via press release:
SYFY BREAKS VIEWERSHIP RECORDS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT RATINGS PERIOD
BEST NOVEMBER IN HISTORY AMONG ALL KEY DEMOS INCLUDING TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 18-34, ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS 25-54
FUELED BY THE JULY 7 REBRAND, FROM JULY-NOVEMBER SYFY SCORES MOST-WATCHED FIVE MONTH STRETCH
EVER IN TOTAL VIEWERS
In Fourth Quarter to Date, Ranks #4 in Adults 25-54 and #5 in Adults 18-49
New York, NY – December 2, 2009 – For the third consecutive ratings period (following Third Quarter and October), Syfy shattered viewership records by drawing the largest November audience in its 17-year history among total viewers. It was also the network’s best November ever in Adults 18-34, Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54, Women 18-34, Women 18-49, Women 25-54, Men 18-34, Men 18-49 and Men 25-54.
Fueled by the July 7 rebrand, Syfy has scored its most watched five month stretch ever (July-November) in total viewers.
In Fourth Quarter to date, Syfy is currently the #4 basic cable entertainment network in Adults 25-54 (782,000, +8%) and #5 among Adults 18-49 (707,000, +12%), as well as rising 16% in Adults 18-34.
Driven by Ghost Hunters, Stargate Universe, Sanctuary and freshman Ghost Hunters Academy, the record-setting November performance featured:
- 266,000 Adults 18-34 (+6% vs. Nov 08)
- 663,000 Adults 18-49 (+5%)
- 743,000 Adults 25-54 (+3%)
- 121,000 Women 18-34 (+9%)
- 318,000 Women 18-49 (+8%)
- 349,000 Women 25-54 (+6%)
- Growth in all the key male demos including 146,000 Men 18-34 (+5%)
- 1,349,000 P2+ (up +2%)
Online, Syfy.com continued its sizzling year-long growth. The site reached its best November ever, hitting highs in all key metrics for the third straight month:
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- 3.6 million uniques
- 5.6 million visits
- 31.5 million page views
- 5.4 million video streams
- SCI FI Wire delivered 3.5 million page views, which is the best month ever for the second month in a row.
Syfy closes out its historic 2009 with a diverse array of original programming in December, highlighted by:
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- Conclusion of Stargate Universe’s fall season Friday, December 4, at 9PM (ET/PT)
- Four hour movie event Alice, starring Kathy Bates and Caterina Scorsone, Sunday, December 6, and Monday, December 7, at 9PM (ET/PT)
- Premiere of Outer Space Astronauts Tuesday, December 8, at 9:30PM (ET/PT)
- Season five finale of Ghost Hunters Wednesday, December 16, at 9PM (ET/PT), followed by the last episode of Ghost Hunters Academy’s rookie season Wednesday, December 16, at 10PM (ET/PT)
Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in 95 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)
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I guess I am the sole person that doesn’t like the direction the network has taken. Read the interview with David Howe. Great backhanded compliment he gave BSG. Everything is sooooo! much better now.
Wow women watch syfy
Yes Cody, women watch Syfy. Well, this woman used to. Since SGU has lost me, there is no longer a need for me to tune in. I might check out Caprica if I hear it’s good though. Anyhoo…
I just read an interview where Brad Wright said:
“So, you know, at the end of the day you have to trust yourself and the general fan response, not specific fan responses. And that comes down to viewership – are people tuning in and do people seem to watching en masse? That’s the only real barometer you have.”
So, if anyone thinks that by watching the show and then complaining that the producers are listening is wrong according to Brad.
The ONLY thing they understand is viewership, plain and simple.
If you watch/DVR SGU and don’t like it, you are essentially telling them that you do by continuing to watch/DVR.
Just thought you all might want to know this.
Nice to know that my daily and frequent complaints to the network via syfy.com has helped boost its metrics. Glad I could do my part.
The talking heads are doing everything they can to MAKE those of us that have been their core viewer (Brad Wright)stop warching heir show. He just fails to understand some of us just refuse to let our franchise die. We all need to avoid watching the show a few episodes to get HIS attention. If he refuses to hear feedback for individuals then he can not ever get any feedback because on individuals can tell him what we think of his program.
I had dinner with my niece and her boy friend recently and he is maybe 16 years younger than I am. While talking to him we realized we both were big fans of the Stargate franchise. When Universe came up I was surprised at how disappointed he seemed to be in the change of the show. He like me has continued to DVR the show but admited it was only a matter of time before he removed it from his record list. After firteen years of supporting the franchise we both feel the show is no longer interesting to either of us. My niece also mentioned that she hated the way women were being characterized in Universe.
I honestly believe Stargate Universe will suffer a hugh ratings drop when all the folks like me out there just stop watching the show. Brad Wright might wish he had listened to individuals when he was asked to save the show, but refused to hear what so many were telling him. By then it will be too late to save it!
