Originally posted by Blackhole
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Another poster attempted to “prove†using Nielsen statistics that Cloverdale was a bad episode. I disagree and I don’t think their statistics support their conclusions. Cloverdale’s rating was only 15% less than the highest of this season and was 8% above the average episode rating. I certainly am not an expert on Nielsen ratings but I do know that there can be a host of factors that can determine and affect an individual episode’s rating especially when the differences between them are relatively small. I don’t think the ratings of the five episodes quoted are significantly statistically different to warrant the conclusion that Cloverdale is widely viewed as a poor episode.
And regardless of what we think, the ratings are sampling of the general population, which means there is truth to them. On average, it's what Americans are watching. Which means that, on average, considerably less people watched the last two episodes. And that means that, on average, the people tuning in for SGU, didn't like what they saw.
My recommendation has been that, even if you feel Cloverdale was an excellent episode, it should have been one that aired in the back half. You put episodes up front that your viewers want to see, so that ratings are high enough to warrant another season.
Originally posted by nx01a
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