/fox-ties-cbs-for-adults-25-54-likely-to-pass-before-seasons-end/17668/comment-page-1/#comment-79962 Bill Gorman Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:43:01 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/29/fox-ties-cbs-for-adults-25-54-likely-to-pass-before-seasons-end/17668#comment-79962 jay, maybe in a 3 network world (circa, 1980) that zero sum process might apply, but with >50% of the prime-time audience watching cable networks its not nearly so clear cut. jay, maybe in a 3 network world (circa, 1980) that zero sum process might apply, but with >50% of the prime-time audience watching cable networks its not nearly so clear cut.

]]> http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/29/fox-ties-cbs-for-adults-25-54-likely-to-pass-before-seasons-end/17668/comment-page-1/#comment-79956 jay Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:37:42 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/29/fox-ties-cbs-for-adults-25-54-likely-to-pass-before-seasons-end/17668#comment-79956 The funny thing is that NBC can only be spoilers,and siphon off viewers from ABC in the demo, like on Thursday nights, and help Fox there w/o really helping themselves. The funny thing is that NBC can only be spoilers,and siphon off viewers from ABC in the demo, like on Thursday nights, and help Fox there w/o really helping themselves.

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