Comments on: The Boomer Effect http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/ The T.V. Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:25:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amy Vernon http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Amy Vernon Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:07:05 +0000 http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/#comment-771 Not at all. We enjoy Studio 60 a great deal in our house. It's gotten better with each passing week. The first coupla episodes were a little slow, but it's become quite a good show. Love the Danny/Jordan budding romance and Matthew Perry has really come into his own as a totally un-Chandler character. And Ed Asner's had a great run as a guest star on the show. As for Heroes, it's on at the same time as "24," and as I'm blogging on that, I kinda need to watch it that night. :-) And, as you'll find out soon enough, once you have children, you don't necessarily get to watch things when you *want* to. Not at all. We enjoy Studio 60 a great deal in our house. It’s gotten better with each passing week. The first coupla episodes were a little slow, but it’s become quite a good show.

Love the Danny/Jordan budding romance and Matthew Perry has really come into his own as a totally un-Chandler character.

And Ed Asner’s had a great run as a guest star on the show.

As for Heroes, it’s on at the same time as “24,” and as I’m blogging on that, I kinda need to watch it that night. :-) And, as you’ll find out soon enough, once you have children, you don’t necessarily get to watch things when you want to.

]]> By: Brian Howard http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Brian Howard Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:38:25 +0000 http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/#comment-762 What I haven't heard yet, and maybe we won't before the May up-fronts, is whether advertisers are going to pay big bucks for heavily time-shifted viewership. I know that whatever I watch on my DVR is essentially commercial-free because I can't fast-forward through it fast enough. Shows like The Office seem to be trying to compensate with product placement (Staples lettuce-shredder anyone?), but I wonder how impressed the people writing the checks will be with that. What I want to know is, how can anyone wait to watch Heroes? And hasn't everyone given up on Studio Smarmy by now? What I haven’t heard yet, and maybe we won’t before the May up-fronts, is whether advertisers are going to pay big bucks for heavily time-shifted viewership. I know that whatever I watch on my DVR is essentially commercial-free because I can’t fast-forward through it fast enough. Shows like The Office seem to be trying to compensate with product placement (Staples lettuce-shredder anyone?), but I wonder how impressed the people writing the checks will be with that.

What I want to know is, how can anyone wait to watch Heroes?

And hasn’t everyone given up on Studio Smarmy by now?

]]> By: Matt Sartwell http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-756 Matt Sartwell Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:57:07 +0000 http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/#comment-756 A very good point. A very good point.

]]> By: Amy Vernon http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Amy Vernon Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:53:05 +0000 http://remote.lohudblogs.com/2007/01/31/the-boomer-effect/#comment-755 Ah, but those ratings don't account for time-shifters. And Heroes is the second-most time-shifted show (after Studio 60). Lots more people watch Heroes and 24 later in the week (or even saving up multiple episodes for mini-marathons). Those Nielsen ratings are just those who watched the show at the time it aired or within the same day it aired. Nielsen does look at +7 ratings, which are ratings for shows that are watched within a week of it airing, but those aren't the ones they generally release. So, yeah, Two and a Half Men is for folks who don't time-shift. Honestly, would you use up DVR space to record it? Ah, but those ratings don’t account for time-shifters. And Heroes is the second-most time-shifted show (after Studio 60). Lots more people watch Heroes and 24 later in the week (or even saving up multiple episodes for mini-marathons).

Those Nielsen ratings are just those who watched the show at the time it aired or within the same day it aired. Nielsen does look at +7 ratings, which are ratings for shows that are watched within a week of it airing, but those aren’t the ones they generally release.

So, yeah, Two and a Half Men is for folks who don’t time-shift. Honestly, would you use up DVR space to record it?

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