Originally posted by boywithbluehanger
For the CW shows, 6 mill is good. 5 mill is healthy. 4 mill is just ok. And anything lower is "blah" to "not good". (Which makes up the majority of the CW dramas.) So yeah, the ratings sucked this week. Regardless of why the ratings were low, they were.
For the CW shows, 6 mill is good. 5 mill is healthy. 4 mill is just ok. And anything lower is "blah" to "not good". (Which makes up the majority of the CW dramas.) So yeah, the ratings sucked this week. Regardless of why the ratings were low, they were.
So, 4 million viewers for an episode of SV is good in terms of the overall network. It's when comparing the ratings for individual episodes that SV suffers.
As for the 17th episode of each season being low, there's a reason for that. The quality of SV's seasons always seems to drop around this time of year. It's an unfortunate trend for this show. A season starts strong, seems to have focus. But, around the halfway mark and beyond, it's like they lose their way. And the ratings drop. If the end of SV seasons were as strong as (or stronger than) the beginnings, I doubt you'd see the same kind of drop in ratings.
Were the ratings hurt by basketball? Yes. But other factors (including disappointed in the previous episode, and dissatisfaction with the seasonal arc in general, and all the breaks we've been getting) also play a part.
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