Big no-go for first week's DVR ratings

[SoCalDem]

Perhaps the commercial corporate medis types may be seeing the handwriting on the wall.. People just are "not that into" their beloved "shows" anymore.. Grown ups ARE interested in original programming that Showtime & HBO offer..and even on FX and other networks.

By trying to over-censor (like the airbrushing away of Desperate Housewives' nipples) and the "gee-whizification" of language, they have become so family-friendly, that NO ONE watches them :)..apparently even TIVO won;t watch them :)...

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http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Research_25/Big_no-go_for_first_week_s_DVR_ratings.asp
Big no-go for first week's DVR ratings

No new shows get major lifts

By Toni Fitzgerald
Oct 16, 2007

The new season has gotten off to a rather disheartening start for the networks, with ratings down from last year among major demographics and very few new hits to speak of.

The news didn’t get much better with yesterday’s much-anticipated release of seven-day playback digital video recorder viewership for premiere week.

Though already-established hits like ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and NBC’s “ER” saw sizeable DVR kickups for their premieres, they didn’t make up for all of this year’s losses.

Many shows were still down from last year’s live averages for opening week even with the DVR viewers added in.

And while a couple of new shows also saw their ratings rise 15 percent or more with DVR viewership added in, none got enough of a kick to be labeled hits or even to save a dud like CBS’s “Cane.”

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Among new shows, the most-DVRed programs were also the two most-watched shows in premiere week. ABC’s “Private Practice” and NBC’s “Bionic Woman” saw double-digit bumps among 18-49s and total viewers.

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Toni Fitzgerald is a staff writer for Media Life.



© 2007 Media Life Magazine

[JeffR]

1. With nipples or without, most new shows are crap

Though given the choice, I guess I'd prefer crap with nipples...

[SoCalDem]

2. Amen.. I DO watch Weeds.. Californication. .MadMen..Damages

Brotherhood..and surprisingly Journeyman isn't bad.. but the rest..eeeessh!!!

[JeffR]

7. Looking forward to a new "mid-season" run of Jericho

Even without nipples.

Other than that and Rescue Me and The Shield, it's a "vast wasteland" indeed. We don't get CNN Headline News anymore, sadly. I kind of enjoyed watching Glenn Beck, just to get pissed off.

[SoCalDem]

13. About rescue Me.. Did you also think this was a WAYYYY weird season?

I had a hard time figuring it all out.. I like the show, but it kind of lost me a bit this time around..

Damages is the one that has us hooked now..

[JeffR]

19. Weird and maybe getting a little too... something

I think it might be best if they wrapped it up soon. It's still great viewing, but I think they've just taken things as far as they should go. Tho' it might be nice if something good happened to any of the main characters, sometime. Just once.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. I have a box that only goes on for Keith

the daily show when I remmeber and the food channel when I need noise

Hell, if it wasn't for what I watch, I'd cancel cable and sell teh teevee

[Catch22Dem]

14. Food Network is the best.

I think I have a man crush on Bobby Flay.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. I'm a good eats fan

food recipees and.... science all in one neat package

[Mythsaje]

4. Well, let's see...

Last week I DVRed Heroes, NCIS, Bones, Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, Smallville, Supernatural, Shark, CSI, The Bionic Woman, Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Numbers, and Blood Ties.

[SoCalDem]

5. Wow.. they should have surveyed you

:)

[Kaylee]

29. I've got the DVRing of shows down...so when do I

watch them. I am consistently recording waaaay more hours of TV than I will possibly ever be able to watch...not including my favorite ON DEMAND shows such as Californication.

[Mythsaje]

35. I manage to watch them somewhere in between

working, writing, reading, and reviewing books, and posting here.

[SoCalDem]

37. I do the same thing.. Every so often I have a "delete" fest

and erase a bunch.. and my PVR (Dish) holds 100 hours :eyes:


Sometimes I wait until they have an all-day-a-thon, and just record all the episodes at once and then whiz thru them at my leisure :)

and we deliberately wait until 5:30 to start watching Keith, while it's recording. We do a "start over", and then FF thru the commercials while we eat dinner :)

[AlCzervik]

6. am i the only person left in the country without a dvr or tivo?

i lobe Pushing Daisies, Chuck and It's always in Philadelphia.

[tammywammy]

8. No DVR for me

I have to old school VCR everything. I watch a lot of shows the next day online. :)

[SoCalDem]

10. I PREFER the next-day online. the commercials are way less intrusive

:)

[AlCzervik]

15. i always catch the last 15 minutes of something i fell asleep watching so i try and see what i

missed online, i like Journeyman but i just can't stay awake until 11:00 anymore so i always miss the end.

