The Simpsons May Get Canceled!!! ...

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Joelcool7 said:

Your right in the past some big shows did draw in larger amounts of viewers. But shows like say 7th Heaven was averaging 3-million views an episode after a few seasons. Touched by and Angel another show that saw several seasons averaged similar numbers in fact the show's highest numbers if I recall were around 11-million.

Looking at data from 2006 premier episodes did draw in numbers of about 20-million viewers. However I never stated that numbers have improved over the years, just that many shows failed to deliver the number of viewers shows this season did and weren't canned.

I'm not going to go further in this discussion as I am having a hard time finding actual viewer results that are global in comparison to national. Finding different results for the same shows on different sites so I'm guessing they are reporting national numbers and so fourth. Seece do you know a good source for global television viewership numbers?

If a show gets 5-million views in US alone and more globally then it should definitely remain on the air. I found numbers for American Dad that said the show gets around 3-million viewers and remains on the air, Family Guy only has 6.6-million so I am assuming these are national figures because programs are getting canned at the 5-million mark as they are considered a failure. But Family Guy barely did better and is called a success.

7th Heaven was on the WB, a channel that has lower tsandards when it comes to raitings. It was actually that channels no. 1 show for most of it's run. Touched by an Angel was a massive success for 4 of it's seasons (it was in the top 5 in the US at one point). It's no surprise that they weren't canceled.

Global TV numbers aren't very important for US companies. A lot of shows who aren't very popular in the US are very watched worldwide (for example Lost was in the top 5 worldwide for its entire run, while it was barely in the top 20 in US). One of the most watched shows worldwide ever, Baywatch (about 100 million viewers/episode), was actually canceled in the US, and then returned to syndication. It never got good ratings there.

In the US nowadays what's most important is the rating in the key demo group (18-49 year olds). The Simpsons and Family Guy actually get the highest ratings Sunday nights in the key demo amongst scripted shows, and that's all that matters.