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YEAH!t.b.77b wrote: SAVE KITT!!!!!!!
SAVE THE WORLD!!!!!!!!
Hope you're rightSky_Blue_Civic wrote:YEAH!t.b.77b wrote: SAVE KITT!!!!!!!
SAVE THE WORLD!!!!!!!!
I don't think that NBC will promote KR because it's the last two episodes, and it's possible that they're going to promote the heck out of it for season two, and they just want to get season 1 over with because they had no proper direction in the first place.If more people find out about KR in the first season, they might think it's bad and they won't tune in for season two.So maybe NBC knows what they're doing.
It was struggling in its first and second seasons, did moderately last year and now it's actually doing pretty damn well. Smallville's doing particularly well too, since it was brought up earlier. They seem to be about the same as Knight Rider, though I think the numbers are measured differently, because The CW is cable, while NBC is national. Well, I think, anyway; I'm not American.trissybabes wrote:What sort of ratings does something like "Supernatural" achieve in the US?
That's got to season 4 now, with what I would expect to be a "modest" viewership...
Dude, don't apologize. The show is awful. Hell, "Heroes" is the very proof of how important a "first impression" is for viewers. It made a good first impression when it started and now it gets 10 million viewers, instead of a much-deserved wooden stake right through its hart. Coated with poison. And herpes.Heroes (occasional because due to their story arcs its now both confusing, AND I never get a sense of "completion" in an episode...the only way to watch the thing is to have the whole season DVD so I don't have to wait a week).
You're exactly right. Whether or not KR gets cancelled will depend in part on what NBC feels they have in the hopper that fits their needs better, and they won't know for sure until they see all the pilots.NeoRanger wrote:^^ It has to do with expectations. Knight Rider had to be a huge success. That's what NBC wanted and, in fact, that's what it still needs badly. In addition, the show costs. The fact that what it costs now is still not enough to pull it off (it certainly needs a bigger budget than what it already has, being an action show and all) makes matters worse. It's also why we're still walking the thin line of cancellation. NBC needs a ratings-stealer and whether Knight Rider stays on or not will probably depend on how many alternatives they have and if they're willing to gamble with them.
It's an assumption on my part, so take it as that, but as I see it, we'll be gone if they see something with better potential waiting on their desks for a green light.
CW is a broadcast network, like NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox it's just a lot smaller than those four. What's good for CW though doesn't mean that a show on NBC getting CW like ratings is a good thing.NeoRanger wrote:It was struggling in its first and second seasons, did moderately last year and now it's actually doing pretty damn well. Smallville's doing particularly well too, since it was brought up earlier. They seem to be about the same as Knight Rider, though I think the numbers are measured differently, because The CW is cable, while NBC is national. Well, I think, anyway; I'm not American.trissybabes wrote:What sort of ratings does something like "Supernatural" achieve in the US?
That's got to season 4 now, with what I would expect to be a "modest" viewership...
Thanks for that. Google isn't particularly informative when it comes to that stuff.PHOENIXZERO wrote: CW is a broadcast network, like NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox it's just a lot smaller than those four.
the nielsen ratings system is old and outdated, and not a very reliable way to count who is really watching a show, from what i know the nielsen family has 35.000 people in 12.000 households who get to decide if a show is a hit or not, it's not really fair because its doesen't give an actual count of who is really watching a show. i dont know what the exact ratio is but if knight rider lost 2 million people in actuality the probably really only lost a couple hundred viewers from the 35.000 people in the nielsen family, my math might be a little off but i think you get the idea.davidknightrider wrote:What I don't understand, is where have all the viewers gone after the Obama week when no episode was shown?
How can the ratings suddenly drop from 7.5 million to just under 5 million?
where the hell did the people go?
The show is getting better and better, I will be dissapointed if they don't renew it.
The whole production team, writers, vfx, etc have found their groove, and the show is a welcome change from the already saturated sitcom or crime investigation shows.
I can't believe people are not interested in KR, and instead watch those other boring shows.
Seriously, what the hell do these people watch then?!!
It will be a tragedy if KR is not renewed.
Justin Bruening is just a class act in the lead role.
Neither of these are facts. Viewership has less to do with quality and more to do with impression. Good shows do get canceled and bad shows do stay on air, just because they have enough viewers. Television is business first and foremost.blazevski wrote:okay lets be honest... number of viewers only reflects the quality of show (usually)... Pilot was THE BEST episode of knight rider ever and it had 12 mio viewers - thats a fact.
