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According to a report from AdAge, every single network drama that aired on Tuesday night experienced a double-digit decline in ratings. And aside from a decent showing from The Muppets, the report relays that there have been few bright spots to the start of this year's fall TV lineup.
[...] All told, cumulative viewership during "Premiere Week", as it's called, is down 8% compared to the same period a year-ago. More worrisome for TV networks is that viewership from the highly sought-after 18-24 demographic is down 20% year over year, with male viewership within that demographic falling by 24%.
Males in the 18-24 demographic are the most coveted in advertising because that's when studies show brand preferences are formed. 24% is a catastrophic decline for TV.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday September 27 2015, @01:48PM
Or, that other guy, the black Archie Bunker, what was his name?
Bill Cosby?
You can't be thinking of Gary Coleman, can you?
Will Smith/Fresh Prince of Bel Aire? For a good laugh check out the "Thomas the dank engine" remix of that theme song on youtube.
Mr T? Not seeing it.
The pool's kinda thin on the ground for the late 70s/early 80s.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 27 2015, @01:57PM
Gimme a minute - I'll find him . . . The Jefferson's. From the wikipedia,
"The show focuses on George and Louise Jefferson, an affluent African-American couple living in New York City. The show was launched as the second spin-off of All in the Family, on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker."
George Jefferson was actually a little funnier than Archie was, although that's not saying much.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 27 2015, @02:35PM
Back in the '70s I saw Sherman Helmsley (George Jefferson) in the Broadway show Purlie! (all black cast). (Junior hs field trip).
I don't remember much about the play other than the song "First thing Monday Mornin'" and Helmsley, who projected controlled high energy.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 27 2015, @03:15PM
Add to the AC profile, he's an old bastard. Junior high field trip, he saw Helmsley on Broadway. Old, old bastard . . . .
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 27 2015, @03:55PM
You spent your youth watching Archie Bunker, so that makes you a spring chicken?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 27 2015, @04:33PM
ROFLMAO - https://soylentnews.org/~Runaway1956/ [soylentnews.org]
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Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by SpockLogic on Monday September 28 2015, @02:06PM
Don't forget that "All in the Family" wasn't an original idea.
Also from the wikipedia,
"The inspiration for Archie Bunker was Alf Garnett, the character from the BBC1 sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, on which All in the Family was based". "The Bunker character was portrayed as somewhat more likable than Garnett ever was".
Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII