Comments on: Fringe's DVR Viewing Stands Out In Week 2 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: londongirl http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-3/#comment-143567 londongirl Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:06:08 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-143567 Hey Suzi, any chance you might be able to tell us where you got the viewership results since they won't be posted here any more? Hey Suzi, any chance you might be able to tell us where you got the viewership results since they won’t be posted here any more?

]]> By: BJ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-3/#comment-142364 BJ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:29:20 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-142364 You know that something is wrong in the scheduling of shows when 8 of the top 15 shows in the DVR department are shows from Thursday. Again, what the heck are these networks thinking with their crappy scheduling? You know that something is wrong in the scheduling of shows when 8 of the top 15 shows in the DVR department are shows from Thursday. Again, what the heck are these networks thinking with their crappy scheduling?

]]> By: Suzi http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-3/#comment-142326 Suzi Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:54:29 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-142326 Hi Shannon. Here you go. The CW’s Supernatural (+20.1 percent: 2.62 to 3.14 million) Hi Shannon.

Here you go.

The CW’s Supernatural (+20.1 percent: 2.62 to 3.14 million)

]]> By: Shannon http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-3/#comment-142301 Shannon Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:21:27 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-142301 Hey Suzi, Did you happen to see Supernatural's numbers by any chance? If not no worries... It's really the only show I care about next to Castle LOL Thursday's are insane, I gave up Fringe because Supernatural will always come first, both shows are hurting each other. Hey Suzi,

Did you happen to see Supernatural’s numbers by any chance? If not no worries…

It’s really the only show I care about next to Castle LOL

Thursday’s are insane, I gave up Fringe because Supernatural will always come first, both shows are hurting each other.

]]> By: Zaphod http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-3/#comment-142298 Zaphod Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:18:35 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-142298 I am a lot like Mike above. I don't watch *anything* live. I TiVo everything. And on shows like "Fringe" and "Lost" DVRing is almost essential for seeing the video clues and Easter eggs. Sometimes it's almost impossible to catch the Observer without "rewinding". ;-) -/- I am a lot like Mike above. I don’t watch *anything* live. I TiVo everything.

And on shows like “Fringe” and “Lost” DVRing is almost essential for seeing the video clues and Easter eggs. Sometimes it’s almost impossible to catch the Observer without “rewinding”. ;-)

-/-

]]> By: Suzi http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-142165 Suzi Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:08:39 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-142165 I follow Bones and found their results Bones (Fox): 9.46 to 11.35 million (+1.89 million) For all the Smallville fan's: I certainly understand you love your show so ... Smallville (+27.5 percent: 2.37 to 3.03 million). I follow Bones and found their results Bones (Fox): 9.46 to 11.35 million (+1.89 million)

For all the Smallville fan’s: I certainly understand you love your show so … Smallville (+27.5 percent: 2.37 to 3.03 million).

]]> By: Mike http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-142046 Mike Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:35:22 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-142046 This should increase more and more as more people have DVR capability. Personally almost every show that I watch is recorded by the computer in case I am doing something. I tend to have a news channel running on the TV's constantly up until prime time. Also I have started watching more and more shows directly from the internet. 4 or my 7 TV's have a computer with an internet connection. The interfaces with the web are really bad on the TV using the computer remote but this will improve over time and will further hurt live broad casting. I have one Linux MythBuntu recorder so that for the AMC shows that set the broadcast flags so that I can watch those if I record. I really wish that HULU worked in Canada but there are lots of alternatives. I think that this is going to change the way we watch TV as it will be more on demand over time and the challenge will be to determine new revenue models. I think that integrated product placement will have to start become more and more predominate as it is just too easy to bypass commercials with all the digital recording of TV. Thursdays still amaze me that networks have to throw so much on that night. Some Thurdays I will have 4 different Tuners in the computer recording at the same time. This should increase more and more as more people have DVR capability. Personally almost every show that I watch is recorded by the computer in case I am doing something.

I tend to have a news channel running on the TV’s constantly up until prime time.

Also I have started watching more and more shows directly from the internet. 4 or my 7 TV’s have a computer with an internet connection.

The interfaces with the web are really bad on the TV using the computer remote but this will improve over time and will further hurt live broad casting. I have one Linux MythBuntu recorder so that for the AMC shows that set the broadcast flags so that I can watch those if I record.

I really wish that HULU worked in Canada but there are lots of alternatives.

I think that this is going to change the way we watch TV as it will be more on demand over time and the challenge will be to determine new revenue models.

I think that integrated product placement will have to start become more and more predominate as it is just too easy to bypass commercials with all the digital recording of TV.

