No, Kurt Sutter and I didn't meet, but we were both interviewed on an NPR report that aired today called "Advertisers Push Nielsen To Count Online Viewers". Unlike the NPR hour I linked to yesterday, it's only 3.5 minutes long, and I'm right at the beginning. If you've read this site more than a few days, I doubt anything I say will surprise you.
Sons Of Anarchy's Kurt Sutter is down on all the different ways that TV is measured, even though the measured ratings of his show are great. I wonder how he thinks decisions about shows ought to be made if there weren't all those measurements. Kurt, let us know!
Update: Kurt Sutter posted on his personal blog (and linked in our comments below) that his remarks were taken out of context from an entirely different interview, and reading his explanation, I completely agree. Thanks for the clarification, Kurt.
Saw Sons of Anarchy on Fox Project the other day and it by far the worst 5 minutes I have ever spent. I can’t see why anyone would ever want to watch it. It is so animal house with kids. What was Fox thinking? It will probably be a smash hit by not by me. Ewwww
dovepage, Sons of Anarchy is already is a smash hit. It finished it’s second season recently with some of the best adults 18-49 ratings of any regular scripted show on ad supported cable..
You did a great job, Bill! And you’ve hit the big time. . . a lot of people who don’t know better assume NPR is a fringe news outlet, but “Morning Edition” has 13 million weekly listeners. That dwarfs even the most watched programs on FOX News.
Congrats Bill, another radio stint, this site is getting so popular right now
dovepage I think you are thinking of Sons of Tucson since that hasn’t started yet and will be airing on Fox. Sons of Anarchy is a Biker Drama on FX.
Now we just need to hear Roberts voice and we’ll have the complete picture
Congrats Bill, always great to hear a fellow SOA fan, and number enthusiast on the radio, well for some only listening on this site. Also like Kurt Sutters view seemed interesting.
dovepage – You most definitely have the shows mixed up. Sons of Tucson is a FOX comedy, not yet aired (starts March 14th, I believe). Sons of Anarchy is a hit hour-long drama on FX about a motorcycle club in California.
Nice airtime Bill. And Kurt Sutter never ceases to hold my interest.
http://sutterink.blogspot.com/2010/02/npr-chat-on-neilsens-taken-completely.html
Yea, Dove. Definately thinking of the sitcom coming up, not the AMAZING drama on FX. At first I thought you were a troll (since Sons of Anarchy is NOTHING like Animal House), but then I remembered the new FOX show premiering soon.
Just minor gramar error. It should be “Sons of Anarchy’s Kurt Sutter And ME”
*grammar
Good for you, Bill. I listen to NPR daily and was pleased to hear you and Kurt Sutter. I have to agree with Catiebug, Mr. Sutter’s commentary and blog never fail to make a point and keep me interested. Robert is a big SOA fan too, if I am thinking correctly?
Great show that really exploded in it’s second season.