Posted on 11/23/2010 12:18:14 PM PST by WebFocus
After setting a TLC ratings record last week, Sarah Palin's reality show plummeted for its second episode.
Sarah Palin's Alaska fell 40% on Sunday night to 3 million viewers.
Not many were in the key adult demo either. Only 885,000 viewers were ages 18-49, dropping 44% from last week.
In fact, the median age of the show is 57 -- that's 15 years older than TLC's average.
TLC expected a ratings drop coming off the high-flying premiere; executives realized some of their numbers were driven by sheer curiosity rather than eagerness to see an Alaska-based travelogue reality show. Competition from Sunday Night Football and the American Music Awards may have impacted the numbers as well.
"We are very happy with the ongoing strength of Sarah Palin's Alaska, and it continues to drive big ratings gains for TLC," said a network spokesperson, who noted Conan had a similar drop.
Tonight, Bristol Palin will be on the Dancing With the Stars finale and there should be no shortage of viewers there given the controversy surrounding her improbable continued
Sorry, accidentally cut off the post. Last paragraph should read :
“Tonight, Bristol Palin will be on the Dancing With the Stars finale and there should be no shortage of viewers there given the controversy surrounding her improbable continued success on the show.”
Three million viewers is still impressive for a cable show. However those who thought that the show would gain audience as it progressed appear to have been mistaken.
You certainly do like to play “poke the FReepers”.
TLC undercuts their ratings by the reruns as well. I watch the reruns of the Palin so I can watch another show I like that only runs the one a week with no other way to see it but at that time.
RE: You certainly do like to play “poke the FReepers”.
I don’t know what this means.
Always when a show first airs, the ratings skyrocket, then it falls down to earth a little bit. No biggie, 3 million+ viewers is not too shabby. Plus, on Sunday night the Lakers played, bad scheduling.
This is not news. Every show has a huge audience and then gets back to reality. She will do her 8 or 10 episodes and be done with it as planned. Nothing horrible about this at all. Those 5 million voters will be voters that she needs for President, plus the 2 million Facebook folks, the million of us FREEPERS, the 2.7 million folks that purchased her first book. She is getting very close to the 51 percent she needs to win this election in 2012. Her new book comes out soon and if she gets another 2.7 million folks to buy the book that even adds to her total votes necessary to win the election. And then there is Dancing with the Stars who has 19 million folks watching that show so that doubles her votes just through that show. She has the election in the bag!!!!!
IMO, too much reality show and not enough Alaska.
I couldn't get through week two without the fast-forward button.
Lets let them think she is tanking and we are growing weary, and then BOOM
That will kill ratings in a hurry.
The "Just For The Halibut" 2nd show we had to go to Comcast's "On Demand" feature to pull it up manually last night. These filth will do everything and anything, the more despicable, the better they like it.
I used to think that "Liberal/Progrssive" was a mental disorder. I know now that it is a sub-species, a much lower, less evolved life form compared to a conservative. Immature, venal, craven reprobates all.
;-\
In the mean time it still pulled higher ratings than Mad Men which is considered a smash by the MSM, because they love it.
yep, kinda like poking a stick in a hornet’s nest, stirring briskly, removing the stick, and running like hell...
MSNBC would kill for 3 mil. viewers.
It means the same as
“all your ratings are belong to us”
Even if it is 3 million viewers, for a TLC show that is pretty damn good. Always when a show premieres the ratings go up really high, it will probably stay around 3-4 million viewers for the remainder of the show which is just fine. Considering the time slot 3 million is great
Even for a Palin worshiper that is some weird math you have going there.
Predictable but unfortunate because the 2nd show was much better.
Keep in mind they’ll rerun this 500 times and people will happen upon it.
Harrumph...virtually any periodical with "Hollywood" in the name has no credibility with me. I don't think there are more than a dozen Real American Patriots in that section of Los Angeles. It's mostly a den of homosexuals and socialists.
The bottom line is that I have reason to believe the viewership for Sarah Palin's wonderful show is growing, regardless of what's in some commie rag.
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