Thursdays still amaze me that networks have to throw so much on that night. Some Thurdays I will have 4 different Tuners in the computer recording at the same time.

]]> By: forg http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-142037 forg Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:26:45 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-142037 Cheers to The Big Bang Theory with 6.0, HIMYM with 4.2 and Modern Family with 4.4 :D Even with DVR Ghost Whisperer rises to 2.2 only, still a far cry from its previous ratings. Vampire Diaries rises to 2.0! I guess for last week it could get as high to 2.5 once the DVR+7 viewers will be released Cheers to The Big Bang Theory with 6.0, HIMYM with 4.2 and Modern Family with 4.4 :D

Even with DVR Ghost Whisperer rises to 2.2 only, still a far cry from its previous ratings. Vampire Diaries rises to 2.0! I guess for last week it could get as high to 2.5 once the DVR+7 viewers will be released

]]> By: vsaint http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-142033 vsaint Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:15:01 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-142033 Wow. Thursday 9pm. You can't really expect to do much damage against shows that are established on that night, can you? Even though we all saw this coming, still. Crazy night for me too. Fringe #7 Office #4 CSI #3 Grey #1 Wow. Thursday 9pm.
You can’t really expect to do much damage against shows that are established on that night, can you? Even though we all saw this coming, still. Crazy night for me too.

Fringe #7
Office #4
CSI #3
Grey #1

]]> By: Zubair http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141971 Zubair Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:40 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141971 I wouldnt say ratings suck AV, CW is not a big network and you have no clue how or what it would have been like if it had been on a big network. But I agree about asking for the ratings. Come on guys, they dont have them. It'll be ok. :) I wouldnt say ratings suck AV, CW is not a big network and you have no clue how or what it would have been like if it had been on a big network.

But I agree about asking for the ratings. Come on guys, they dont have them. It’ll be ok. :)

]]> By: Vetinari http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141964 Vetinari Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:44:23 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141964 Nice to see the uptick for Fringe since in the last few episodes it finally decided to become a good series. Nice to see the uptick for Fringe since in the last few episodes it finally decided to become a good series.

]]> By: AV http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141932 AV Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:09:44 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141932 Quit bothering the guy with Smallville crap, ratings suck and if it was on any other network it would have been canceled years ago. Gosh some Smallville fans cant understand the simple concept of we "dont have them yet". I am very happy for Fringe, that and Glee are my favorite shows on TV right now. Quit bothering the guy with Smallville crap, ratings suck and if it was on any other network it would have been canceled years ago.

Gosh some Smallville fans cant understand the simple concept of we “dont have them yet”.
I am very happy for Fringe, that and Glee are my favorite shows on TV right now.

]]> By: Tyson http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141877 Tyson Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:29:31 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141877 Sorry! I just meant when they were available, I would be forever in your debt if you could somehow get us the Smallville Live+7 numbers because we have been keeping track of them for season now. We'd really appreciate it, I hope it's possible! Sorry! I just meant when they were available, I would be forever in your debt if you could somehow get us the Smallville Live+7 numbers because we have been keeping track of them for season now. We’d really appreciate it, I hope it’s possible!

]]> By: Lostaholic516 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141815 Lostaholic516 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:53:54 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141815 And YAY for FRINGE :]. My favorite show on TV right now..besides Lost..but its not ON right now techincally. I really need Fringe to have at least a few more seasons. I mean..Flashforward so far has been a great disappointment. I havent given up on it quite yet but i expected something to take Lost's place but it only makes me miss Lost even more...already. Fringe is the only show thats really keeping me from giving up on television And YAY for FRINGE :]. My favorite show on TV right now..besides Lost..but its not ON right now techincally. I really need Fringe to have at least a few more seasons. I mean..Flashforward so far has been a great disappointment. I havent given up on it quite yet but i expected something to take Lost’s place but it only makes me miss Lost even more…already. Fringe is the only show thats really keeping me from giving up on television

]]> By: Lostaholic516 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141813 Lostaholic516 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:51:45 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141813 @Chris I have seven shows on thursday nights too! :] same as urs except vampire daires and csi for u is bones and the office for me @Chris
I have seven shows on thursday nights too! :] same as urs except vampire daires and csi for u is bones and the office for me

]]> By: LostAtSea http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141809 LostAtSea Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:49:31 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141809 Yeah for Heroes! Yeah for Heroes!

