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interesting article on Sci Fi channel and how BSG's ratings went when the gates went ....
'Battlestar Galactica’ Jumping to Sundays
excerpts:
Next month, Sci Fi Channel will dock its flagship series Battlestar Galactica
in another television galaxy: Sunday nights.
We’re confident that the audience will follow on a Sunday night and will
create a powerful appointment-to-view block which will hold its own against what
is perceived to be tougher competition, but in fact is less tough in terms of
direct, head-to-head genre competition,” he said.
This fall, Sci Fi took a chance by launching for the first time a fresh round
of episodes from original series into the teeth of the broadcast season. But
in looking to establish a Friday night fall tentpole, Battlestar was also
disengaged from the Stargate series that had accompanied it in the past.
TIME-SHIFTED STRUGGLES Sci Fi’s highest-rated original scripted series has
struggled during the first half of its third season, which began Oct. 6 and ends
Dec. 15. Through Nov. 17, the show’s premiere installments averaged a 1.4
household rating and 1.8 million viewers, well below the 2.1 rating and 2.4
million viewers the show attracted during the 10-episode first half of its
sophomore season from July to September 2005, and the 1.9/2.1 million during its
10-installment second half from January to March 2006.
*click on link above for full text*
interesting article on Sci Fi channel and how BSG's ratings went when the gates went ....
'Battlestar Galactica’ Jumping to Sundays
excerpts:
Next month, Sci Fi Channel will dock its flagship series Battlestar Galactica
in another television galaxy: Sunday nights.
We’re confident that the audience will follow on a Sunday night and will
create a powerful appointment-to-view block which will hold its own against what
is perceived to be tougher competition, but in fact is less tough in terms of
direct, head-to-head genre competition,” he said.
This fall, Sci Fi took a chance by launching for the first time a fresh round
of episodes from original series into the teeth of the broadcast season. But
in looking to establish a Friday night fall tentpole, Battlestar was also
disengaged from the Stargate series that had accompanied it in the past.
TIME-SHIFTED STRUGGLES Sci Fi’s highest-rated original scripted series has
struggled during the first half of its third season, which began Oct. 6 and ends
Dec. 15. Through Nov. 17, the show’s premiere installments averaged a 1.4
household rating and 1.8 million viewers, well below the 2.1 rating and 2.4
million viewers the show attracted during the 10-episode first half of its
sophomore season from July to September 2005, and the 1.9/2.1 million during its
10-installment second half from January to March 2006.
*click on link above for full text*
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