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   From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   "Rob Jensen"  wrote in message   
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   > On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:14:29 -0400, Thanatos  wrote:   
   >   
   >>In article ,   
   >> Rob Jensen  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Added xpost to alt.bs-g   
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   >>> On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:50:23 -0400, David  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> >On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:14:39 -0230, cloud dreamer    
   >>> >wrote:   
   >>> >   
   >>> >>Any word on Caprica's ratings last Tues?   
   >>> >   
   >>> >Not good. 889,000 total viewers.   
   >>>   
   >>> Shit.  Alessandra Torresani was on Attack of the Show on Tuesday and   
   >>> she said that the ratings were going to have to at least equal that of   
   >>> the finale of the first half of season 1 or the show will be   
   >>> cancelled.  She made it sound like it would be for the ratings for   
   >>> just that episode, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the   
   >>> threshhold is a bit looser than that.  Like, any combination of   
   >>> average ratings across all the 1.5 episodes, same-week reruns, Live+7   
   >>> ratings, Hulu & iTunes, etc.   
   >>>   
   >>> And damn, this was the best episode yet.   
   >>>   
   >>>   -- Rob   
   >>   
   >>I've often wondered if people like me are killing off shows quicker than   
   >>they would otherwise, since I watch most of my TV now on non-traditional   
   >>media like iTunes or Hulu.   
   >   
   > I don't think it's so much that as the networks/channels are having   
   > extreme difficulty in transitioning to this multi-platform   
   > environment.  Since a transition is inherently unstable, what's needed   
   > is stability in other aspects of the given category.  Thus, until the   
   > multiplatform environment stabilizies, it really behooves the   
   > networks/channels to stabilize their product offerings, to be even   
   > more patient with their series -- especially series that work   
   > creatively like Caprica and The Gates -- by keeping them around a LOT   
   > longer than they would have in a Neilsen's-only environment.   
   >   
   > If I were working in the bean-counting department of Uni, I'd be   
   > strongly arguing for keeping Caprica on for a full five seasons/100   
   > episodes strictly on the basis of the virtual no-brainer that they'd   
   > make the money back via DVDs, iTunes and foreign markets, not to   
   > mention other monetization of the show via geek culture.   
   >   
   >  -- Rob   
           Sounds like a good plan but ... I was going to start buying the   
   Bones DVDs but since they are being shown everywhere!! I decided I didn't   
   need to; have seen each ep at least 4 - 5 times. Ditto NCIS.   
      
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