]]> By: Chris http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141794 Chris Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:32:06 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141794 Thursdays are Nuts for me its Fringe, CSI, Mentlist, Private Pratice, Greys, Flashfoward, Vampier Daires yes thats 7 shows on Thursday night Thursdays are Nuts for me its Fringe, CSI, Mentlist, Private Pratice, Greys, Flashfoward, Vampier Daires

yes thats 7 shows on Thursday night

]]> By: Confessions of a DVR Addict - Week 2 DVR Numbers Out and It’s Good News for Fringe Fans http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141775 Confessions of a DVR Addict - Week 2 DVR Numbers Out and It’s Good News for Fringe Fans Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:04:51 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141775 [...] To see the full list and all the numbers about DVR viewing you can visit this link. [...] [...] To see the full list and all the numbers about DVR viewing you can visit this link. [...]

]]> By: Sparkle http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141771 Sparkle Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:53:35 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141771 LOL! BE FORWARNED, US SMALLVILLE FAN'S ARE RELENTLESS! :) LOL! BE FORWARNED, US SMALLVILLE FAN’S ARE RELENTLESS! :)

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141716 Robert Seidman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:19:45 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141716 <b>WE DON'T HAVE THE LIVE PLUS SEVEN VIEWER NUMBERS YET. NOT FOR SMALLVILLE, NOT FOR ANY SHOW!</b> sorry to shout, but c'mon already. ENOUGH! :-D WE DON’T HAVE THE LIVE PLUS SEVEN VIEWER NUMBERS YET. NOT FOR SMALLVILLE, NOT FOR ANY SHOW!

sorry to shout, but c’mon already. ENOUGH! :-D

]]> By: Chris http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141702 Chris Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:05:49 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141702 go Numbers! go Numbers!

]]> By: Tyson http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141701 Tyson Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:05:10 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141701 I hope you guys can post the Live+7's for Smallville! Please! I hope you guys can post the Live+7′s for Smallville! Please!

]]> By: Chris http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141700 Chris Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:03:56 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141700 go Greys go Greys

]]> By: Kermonk http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141699 Kermonk Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:02:48 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141699 Hm, if i increase the font size the last part of the table gets hidden. But in the grand scheme of things thats ok i guess :) Hm, if i increase the font size the last part of the table gets hidden.
But in the grand scheme of things thats ok i guess :)

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-2/#comment-141695 Robert Seidman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:56:20 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141695 mswood, assuming we wind up seeing the viewer numbers (I think we will, but you never know), I will post revised Top 25 (viewer and 18-49) lists for the week, so you'll at least get to see total Live+7 viewer numbers for the top 25 shows. I'm not sure if that will be an ongoing thing, but I'll probably do it the next few weeks of Live+7 info, assuming we see the viewer data. mswood, assuming we wind up seeing the viewer numbers (I think we will, but you never know), I will post revised Top 25 (viewer and 18-49) lists for the week, so you’ll at least get to see total Live+7 viewer numbers for the top 25 shows. I’m not sure if that will be an ongoing thing, but I’ll probably do it the next few weeks of Live+7 info, assuming we see the viewer data.

]]> By: Gleebo http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141693 Gleebo Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:49:49 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141693 Im trying to figure out how people still watch Grey's Anatomy. I download it every week and its a chore to get through it anymore. The characters are so unlikeable and hard to relate to that it doesn't even resemble the show it started out as. Im trying to figure out how people still watch Grey’s Anatomy. I download it every week and its a chore to get through it anymore. The characters are so unlikeable and hard to relate to that it doesn’t even resemble the show it started out as.

]]> By: mswood http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141667 mswood Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:08:42 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141667 I can understand not wanting (when you have the data) making table after table. So thanks for your guys work. For myself I liked to see the viewer info just to have a guage to see how many people who watched, even knowing it isn't what ad buyers are interested in. I can understand not wanting (when you have the data) making table after table.

So thanks for your guys work. For myself I liked to see the viewer info just to have a guage to see how many people who watched, even knowing it isn’t what ad buyers are interested in.

]]> By: Lee http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141659 Lee Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:01:16 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141659 Looks like Castle did about the same as last week. It's gotten a nice boost from these ratings. Looks like Castle did about the same as last week. It’s gotten a nice boost from these ratings.

]]> By: cool http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141650 cool Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:46:09 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141650 Very surprised that DH is not higher in the list. Very surprised that DH is not higher in the list.

]]> By: Sparkle http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141644 Sparkle Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:41:00 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141644 LOL, OK, Wouldn't want to mess with your sanity! You can't blame a girl for trying.*sigh* LOL, OK, Wouldn’t want to mess with your sanity!
You can’t blame a girl for trying.*sigh*

]]> By: Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141637 Bill Gorman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:32:23 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141637 Sparkle, that's unlikely to be a good long term solution for my sanity. And, perhaps I wasn't clear, we don't have Live+7 viewership numbers for this week, and I have no idea when I will get them. Sparkle, that’s unlikely to be a good long term solution for my sanity. And, perhaps I wasn’t clear, we don’t have Live+7 viewership numbers for this week, and I have no idea when I will get them.

]]> By: Sparkle http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141636 Sparkle Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:30:17 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141636 Oh, OK, thanks for responding. If we ask specifically for a particular show, maybe you might list the total in the Comment section? :) Oh, OK, thanks for responding. If we ask specifically for a particular
show, maybe you might list the total in the Comment section? :)

]]> By: Suzi http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141630 Suzi Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:24:24 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141630 There are many of us that track the Live+7 viewership totals. I also ask that you include them somewhere. If you do not wish to include them anymore can you provide us the information on where we can obtain them elsewhere. There are many of us that track the Live+7 viewership totals. I also ask that you include them somewhere. If you do not wish to include them anymore can you provide us the information on where we can obtain them elsewhere.

]]> By: CJ White http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141623 CJ White Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:15:43 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141623 Does this make a 3rd season more likely? I really, really hope so, I love this show and right now, I'm worried. A lot. Does this make a 3rd season more likely?

I really, really hope so, I love this show and right now, I’m worried. A lot.

]]> By: Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141622 Bill Gorman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:15:31 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141622 Sparkle, we get DVR numbers from several sources, some include viewership, some do not. Besides wanting to go with what we get first (currently we don;t have Live+7 avg. viewership numbers for the week above), I wanted to include absolute 18-49 ratings increases, and it's just not worth doing 4 different tables. We all know that avg. viewership is meaningless to the advertising success of a show, and as I said in the post it was included earlier as a holdover from the days when all we got was average viewership. Sparkle, we get DVR numbers from several sources, some include viewership, some do not. Besides wanting to go with what we get first (currently we don;t have Live+7 avg. viewership numbers for the week above), I wanted to include absolute 18-49 ratings increases, and it’s just not worth doing 4 different tables.

We all know that avg. viewership is meaningless to the advertising success of a show, and as I said in the post it was included earlier as a holdover from the days when all we got was average viewership.

]]> By: thirdsaint http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141617 thirdsaint Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:07:02 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141617 I'm just hoping this will be one more thing Fox takes into consideration for Thursday night with Fringe. It has the highest increase for shows in that timeslot and goes to show the fans are still there (like myself), we're just watching something else live and catching Fringe later. They wanted an improvement over last year and they got it at the sacrifice of live viewers. I’m just hoping this will be one more thing Fox takes into consideration for Thursday night with Fringe. It has the highest increase for shows in that timeslot and goes to show the fans are still there (like myself), we’re just watching something else live and catching Fringe later. They wanted an improvement over last year and they got it at the sacrifice of live viewers.

]]> By: Sparkle http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141616 Sparkle Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:06:58 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141616 Bill, alot of fans are still interested in the Live+7 viewership totals. Can you include them somewhere. We've been charting Smallville for years! Help! Bill, alot of fans are still interested in the Live+7 viewership totals. Can you
include them somewhere. We’ve been charting Smallville for years! Help!

]]> By: Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141611 Bill Gorman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:58:11 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141611 Mar, this is the first time I've posted the top 25 absolute 18-49 ratings gainers on our site. You may have seen 18-49 ratings absolute gain lists elsewhere previously, but not here. Mar, this is the first time I’ve posted the top 25 absolute 18-49 ratings gainers on our site. You may have seen 18-49 ratings absolute gain lists elsewhere previously, but not here.

]]> By: Mar http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141606 Mar Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:55:39 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141606 Very interesting that the top twenty absolute gainers had from 0.6 to 1.4; I don't remember that being the case last year. I'm wondering if CSINY made it to the top 30? Very interesting that the top twenty absolute gainers had from 0.6 to 1.4; I don’t remember that being the case last year.

I’m wondering if CSINY made it to the top 30?

]]> By: The_GodfatherSJP http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141601 The_GodfatherSJP Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:49:04 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141601 Didn't Heroes have a bigger DVR boost last year as well? That would seem to be another knock against its renewal, if not only the Live+SD ratings are down but also the viewership increase from last year. Though I think now we know why we heard noises of Dollhouse getting the axe. FOX had seen it's Live+7 increase drop from last season's 0.5 to a 0.3 and they weren't happy. Didn’t Heroes have a bigger DVR boost last year as well? That would seem to be another knock against its renewal, if not only the Live+SD ratings are down but also the viewership increase from last year.

