Nielsen’s archaic way of unfairly determining the life and death of shows...
FX Made A Ratings Decision That Could Change Television For The Better
Last Sunday’s The Strain premiere was a massive hit for FX, so why did it take the network nearly a week to release ratings information? The way things usually work is: show airs, network gets “Live+Same Day” ratings report from Nielsen, network sends out press release touting show’s success, network gets “Live+3? numbers, and network sends out ANOTHER press release. It’s an outdated model, because with the exception of sports, no one watches live television anymore.
So that’s why FX’s decision to stop paying attention to “Live+Same Day” numbers is big news.
http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/07/fx-made-a-ratings-decision-that-could-change-television-for-the-better/
I hope others follow!
