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TAR 18 ratings thread
Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: mswood on May 11, 2011, 09:55:01 PM ---In fact (and I don't have the most current averages) this has been the worst performing season of TAR in adults 18-49, ever. And with the exception of season 4 (which was fully a summer run cycle) the least viewed season of TAR that aired during a normal fall or spring season.
Part of that might be due to All Stars (as Season 11 was also disappointing in relation to season 10), but we are still managing the same type of demo growth out of 60 minutes, we are still managing to beat the majority of the other shows on Sunday night. Ratings are just across the board awful. And not just on this night. Its been a brutal spring for tv.
CBS (and Fox and NBC) sure better pray football airs this fall....
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The overall numbers may be down this season, but TAR has generally been around 20th place in the ratings most weeks and winning it's time slot the second half of the season. I'd expect that would be sufficient to keep getting the show renewed. Despite all the travel costs, I'd guess that it's still a relatively cheap show to produce as well. As much as it may be a bit annoying, the ability to get companies to pay to have their products spotlighted (Snapple, Ford, Travelocity) helps too.
Competitor:
As others have noted, the saving grace with this whole thing is that TAR's competitors are also having poor ratings, so we're still holding our own quite nicely against the competition. Maybe this will spur TAR on to not doing any returning racer seasons for a long time.
theschnauzers:
The Hollywood Deadline site (deadline.com) has a post with the full 2010-2011 ratings ranking in the 18-49 Demo and the total audience, including TAR 17 and TAR 18. These numbers do not include "special" airings so at least one episode of each season were not included in these rankings:
(article link)
TAR 17 tied for 17th out of 141 with a 3.8 average, and TAR UB tied for 38th out of 141 with a 3.0 average.
Total audience (in 000s, out of the same 141 shows listed:
--- Quote ---22 AMAZING RACE 17 CBS 11,925
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--- Quote ---39 AMAZING RACE 18 CBS 10,351
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For a interesting comparison, TAR 18 beat Glee in total audience average for the year.
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