Though I think now we know why we heard noises of Dollhouse getting the axe. FOX had seen it’s Live+7 increase drop from last season’s 0.5 to a 0.3 and they weren’t happy.

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141599 Robert Seidman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:45:59 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141599 Sparkle, I don't have viewer numbers yet, Bill isn't posting them anymore anyway, and Smallville won't make it into the Live+7 top 25 lists, so I dunno... Sparkle, I don’t have viewer numbers yet, Bill isn’t posting them anymore anyway, and Smallville won’t make it into the Live+7 top 25 lists, so I dunno…

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141596 Robert Seidman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:44:53 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141596 Outlander, I agree, but it makes for a very long disclaimer! You should consider our disclaimers a work in progress! Outlander, I agree, but it makes for a very long disclaimer! You should consider our disclaimers a work in progress!

]]> By: Sparkle http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141594 Sparkle Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:43:44 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141594 Robert, We fans of Smallville over at KryptonSite really use the average viewership totals, of the Finals and the Live+7, for our Charts and Graphs! We have used them for years! Are you sure you can't include it somewhere? Otherwise can you suggest somewhere we can find Live+7 viewership totals? Robert, We fans of Smallville over at KryptonSite really use the average viewership
totals, of the Finals and the Live+7, for our Charts and Graphs! We have used them for years! Are you sure you can’t include it somewhere? Otherwise can you suggest somewhere we can find Live+7 viewership totals?

]]> By: Outlander http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141587 Outlander Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:37:37 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141587 What interests me here is how Fox will use the DVR increase data. Robert, your comments above indicate you don't think the Live+7 day ratings figures make a big difference when it comes to renewal decisions. But would they matter as a way of measuring, for lack of a better way to say it, "latent" demand for a show? For example, some say Fringe is a popular show whose ratings are depressed by "timeslot congestion" (i.e. lots of top-performing shows air in the timeslot). So while Fringe's 2.3 rating sucks, its 3.2 Live+7 would, if it were a Live+SD rating, make the show a "hit." Doesn't that suggest there's a lot of folks out there who watch the show & would watch it live if not for the 3 other top-rated shows airing simultaneously? One wonders if the show's ratings might increase if it were moved to a slightly less congested timeslot. A lot of people say that Dollhouse fits in the same boat--bad timeslot. Yet Dollhouse's Live+7 is still terrible, suggesting that no matter where you put Dollhouse in the schedule, it wouldn't do well. What interests me here is how Fox will use the DVR increase data. Robert, your comments above indicate you don’t think the Live+7 day ratings figures make a big difference when it comes to renewal decisions. But would they matter as a way of measuring, for lack of a better way to say it, “latent” demand for a show?

For example, some say Fringe is a popular show whose ratings are depressed by “timeslot congestion” (i.e. lots of top-performing shows air in the timeslot). So while Fringe’s 2.3 rating sucks, its 3.2 Live+7 would, if it were a Live+SD rating, make the show a “hit.” Doesn’t that suggest there’s a lot of folks out there who watch the show & would watch it live if not for the 3 other top-rated shows airing simultaneously? One wonders if the show’s ratings might increase if it were moved to a slightly less congested timeslot.

A lot of people say that Dollhouse fits in the same boat–bad timeslot. Yet Dollhouse’s Live+7 is still terrible, suggesting that no matter where you put Dollhouse in the schedule, it wouldn’t do well.

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141574 Robert Seidman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:28:30 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141574 J.R., I think it just suggests there are a LOT of shows on at 9pm on Thursdays that people watch. ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX were all represented in the top 10 absolute increases for their Thursday 9pm shows. Edit: and three of the top four absolute increases were for Thursday @9p shows J.R., I think it just suggests there are a LOT of shows on at 9pm on Thursdays that people watch. ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX were all represented in the top 10 absolute increases for their Thursday 9pm shows.

Edit: and three of the top four absolute increases were for Thursday @9p shows

]]> By: preair http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141572 preair Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:27:11 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141572 Will this help save Fringe for another season? Will this help save Fringe for another season?

]]> By: J.R. Herbaugh http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141570 J.R. Herbaugh Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:25:53 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141570 Does this suggest that people will watch Fringe when they're tired of Grey's and the Office? Should we expect a large audience for Fringe reruns? Does this suggest that people will watch Fringe when they’re tired of Grey’s and the Office? Should we expect a large audience for Fringe reruns?

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849/comment-page-1/#comment-141567 Robert Seidman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:22:34 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/19/fringes-dvr-viewing-stands-out-in-week-2/30849#comment-141567 woo hoo, Numb3rs! woo hoo, Numb3rs!

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