Considering that Sanctuary ratings are down from last year, SGU first season is doing better than SGA’s last season (not by lots but better) and this is their best November ever, I can only think that Ghost Hunters and Ghost Hunters Academy must be sizzling hot. Or last November really was lousy. I don’t know. Thank goodness for the name change or who knows what would have happened. LOL
@ Tim
You don’t have to go to their website. You can email them at:
Feedback@syfy.com
MGM is:
Comments@MGM.com
Next year the hope to get more than a million viewers at the same time
Are they really trying to argue that changing the network’s name from SciFi to SyFy helped bring in viewers? Really?
Hard to believe that this is the best November ever considering the HH numbers for all their top shows are well below the numbers of Stargate and other shows in their heyday. I remember being disappointed when an episode of SG-1 “only” got a 2.5 HH. rating. Compare that to the 1.2 HH of SGU and 1.1 of Sanctuary.
Of course, even back then as the SG-1 ratings slid from the upper 2′s to the lower 2′s, Syfy/Sci-fi kept putting out press releases like this one, crowing about the big increases. So, this is just more of the same sleight-of-hand, magic-numbers game Syfy has always played and it only works as long as the release is taken at face value by someone who doesn’t remember past ratings history.
Sanctuary started out hot, but has been uneven since the two-part season opener – a couple episodes were not great, and a couple were. And exchanging Emilie Ullerup for Agam Darshi was a bad mistake.
They need – again – to up the pace. Producers! EVERY SEASON NEEDS TO BE HOTTER THAN THE LAST OR YOU LOSE VIEWERS! GET A CLUE!
@Squirrelly Baby
“Hard to believe that this is the best November ever considering the HH numbers for all their top shows are well below the numbers of Stargate and other shows in their heyday. I remember being disappointed when an episode of SG-1 “only” got a 2.5 HH. rating. Compare that to the 1.2 HH of SGU and 1.1 of Sanctuary.”
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Yet, you realize this is a trend overall for ALL networks.
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/20/tv-ratings-flashforward-slides-vampire-diaries-down-greys-ties-series-low/34155
One commenter says it best
“Puzzled to see so many shows down across the board.”
Believe me, this is NOT just SGU/Sanctuary and Syfy…but an overall trend of TV show downloaders – Hulu-ites causing a ripple in the TV viewer time continuum vortex.
Welcome to 2009/2010 TV Viewing.
Sgu is the only stargate I’ve watched. I like alot. But right now it’s theonly thing I watch on the channel. Don’t get the ghost reality shows. It’s like watching wrestling it’s not real. I miss the old when there was really science fiction on the channel. I’ve been watching chiller and like it. Also BBC America has had some great sifi shows. Hello Torchwood. Being human, primeevil. Good stuff.
Another good show on SyFy is Warehouse 13. If you have not seen it it is a pretty good show. If Fox cancels Fringe I would like to see it end up on SyFy, but probably to expensive.
@Morena
You really should stop posting that DVR stuff on all the articles. SGU isn’t the best show but it is quite good and worth DVRing. I little more action wouldn’t hurt but character development is always good for the story later on.
Thanks Brian.
I’m glad you got to read it.
found this on a ratings forum on syfy for everyone wanting the DVR numbers (sry about the dbl post, just relized the other one is pretty much dead).
Live+SD
Air Part 1/2 – 1.7 HH (2.3 Million viewers)
Air Part 3 – 1.8 HH (2.4 Million viewers)
Darkness – 1.6 HH rating (2.1 Million viewers)
Light – 1.5 HH rating (2.0 Million viewers)
Water – 1.5 HH rating (2.0 Million viewers)
Earth – 1.3 HH rating (1.6 Million viewers)
[b]Time – 1.3 HH rating (1.8 Million viewers)
Life – 1.4 HH rating (1.9 Million viewers)
Live + 7
Air Part 1/2 – 2.0 HH (2.8 Million viewers)
Air Part 3 – 2.2 HH (3.0 Million viewers)
Darkness – 1.9 HH (2.6 Million viewers)
Light – 2.0 HH (2.7 Million viewers)
Water – 2.0 HH (2.6 Million viewers)
Earth – 1.8 HH (2.3 Million viewers)
Time – 1.9 HH (2.5 Million viewers)
Brian
Brian,
It seems really hypocritical to ask people not to post DVR info and then you turn around and post DVR info. “Do as I say and not as I do” comes to mind.
I was stating not to post “dont watch” your DVR stuff not the accuall numbers
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Brian – If that’s the case, then you were asking me to do something I didn’t do. I NEVER told anyone not to watch what they have on their DVR. If you actually read my comment, it was providing a quote from one of the creators of SGU saying that the only real barometer for viewer satisfaction they have is viewership. T
hat is not telling anyone not to watch SGU. Please pay attention to what is being said before you post a response to it.