SG-1 finale falls to season low ratings

[Steve_the_Wraith]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/0...oseasonl.shtml

How I feel about the news:
Well considering the sheer volume of Premiere that night (Threshold, Wrestling, Reality TV) and the recent hurricanes the numbers are quite encouraging. They might have reached a season low but they were consistent with last years ratings for the summer "finale". Infact while this season mightn't have reached last years highs they didn't reach its low either

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

That is true. I watched all of Scifi Friday, and twice (during commercials) I tuned into Threshold for just a couple seconds.

[SierraGulf1]

Shame, they were such good episodes. They also would have been higher if people could predict the quality before tuning in.

[Osiris]

Ain't no big deal. Still better than most episodes of season 6 & 7 and equal with last year's summer finale.

Battlestar was just 0.1 ahead at 10.

[Metarock Sam]

Well hopefully the winter starters will have more ratings as there will be much more anticipation.

EDIT: Yay post number 400 !!!!

[Serebii]

Those are still pretty solid ratings, nowhere near the worst

[Jace021903]

Considering all the network premiers which were heavily promoted, I am pleasently surprised with 1.8. I expected it to be lower.

Jace

[AGateFan]

Stinks for the people that didnt watch those eps, those were the best of the year. I guess they could have picked them up at 11, Tivod them or figured they'd catch them on next viewing just before the winter premier.

[prion]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/0...oseasonl.shtml

How I feel about the news:
Well considering the sheer volume of Premiere that night (Threshold, Wrestling, Reality TV) and the recent hurricanes the numbers are quite encouraging. They might have reached a season low but they were consistent with last years ratings for the summer "finale". Infact while this season mightn't have reached last years highs they didn't reach its low either

THRESHOLD was highly promoted by CBS, and has garnered good reviews from critics, which might lure in non-scifi viewers. Plus, as a bonus, it's got Brent Spiner from TREK (he's good in just about anything). I watched it (hey, I can timeshare VCRs<G>) and it was good, not great as it was loaded with sorta stereotypical characters but worth another look later on.

[gilthoniel]

Why is Gateworld so keen to put a negative spin on this though? Given it's 8pm timeslot and the competition at this time of year it's a great result. It's almost as if whoever wrote that story would be happy to see the show fail. That seems pretty ungrateful to me considering how much special treatment the site gets from TPTB.

Elbereth

[MediaSavant]

Why is Gateworld so keen to put a negative spin on this though? Given it's 8pm timeslot and the competition at this time of year it's a great result. It's almost as if whoever wrote that story would be happy to see the show fail. That seems pretty ungrateful to me considering how much special treatment the site gets from TPTB.

I didn't see the article as being negative. They even noted that the core demo ratings *didn't* go down. Given that advertisers buy based on demographics, that's important to note.

They also very strongly noted the heavy competition. They didn't have to do that. They could've just said the ratings went down and that's that.

If they didn't note any of that, people would've just seen the number two weeks from now on the scifiwire and not consider all the extenuating circumstances behind it.

[Madeleine]

Why is Gateworld so keen to put a negative spin on this though? Given it's 8pm timeslot and the competition at this time of year it's a great result. It's almost as if whoever wrote that story would be happy to see the show fail. That seems pretty ungrateful to me considering how much special treatment the site gets from TPTB.

Elbereth

The article made it very clear that there was a lot of competition that night. Beyond that, I couldn't see any spin either way. The only negative thing that was said was that the ratings were the lowest this year. That's how it is, it isn't spin. Would anyone be able to write an article about a drop in ratings without mentioning that ratings had dropped?

[Franklyn Blaze]

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/0...oseasonl.shtml

How I feel about the news:
Well considering the sheer volume of Premiere that night (Threshold, Wrestling, Reality TV) and the recent hurricanes the numbers are quite encouraging. They might have reached a season low but they were consistent with last years ratings for the summer "finale". Infact while this season mightn't have reached last years highs they didn't reach its low either

Well I know one show that pulled someone totally away from stargate, wrestling. My brother is almost addicted to the WWE, and we used to hang out and watch it together on thursdays and then Sg1 SGA and BSG on fridays. Now allofasudden WWE changed its show to fridays and we both sit in different rooms and just give eachother highlights of what happened on each show.

