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Blue_Adept

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42. All of that is captured.

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 05:10 AM

Mar 2014

It does matter. Live+3, Live+7 and all sorts of streaming numbers come in to gather the total viewership of a show and how it will proceed forward.

Example is Game of Thrones; a new episode will bring in about 4 million people the first showing. By the end of the week, through all the ways that HBO shows it, the numbers are closer to 13 million.

That's the information that broadcasters are looking at. And with the changes Fox is implementing this year to how they program, they're looking at it a lot as well.

International carriage is important as well and factors into whether shows stay alive.

Ratings still mean a whole lot. The game changed in the last few years with how it's all registered but people haven't noticed. Hell, the Nielsen group keeps track of social buzz for all sorts of properties and provides that as well as a gauge for networks.

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Cosmos is not a Ratings Disaster [View all] Gothmog Mar 2014 OP

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For some odd reason, conservatives think that Drudge is involved in journalism Gothmog Mar 2014 #2

Drudge is the Internet's foremost expert on the HTML coding practices of 1995. eom tarheelsunc Mar 2014 #3

Yep. He used the blink tag when it was cool Paulie Mar 2014 #18

It's not his fault - he's been hacked! chrisa Mar 2014 #37

And once again the liberals play defense from the get go Doctor_J Mar 2014 #4

So, have they cancelled their viewing of FOX programs yet? nt kelliekat44 Mar 2014 #5

Why do they worry about ratings for a show they don't watch and can't understand? nt kelliekat44 Mar 2014 #6

When is Cosmos on TV? And what channels carry it? raging moderate Mar 2014 #7

It is on your local Fox network channel on Sunday at 8 CDT Gothmog Mar 2014 #8

You can watch it online at Hulu.com Fumesucker Mar 2014 #17

On Nat Geo on Monday nights. n/t DebJ Mar 2014 #38

you can stream it on the fox website fizzgig Mar 2014 #39

Probably a correlation to people liking the show, and also having modern tech like a DVR. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #9

The most shocking part of this . . . Dollysmom Mar 2014 #10

For a pure science show, the ratings are really good Gothmog Mar 2014 #16

I have a few Creationist relatives. Frank Cannon Mar 2014 #30

Well I hope the wingnuts keep whining about Cosmos. That will only help its ratings! nt SunSeeker Mar 2014 #11

Wow, I didn't realize all the episodes were already in the can. idendoit Mar 2014 #12

I have the first three episodes saved on my DVR Gothmog Mar 2014 #15

I love this program! Delmette Mar 2014 #13

If the religious nutcases don't want science mindwalker_i Mar 2014 #14

K&R! Fuck religious nutcases and conservative idiots. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #19

Just checked it out PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #20

Its the first show simce Fringe that my family and I watch weekly. eom TransitJohn Mar 2014 #21

If you need any more evidence of how far the American conservative movement has fallen... Skinner Mar 2014 #22

Here is a very good article on why Fox is showing Cosmos Gothmog Mar 2014 #23

Star Trek: The Next Generation helped Fox Network get off the ground eShirl Mar 2014 #41

SCIENCE BAAAAAAAD! LordGlenconner Mar 2014 #24

+1 Shankapotomus Mar 2014 #40

And I thought I liked NDGT ***before*** Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #25

He's doing an outstanding job. Frank Cannon Mar 2014 #28

All that stuff about Newton, and Halley... I consider myself fairly well informed, and i didnt know Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #29

The Third episode was great Gothmog Mar 2014 #32

COSMOS is on al limited run itsrobert Mar 2014 #26

The original was only 13 episodes. Frank Cannon Mar 2014 #31

Online viewers? user_name Mar 2014 #27

Who cares about ratings? LittleBlue Mar 2014 #33

Excellent show. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #34

They can believe what they want... hootinholler Mar 2014 #35

Ratings mean nothing in the age of the DVR and Netflix in any case alarimer Mar 2014 #36

All of that is captured. Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #42