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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 584218" data-attributes="member: 2525">I don't think the exec is wrong. I honestly think the ratings were accurate. While I did write the execs asking that the show be not be cancelled, I hadn't actually watched the show for several seasons.&nbsp; I tried it pick it up again recently, and simply could not follow everything that was going on. She's right, the show got to be too serialized.&nbsp; New entry into the show became nearly impossible, while dropping out stayed at a staic rate.&nbsp; That is an equation that dooms a show.However, that said, there is one easy way to obtain additional viewer data from a much higher number of viewers (though biased towards a higher income level) - TIVO.&nbsp; Tivo keeps track of what you like and dislike already, and already communicates with that data on a daily basis. Currently there are 460,000 subscribers, FAR more than the 5000 nielsen boxes out there.The flaw of course is that Tivo users are not as broad a segment of society as Nielsen choices, and there is less data about the viewers (like age and gender and race), though I am unsure if the deviations are dramatic, or if the deviation actually is harmful to advertising concerns (since a higher socio-economic strata might be actually beneficial for advertisers, for example).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 584218, member: 2525"] I don't think the exec is wrong. I honestly think the ratings were accurate. While I did write the execs asking that the show be not be cancelled, I hadn't actually watched the show for several seasons. I tried it pick it up again recently, and simply could not follow everything that was going on. She's right, the show got to be too serialized. New entry into the show became nearly impossible, while dropping out stayed at a staic rate. That is an equation that dooms a show. However, that said, there is one easy way to obtain additional viewer data from a much higher number of viewers (though biased towards a higher income level) - TIVO. