Math in the News: 10/31/11
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10/31/11
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TV Ratings
• One of the most
successful series in TV
history is Law and
Order. It ran for 20
years, from 1990–
2010, and continues an
extremely successful
syndication run.
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TV Ratings
This chart shows the number of viewers throughout its 20-year history.
Source for all data: http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/
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After five years, Law and Order began syndicating its programs on A&E
and later on TNT. Two very lucrative syndication deals.
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The success of Law and Order created two successful spinoffs, Law and
Order: Special Victims Unit and Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
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TV Ratings
• The success of a
series like Law and
Order is very hard to
achieve. The first step
in this trek is to have a
series that runs at least
five years.
• Let’s look at a series in
its second year that
may make it to
syndication.
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TV Ratings
• Hawaii Five-0, a
remake of a series that
originally aired from
1969–1980, is in its
second season.
Source for all data: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/
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TV Ratings
This chart shows the number of viewers for its first season and the current
season. (The first season number is an average for the whole season.)
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As an indication of how things have changed since Law and Order, there is
already a syndication deal for Hawaii Five-0!
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• Hawaii Five-0’s strategy
for success — reviving a
previously successful
series— does not
guarantee success.
• Let’s look at a series that
tried this same strategy
with opposite results.
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TV Ratings
• Charlie’s Angels, a
remake of a series that
originally aired from
1976–1981, didn’t
make it past five
episodes. Let’s see
why.
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While its season premier on 9/22 had a good start, the succeeding weeks
saw a steep dropoff in vewers.
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TV Ratings
Two consecutive weeks of drops in viewers of over 15%, then settling into
low viewership, is a formula for cancellation.
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TV Ratings
• A lot of factor determine
whether a TV show will
succeed and eventually
be syndicated. But a
sizable drop in viewers
from one week to
another, or one season
to another, will almost
always guarantee
cancellation.