Tag: Ratings

  • Super Bowl Ratings Decline

    Super Bowl Ratings Decline

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    Super Bowl Ratings Decline.  That is the headlines I predict on Monday.  How many people have gone to a Super Bowl game and when the play stops and the commercials start, everyone is told to quiet down so people can hear the TV.  Companies spend millions of dollars both on the ad time and the production of a 30-second Super Bowl spot.

    But is paying that much for the airtime that important anymore?   Just the mere mention that you are doing a “Big Game” ad can garner tons of eyeballs.  Budweiser releassed their tear jerker horses and dogs ad on YouTube and already it has close to 12 Million views

    And Snickers released their Brady Bunch ad with Danny Trejo and Steve Buscemi yesterday which already topped 1 million views.

    So are you planning on watching?  Do you watch for the game or the ads?

  • Arrested Development Ratings

    Arrested Development Ratings

    5-28-13-Bearman-Cartoon-Arrested Development Ratings Perception vs Reality

    So the new season of Arrested Development has finally streamed on Netflix to what appears to be heavy streaming of the new episodes, disappointment from critics, and a stock tumble because reception of the fourth season wasn’t as good as expected.  I will be honest, I remember when the show premiered on Fox, I wasn’t a fan.   I guess I wasn’t the only one because it peaked at about 6 million viewers and was about 120 on the ratings list.   Sure you can blame Fox for poor scheduling but it just never caught on during it’s run even though the critics lauded it.

    But unlike the Fox run, as my cartoon alludes to the poor ratings, those critics got the buzz continuing and it saw new life on streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu.   So the rabid fan base couldn’t wait till the new season.   Sadly the critics aren’t as giddy with Season 4 so we will see if there is a Season 5.

    Are you an Arrested Development fan?   What am I missing?