Posted on 10/18/2011 7:42:41 AM PDT by abb
The Peacock is looking like a bedraggled starling at the start of its first fall TV season in Comcast's nest.
Three weeks in, overall viewership, according to the Nielsen Co., is up at CBS and Fox, and down less than 1 percent at ABC, vs. year-ago numbers.
But at NBC, it's down 6 percent.
More ominous: Despite a new entertainment boss and a large bump in spending on program development, NBC has seen the average viewership of its five new series drop a stunning 28 percent from levels achieved by last year's five new series in the first three weeks of the season.
The newspaper company I used to work for got caught doing this and was sued by advertisers. It has never really recovered. Several big advertisers sued them for fraud and won, since ad rates were much higher than they would have been if they had used accurate representations of truly paid circulation.
I’d love to know how many people really pay for USA Today. When they first came out, there were USA Today boxes on every corner — now, they are available in gas stations and C stores, but that’s about it. Gannett is shrinking like a wicked witch hit with a bucket of water.
I wont be surprised if they switch to an 8-10 pm schedule. NBC, meet DuMont Network.
Homeland is on right after Dexter. I think it’s Sun. Night. We use the DVR so times are’t important to us.
Watch this Sat. , marathon of the first 3 episodes. Might be tough to pickup the storyline otherwise.
A soldier captured in Iraq is returned after 8 yrs. CiA spook thinks he was ‘ turned’.
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