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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 Snotnose on Sunday September 27 2015, @03:38PM
Especially as winter is coming, it's gonna get dark earlier, and I've got 2 horror titles just waiting to be played. Can't play a horror game in the bright sunshine :)
I'm 57 years old, as I get older I have less and less patience for watching TV. Too many ads, those damned bugs they put on during the show, often blocking something important, and often taking up over 1/4 of the screen. You know what? You treat me like crap and I'll go elsewhere.
Off topic as it's a niche cable channel that did this, but I tried to watch an old Gunsmoke on I think TVLand a while back. Seemed to have way too many commercials. And sure enough, each ep was taking 90 minutes to air. They took an hour long show and tacked on an extra 30 minutes of ads. I took that channel out of my channel lineup, anyone that sleazy doesn't have a shot at my business.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 27 2015, @03:57PM
Have you noticed how some older shows are sped up to make it still fit a time slot with extra commercial time? That frigging pisses me off.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 27 2015, @04:54PM
btdigg.org - and many others.
The one show that I watched most often in years past, was MASH 4077. I stumbled over an episode on youtube some time ago, and watched it. I dug out the wife's copy of the movie that ended the series. I wanted to watch more, and looked around. I didn't like any of the alternatives, so I just torrented the entire series. Every episode, as well as the movie that launched the series, and the movie that ended the series. Then, I spent two months watching all of it.
Call me a cheap bastard.
A quick search for Gunsmoke shows that you would have to download each season separately. Twenty seasons, ranginge from 8 to 16 GB each - better have lots of room on one of your hard drives!
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(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday September 27 2015, @05:13PM
I've got 7 TB storage on my network, I'm using maybe 500 gig (mostly MP3s). I think I can handle Gunsmoke :)
I can't believe I've got 7 TB (2 laptops and a NAS), when I think I started with a 16k TRS-80 and a cassette deck it boggles my mind.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 27 2015, @05:18PM
"I started with a 16k TRS-80 and a cassette deck"
Ditto here. All those years ago, I thought the "Trash 80" was awesome. Then they came up with those newfangled floppy drives, then a hard drive - it just never ends . . .
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1) by ncc74656 on Tuesday September 29 2015, @09:10PM
At least they were still giving you the full episode. Back when it was in broadcast syndication, Star Trek was frequently cut down from its original 50-51 minutes (or whatever it was) to the 42 minutes more typical of a "1-hour" show today. That's basically a fifth of the show cut out so they can squeeze in more ads for crap you don't need. If I hadn't lived overseas as a kid (where I watched it on BBC 2 (IIRC) and AFN), I most likely would've never seen full episodes until I bought the DVD sets.