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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > TV IV > AMC: Halt and Catch Fire
 
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smg77
Apr 27, 2007

Philip J Fry posted:

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Oh my... :allears:

I hope Kerry Bishé gets another show soon.

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smg77
Apr 27, 2007

Sucrose posted:

Holy cow! Apparently, everything I thought I knew about TV ratings is wrong.

Edit: So it sounds like Halt and Catch Fire actually had much better Live+7 ratings than Low Winter Sun, even though you wouldn't have guessed so by the published numbers. What I think I'm gonna take away from this is that with DVR viewing being unpredictable, the ratings for cable shows are so opaque that there's not much point in predicting show renewal or cancellation, unless it's obviously some monster hit.

This is exactly why the TVbytheNumbers guys don't predict cable show renewals/cancellations. Cable network ratings are less useful metrics for success than profits from retransmission fees and selling shows to foreign markets at this point. It would be interesting to see how this would have played out if AMC didn't have The Walking Dead to use as a big stick when negotiating fees with cable/satellite companies.

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