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Ratings
Maanca:
--- Quote from: jb542 on January 05, 2018, 11:59:29 AM ---Final ratings are out and TAR stayed the same. Wow
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Still, just the fact that no premiere has been this high since Season 23, and no episode overall has cracked 7 million since Season 24...feeling great about the odds of renewal already!
CocoNuts:
It is not only Jody bringing in the higher viewings... We do have very famous eaters, very famous car drivers, NBA all-stars, well BB legends, and X-Game champions. There r truly contestants that every audience should know!
People were bickering about recruits but if there r good recruits, views go up!
dangambler:
--- Quote from: CocoNuts on January 05, 2018, 01:23:00 PM ---It is not only Jody bringing in the higher viewings... We do have very famous eaters, very famous car drivers, NBA all-stars, well BB legends, and X-Game champions. There r truly contestants that every audience should know!
People were bickering about recruits but if there r good recruits, views go up!
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Ok so I see people continue to repeat this fallacy that it’s the time slot.. or it’s the other racers who are more widely known. Let me break this down for you folks simply..
1. Time Slot: Amazing Race would not have this time slot of not for Jess and Cody. It’s obvious enough from comments Phil and Cody have made, as well as the slotting of TAR after Celeb B.B. once it starts. Jess and Cody had maybe the biggest % of the fan base since Dr Will and Janelle way back over a decade ago, so it’s not crazy that they’re trying to capture this audience.
2. This leads to the next point, yes Shawn Marion, Joey Chestnut, or even Alex Rossi are more nationally/globally known... and that means nothing. Why? Because their fans aren’t necessarily 1. Hyper obsessed with following their every move 2. The target market of tv viewers who would watch this type of show.
To further prove this point... if you take a look at the intro videos on Amazing Race’s YouTube channel you will see Jess and Cody’s has over 10x the views of any other team, which destroys the argument that the others who are more known are why people are watching... to go further, Jess and Cody’s video is the most watched video on TAR’a YouTube channel... EVER. 3 times more views than the nearest which was 4 years ago.
So. I hope that settles this petty debate and we can now enjoy the show and the fabulous ratings, and likely renewal thanks to Jess and Cody and their fan base. #yourewelcome
Piper:
Only a pareto of the ratings week over week could indicate a BB couple impact, and if it is sustained. It's my understanding that it takes only one minute of viewing to be captured in ratings. So a viewer could have watched the start or the middle or the end, be counted as a viewer and then click on to something else. Too many variables to accurately measure.
It's one of those instances when it's just best to remember the sun will rise each morning regardless. And we want the sun to rise on TAR for many more seasons!
DavidJunior:
--- Quote from: dangambler on January 08, 2018, 03:14:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: CocoNuts on January 05, 2018, 01:23:00 PM ---It is not only Jody bringing in the higher viewings... We do have very famous eaters, very famous car drivers, NBA all-stars, well BB legends, and X-Game champions. There r truly contestants that every audience should know!
People were bickering about recruits but if there r good recruits, views go up!
--- End quote ---
Ok so I see people continue to repeat this fallacy that it’s the time slot.. or it’s the other racers who are more widely known. Let me break this down for you folks simply..
1. Time Slot: Amazing Race would not have this time slot of not for Jess and Cody. It’s obvious enough from comments Phil and Cody have made, as well as the slotting of TAR after Celeb B.B. once it starts. Jess and Cody had maybe the biggest % of the fan base since Dr Will and Janelle way back over a decade ago, so it’s not crazy that they’re trying to capture this audience.
2. This leads to the next point, yes Shawn Marion, Joey Chestnut, or even Alex Rossi are more nationally/globally known... and that means nothing. Why? Because their fans aren’t necessarily 1. Hyper obsessed with following their every move 2. The target market of tv viewers who would watch this type of show.
To further prove this point... if you take a look at the intro videos on Amazing Race’s YouTube channel you will see Jess and Cody’s has over 10x the views of any other team, which destroys the argument that the others who are more known are why people are watching... to go further, Jess and Cody’s video is the most watched video on TAR’a YouTube channel... EVER. 3 times more views than the nearest which was 4 years ago.
So. I hope that settles this petty debate and we can now enjoy the show and the fabulous ratings, and likely renewal thanks to Jess and Cody and their fan base. #yourewelcome
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I think most everyone was fine with settling it before your post?
Jess and Cody are a big factor in the ratings- I don't think anyone is denying that. Furthermore, I think you've incorrectly inferred what others were saying- not that others had more fans than Jess and Cody, but that they had large fan bases TOO.
In regards to Jess and Cody being THE reason TAR got that time slot: their inclusion on the race probably added to the pitch to put it there, but to say that they were the only reason we're there is completely unfounded, and can't really be proven unless someone from the governing body that dictates the schedule directly says so. Even still, we can't go back in time and remove them to see if removing that factor would've changed the scheduling decision.
#yourenotjessorcody #iwillthankthemfortheircontributions #thesamewiththerestofthecast
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