Wrestling, bleh I won't forgive them

Oh and no we won't tape our shows we both love our respective genre's too much to have sloppy seconds

[Kas]

A drop at this time of the season seems to be par for the course and considering the competition against it, as others have stated and named, SG-1 did very well, and is holding its audience strongly.

In fact the average viewing for the first 10 episodes of Season 9 equals that of Season 8 both averaging at 2.0. It's just the larger premiere figures that happened last year that make it look exceptional, but the fall was sharper. The ratings game always starts afresh in the next half (almost is like 2 completely seperate seasons, which is probably why scifi refer to this as series finale and Jan as series premiere when reporting their ratings. They did compare this S9 opening to January's premiere figures in the 8.00 timeslot). I should imagine that TPTB are really pleased with these ratings that are holding par despite all the changes to the show.

[Pitry]

The average for the first half of this season is 1.96. which isn't all that different from season 8's first half, 2.08. As being mentioned, last year they didn't have the competition they had on Friday. Good to keep in mind that if I recall, Endgame also got a 1.8 ratings (could be wrong...). Also, another good thing to remember would be that seaosn 8's 2.08 was mainly achieved due to the 2.4 New Order got. It had more episodes beneath the 2.0 mark than season 9.

I think it's pretty solid, and Sci Fi are also quiet aware of the competition (hence mid-seasonal breaks...)... but I'm still suspicious as for what it could mean about season 10. I'm just enjoying 9 so much! *sob*

[the fifth man]

I think it's pretty solid, and Sci Fi are also quiet aware of the competition (hence mid-seasonal breaks...)... but I'm still suspicious as for what it could mean about season 10. I'm just enjoying 9 so much! *sob*

If Sci-Fi is stupid enought to not go ahead with a season 10, they deserve what they will get. And that will probably be even lower ratings. No replacement show will do any better than sg-1 has, especially now that the networks are serving up some real competition. I think we can all remember the "quality" entertainment Sci-Fi sometimes comes up with, so hopefully season 10 will be on the way. I sure hope we find out soon, though.

[MediaSavant]

If Sci-Fi is stupid enought to not go ahead with a season 10, they deserve what they will get. And that will probably be even lower ratings. No replacement show will do any better than sg-1 has, especially now that the networks are serving up some real competition. I think we can all remember the "quality" entertainment Sci-Fi sometimes comes up with, so hopefully season 10 will be on the way. I sure hope we find out soon, though.

As I've said before, it's not just SciFi's decision. It's MGM's also. Many shows (Friends, Seinfeld) were stopped by the producers despite the network being perfectly happy to keep them going.

[GhostPoet]

It's a shame..one of the finest Sg-1 episodes in recent years gets low viewership. But it's understandable...what with so many still displaced in the south and with people evacuating from parts of texas.

Mix that with so many new premieres...it's not a suprise.

I agree..the numbers are impressive for having so many things against it.

[prion]

I didn't see the article as being negative. They even noted that the core demo ratings *didn't* go down. Given that advertisers buy based on demographics, that's important to note.

They also very strongly noted the heavy competition. They didn't have to do that. They could've just said the ratings went down and that's that.

If they didn't note any of that, people would've just seen the number two weeks from now on the scifiwire and not consider all the extenuating circumstances behind it.

There was a slightly negative spin at teh beginning of the article, but hey,the ratinsg were down so how can you sugarcoat that? What Scifi should done is now pre-empt and shown repeats, and gotten in their first-run episodes of both SGA and SG1 BEFORE the networks released their shows. Viewers always tend to fall to the networks first. USA Network finished up MONK and DEAD ZONE but for some unfathomable reason, Skiffy was behind. But it's not surprising considering you get an email from Scifi promoting the SG1 season finale four days AFTER it's aired

[MediaSavant]

What Scifi should done is now pre-empt and shown repeats, and gotten in their first-run episodes of both SGA and SG1 BEFORE the networks released their shows.

I disagree. A 0.2 drop in households is quite acceptable. Even better is the fact that Adults 25-54--the demo advertisers purchase on--didn't drop at all.

All in all, since advertising spending usually picks up after Labor Day, it's probably a good business decision on their part.

I'd agree with you if the ratings plummeted to 1.5, but not 1.8. Last Summer, they had August episodes do 1.8.