[tammywammy]

21. I think so too.

It's great. I'm so glad that they're putting more and more shows online.

[AlCzervik]

12. thanks, i feel better now.

[tammywammy]

22. My brother was trying to convince me to get one

I told him since I don't even have cable that would seem like a waste.

[AlCzervik]

26. my friend Donna is always trying to convince me to buy one, she's an addict.

this is what i figure, if i miss a new episode of something thats a non serial show when it repeats in the summer it's new to me.

[cynatnite]

9. Nope, you're not...

We don't have either one.

[mcscajun]

27. No DVR here, and I've pretty much stopped recording on VHS as well.

I just dumped all my premium movie channels and joined Netflix. I've already got a couple of hundred films on there I've never seen, plus lots of TV shows there I need to catch up on. "Frasier" - entire seasons I missed; "24" - I've never seen it; "House, M.D." - I caught one once and was intrigued (now I can catch it from the beginning, in big "doses"!); "Red Dwarf" - just beginning to watch it (Netflix has it on 'Instant Viewing'; I'm watching two-three eps every Saturday night. Fun, fun, fun!)

I gave up broadcast TV some time ago, and bagged HBO finally, because with "The Sopranos" over, and "Rome" gone, and "Big Love" between seasons, there's nothing I can't wait to see when it comes out on DVD, and all those premium movie channels just weren't delivering the movies I want to see.

[AlCzervik]

30. i really like House, i just found that one this summer. I'm also thinking of dumping HBO

i've been a subsciber for about 20 years and i everytime i turn it on there is nothing to watch, every no and then they do have some really god made for HBO movies and docs but i bet i could rent them.

[mcscajun]

31. Exactly. Plus, I wasn't a Showtime subscriber, but I see Netflix

has got Dexter and (soon) The Tudors. :D

The only thing from HBO I'm missing is "Real Time with Bill Maher" -- and any future comedy specials such as George Carlin's.

[AlCzervik]

32. i really want to see Dexter.

[Mythsaje]

34. SHO shows are better...

Though HBO is going to be doing True Blood, which might actually be good.

And House is one of the funniest shows on TV. Okay, I've got a weird sense of humor, but it's far funnier than any sitcom in my opinion.

[SoCalDem]

39. NOTHING is better than Weeds ..you gotta admit that :)

:rofl:

[Mythsaje]

40. I watched for about five episodes...

Got bored.

on edit: 1/2 hour shows just don't work for me.

[SoCalDem]

41. 1/2 hr with no commercials is only a few minutes shorter

than an hour show on network tv, though :rofl:

Sometimes on the 1/2 hour ones, I record several, and then watch them all at once :) I cannot do that with weeds, because I want to see it N O W !!!

[Catch22Dem]

11. Nothing compares to Dexter, Californication, and Weeds, and USA's summer programming

This summer, my wife and I found our new favorite show, Burn Notice on USA. I still like House and NCIS too.

USA summer programming = Burn Notice, Psych, 4400, Monk, and Dead Zone. All good shows IMO.

[SoCalDem]

16. USA's programming is great.. we LOVE Burn Notice too

and Monk & all your faves too ..

Who even needs the "regular channels".. They keep changing the schedules (to confuse the DVRers, no doubt) and once I miss a few, I just write it off...unless I can see it online :)

[Catch22Dem]

24. Exactly, who needs them?

With USA shows, I don't really worry much about them getting canceled after I get hooked. If Dead Zone and 4400 are still on the air, Burn Notice will be fine. And look at Monk, winning awards every year!

[Mythsaje]

36. I turned my wife onto Dead Zone through Netflix...

And we both discovered Grey's Anatomy that way.

[Mythsaje]

17. I agree with you on Dexter and USA's shows...

Monk, Dead Zone, and the 4400 all rock.

[Catch22Dem]

25. I didn't expect these responses

I've loved the USA shows for years now. Psych is the best comedy in town as far as I'm concerned.

[Mythsaje]

33. I just can't get into psych...

I think the main character is an idiot. An idiot with an eidetic memory, but an idiot.

[SoCalDem]

38. It's not a fave of mine either.. I prefer Monk n/t

[Trillo]

20. 3-words, times 3: Too Many Commercials.

Too Many Commercials.
Too Many Commercials.

[Initech]

23. Got that right.

"By the way, if anyone is in marketing or advertising, kill yourself." - Bill Hicks

[mcscajun]

28. Ding! Ding! Ding!

I Will NOT watch films with commercials. Nope. NFW.