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Article #2132Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:00
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:00
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In article <kg9bnk$3p2$1@news.mixmin.net>, Hugh Jass <h.jass809@gmail.invalid> wrote: > I don't know what's replacing Nielsen ratings as the primary way network > shows' revenue is determined, but clearly something has, as the networks > clearly do not give a shit about viewership during sweeps periods anymore. > > Witness tonight's "lineup", if I may use that term loosely. CSI:NY is a > rerun, smack dab in the middle of sweeps. One of the top shows on TV. A > rerun. Even a couple of years ago they wouldn't have dared. It's not a rerun. In fact, it's the season finale. There's been discussion of this in the thread about Hill Harper moving to "Covert Affairs", as his contract with CSI:NY is up and he's not renewing it. > > And then there's the continuing absence of Grimm on NBC. It disappeared for > Christmas ... and never came back. Rumor has it it has *not* been canceled, > but week after week goes by and no Grimm. Not even a rerun. If this streak Rumor has always been that it would come back in late March. Is your calendar broken? Bye Seamus.... -- Barry Margolin Arlington, MA
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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:08 -0500
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