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TAR 20 Ratings Thread
Best Loser:
With the exception of the Oscars, The Amazing Race did do the best of the night, didn't it?
Has the show ever appeared at the same night as the Oscars before? If so, then how did the latest episode compare to that one?
mswood:
Yes TAR has always had to face the oscars during the spring, and yes its always the lowest episode of the year for TAR. Its also typically the largest audience we ever get from DVR's so it does balance it out.
Also this episode is considered a special. Meaning its not counting by anyone (network, ad buyers, Nielsen, ect) as part of the season. It will have no impact on the season ratings or on ad rates. Everyone knows that its going to take a huge hit. Its expected.
But here is the plus, we did better in both demo and viewers then last year versus the oscars. The first episode is the third strongest spring opener in 20 years.
In reality we are doing better then what we should be doing based on previous years trends.
theschnauzers:
eta; I was typing this post as mswood posted; but nothing she said affects what I'm saying or vice versa.
Without looking at the numbers offhand, I would say, yes, this has been a problem every year with the Oscars since TAR moved to Sundays five years (?) ago, IIRC.
It's one of the things that causes Sunday ratings to be lower; in fact NBC aired a repeat of last Sunday's Celebrity Apprentice premiere, as a for instance. And FOX has had problems on Sundays for a while now, but they run their animated series on Sunday nights and those don't have to be new episodes, so they probably still made money on Sunday night.
This year, it's a little different information wise because there are enough places to look which maintain the ratings information (unlike The Futon Critic's Nielsen imposed policy of not retaining such information after a week.)
Next week's hurdle will be that it is the NCAA basketball Tourney "Selection Sunday" which now takes place during Prime Time, and that tourney begins on Wednesday. I haven't looked at this year's TV schedule, but the NCAA now had different channels airing different regional games simultaneously, so it will depend on which games CBS get to air as to any possible runover a week from this coming Sunday.
Declive:
Actually TAR was not Against the Oscar, just the Red Carpet. :( :(
Jobby:
Good enough, all those fashionisters are going to want to watch what the stars are wearing. :lol:
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