Posted on 09/23/2015 1:30:05 PM PDT by blam
Myles Udland
September 23,2015
It seems like people just aren't watching TV anymore.
A report from Ad Age on Wednesday paints a bleak picture of Tuesday's overnight TV ratings, which come during one of the industry's most important weeks of the year as new shows are rolled out on the major networks.
Ad Age, citing figures from Nielsen, reported that every returning drama that aired Tuesday night saw viewers decline by double digits while debuts were a "mixed bag."
But aside from the performance of individual shows, the number of people using TV in the coveted 18-to-49 demographic was down 8% against the same time last year, and for the first two nights this week usage is off 10%.
Ad Age also noted that among millennial consumers (18-to-24-year-olds), viewing is down 20% against last year, with 24% fewer men in this age group watching TV. The number of 18-to-34-year-old men watching TV is down 18% compared to the same period last year.
Over the summer, there was a broad concern regarding cable companies and a loss of subscribers to services like Netflix and Hulu.
And a report from Wall Street analysts over the summer said TV networks were stuffing their airwaves with commercials in an attempt to prop up revenue. That report said ratings were down 9% over the prior year through July with ad loads correspondingly increasing by 10%.
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It was the same with my family. There was only one TV in the house so we all watched whatever my dad decided we were going to watch. My mother usually half watched while she was reading a book. It would be my mom and dad and all 7 of us kids...except for whoever still had homework to finish...in the living room together.
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Brian the atheist that castigated Judge Moore for having the 10 commandments in his court?
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People just stream tv shows and the networks make their money by selling their shows to Netflix, Hulu, Roku and their own network apps.
The last Republican debate gave CNN its largest audience ever. Same with the first debate for Fox News.
People just stream tv shows and the networks make their money by selling their shows to Netflix, Hulu, Roku and their own network apps.
The last Republican debate gave CNN its largest audience ever. Same with the first debate for Fox News.
The QUALITY of TV fell off a cliff several decades ago.
“Cable killed the family communal TV experience.”
Well, that, and cheap, quality japanese tvs hitting the market.
When I was a kid, we at first only had the big monster “console” tv in the family room, a Zenith. So, like you, we all watched it together and had to negotiate on what to watch.
By the mid-80s, that was gone and instead we had a tv in the parent’s bedroom (with the VCR), another tv in a downstairs “tv room”, and another tv for us kids to hook up the nintendo to in the basement.
So last Century
I surfed into “Two Broke Girls” on two different days this week. No more than 2 min each. Was absolutely stunned both times. TV is ugly today, VERY ugly.
I use afdah.org for brand-new free movies - you do have to prepare for malware to attack - on my tablet, output to TV screen.... no cable, have a Roku stick I rarely use, and watch a lot of CREATE pbs: it’s cooking, woodworking, travel, gardening, home improvement. No talking heads yapping at me for over 8 months now and lovin’ it.
Depends on what you call “TV”.
We HAVE a “TV”, but we mainly just use it as a dumb monitor (but a NICE BIG dumb monitor), mostly for streaming stuff from Netflix via ROKU. A bit of football in season and a rare appointment TV show or two like “Walking Dead” or “Bering Sea Gold”.
“Tomorrow is Yesterday”
I will look into it
“TV networks were stuffing their airwaves with commercials in an attempt to prop up revenue. That report said ratings were down 9% over the prior year through July with ad loads correspondingly increasing by 10%.”
Death spiral. And that’s a VERY good thing because those being killed are a significant part of the kommie media.
Those old shows had to appeal to all the family to survive. Now cable shows appeal just to specific demographics.
It’s the difference between reinforcing family values and appealing to special interests.
LOL
In 1967, your dad probably paid 4 months' salary for that color television. Families only had one TV. That's all they could afford. And if it broke, you called a TV repairman.
Today's TVs are dirt-cheap throwaway items. By the time they break, they're already obsolete and even a brand-new 65" 4K television will cost the average American consumer less than a month's salary.
The drug dazed TV execs are too stoned to realize the basic problems.
1)They keep increasing the ad load, which drives viewers away. And if they can’t sell ads, they use the time to run ads for their other unwatchable shows. A less than 2 hour movie may come with 40 minutes of ads now.
2) Pop up ads. They started with watermark logos on the screen, which was understandable. Then they went to opaque logos that blocked some of the image. Now, they have pop-up ads that may obscure close to a third of the screen, blocking what you are trying to watch. Can they really be stupid enough to think that that would be a good idea.
3) Unpleasant viewing experience. Ads that blast out. Compressing and speeding up the end credits (yep, some folks like to view the credits on some presentations).
I believe the episode was “Tomorrow is Yesterday”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Is_Yesterday
“remember when Disneyland was conservative?”
Pre-Eisner/Katzenberg. These sluts even bought an R rated film production company.
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