And then there's little ol' me. Who doesn't own a dvr and probably never will. Who despises reality tv in any form. Who's getting fed up with SyFy.
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When enough people - and i'm not talking just fans here, i'm talking regular people - stop watching the ratings will fall and Skiffy will change their programming.
I do think that reality tv is on a downward slide, simply because there are only so many ideas out there and shows keep getting more and more far fetched...but I do think that downward slide will take many more years
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Originally posted by Skydiver View PostWhen enough people - and i'm not talking just fans here, i'm talking regular people - stop watching the ratings will fall and Skiffy will change their programming.
I do think that reality tv is on a downward slide, simply because there are only so many ideas out there and shows keep getting more and more far fetched...but I do think that downward slide will take many more yearssigpic
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I think, over all, people are getting bored with them. Survivor only got renewed for one season and its ratings are slipping, as are others.
Look at how silly some of them are getting....hillybilly handfishing?
can you really see undercover boss running forever without folks catching on? or 'take the money and run'
Overall they keep having to come up with more and more ideas, and i do think they are starting to run out of viable ones.
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there's still the 'train wreck' factor of things like toddlers and tiaras, or the family drama of deadliest catch (half the show's appeal is the family dynamics on some of the crews)...some have a certain appeal. Others a limited appeal.
How many times can someone watch America's got talent before you get sick of it?
I don't think it'll ever go away, but I do see things getting more and more outrageous as the years go on
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Hillbilly Handfishing is the kind of show you watch once, for once you've seen one episode you're truly seen them all. Plus the biggest problem with reality shows is the majority of people on those shows are very annoying and unlikeable. And I don't understand why these people get to be so popular. In the real world, those kinds of people get their asses beat.
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Shows such as "Heroes" and "True Blood" demonstrate that people who don't consider themselves hardcore scifi/fantasy fans will watch shows from those genres, and such shows can become media darlings, getting all kinds of hype. Over the years, Skiffy had the opportunity to build, and nurture, a core audience of fans. Then, expand upon the viewer base with quality scripted programming, and working hard to get the word out.
Even when they have good programs -- Eureka, and others -- Skiffy doesn't build up an audience because they don't advertise the shows, or the channel, to casual viewers. Running commercials about Skiffy solely on Skiffy is not going to build up viewership. I think the money spent on re-branding the channel's name would have been better spent getting the word out about Skiffy and its programs. Re-brand casual viewers perception of the genre. To me, currently Skiffy is less about quality original programming, and more about trying to make a fast buck with junky "reality" show kitsch. When I think of today's Skiffy, I certainly don't think of "Taken," "The Lost Room," or "Tin Man."
Originally posted by Skydiver View PostHow many times can someone watch America's got talent before you get sick of it?My Stargate Re-Watch Blog: Wormhole!
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Originally posted by Skydiver View PostI do think that reality tv is on a downward slide, simply because there are only so many ideas out there and shows keep getting more and more far fetched...but I do think that downward slide will take many more years
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Originally posted by Skydiver View PostWhen enough people - and i'm not talking just fans here, i'm talking regular people - stop watching the ratings will fall and Skiffy will change their programming.
I do think that reality tv is on a downward slide, simply because there are only so many ideas out there and shows keep getting more and more far fetched...but I do think that downward slide will take many more years
Jersey Shore: 7.8 million viewers for the first airing, another 3.1 million viewers for the repeat right afterward and amazingly the median age is 23.
Pawn Stars: 5.5 million viewers @ 10:30 PM, 5.0 million viewers @10:00 PM Monday
WWE(USA): 5.2 million viewers at 9PM Monday, 4.9 million viewers at 10 PM.
Storage Wars: 5.0 million viewers @ 10:30 Wednesday, 4.5 million viewers @10:00
American Pickers: 3.4 million viewers.
Meanwhile, all Eureka could muster was 2.2 million viewers. Five different airings of Storage Wars and four different airings of Pawn Stars had more viewers than Eureka did and that's just Monday through Thursday.Last edited by MediaSavant; 22 August 2011, 01:13 PM.
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Originally posted by MediaSavant View PostLast week:
Jersey Shore: 7.8 million viewers for the first airing, another 3.1 million viewers for the repeat right afterward and amazingly the median age is 23.
Pawn Stars: 5.5 million viewers @ 10:30 PM, 5.0 million viewers @10:00 PM Monday
WWE(USA): 5.2 million viewers at 9PM Monday, 4.9 million viewers at 10 PM.
Storage Wars: 5.0 million viewers @ 10:30 Wednesday, 4.5 million viewers @10:00
American Pickers: 3.4 million viewers.
Meanwhile, all Eureka could muster was 2.2 million viewers. Five different airings of Storage Wars and four different airings of Pawn Stars had more viewers than Eureka did and that's just Monday through Thursday.sigpic
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Originally posted by MediaSavant View PostLast week:
Jersey Shore: 7.8 million viewers for the first airing, another 3.1 million viewers for the repeat right afterward and amazingly the median age is 23.
Pawn Stars: 5.5 million viewers @ 10:30 PM, 5.0 million viewers @10:00 PM Monday
WWE(USA): 5.2 million viewers at 9PM Monday, 4.9 million viewers at 10 PM.
Storage Wars: 5.0 million viewers @ 10:30 Wednesday, 4.5 million viewers @10:00
American Pickers: 3.4 million viewers.
Meanwhile, all Eureka could muster was 2.2 million viewers. Five different airings of Storage Wars and four different airings of Pawn Stars had more viewers than Eureka did and that's just Monday through Thursday."A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life
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Pawn Stars is A&E number 1 show (and I think their highest ever for their network). Also I like to watch it for the history of the various items, especially when they have things several hundred years old. So I don't consider it in the vein of the other shows.sigpic
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Originally posted by DigiFluid View PostEvery one of those is horribly misleading. Every network that airs those shows have massively larger subscriber bases than Syfylis. You'd have to do a more per-capita analysis.
Syfy caught up to all the major networks several years ago. Its subscriber base is the same size as all the networks shone.
Where do you get your research?
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Originally posted by Thunderstorm View PostPawn Stars is A&E number 1 show (and I think their highest ever for their network). Also I like to watch it for the history of the various items, especially when they have things several hundred years old. So I don't consider it in the vein of the other shows.
It falls into the category of unscripted TV. No one involved is a member of the writers guild or the actors guild.
But, you like it. So, it doesn't count as one of those damned "reality shows".
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Originally posted by MediaSavant View PostNow, there you go.
It falls into the category of unscripted TV. No one involved is a member of the writers guild or the actors guild.
But, you like it. So, it doesn't count as one of those damned "reality shows".Last edited by Thunderstorm; 22 August 2011, 09:10 PM.sigpic
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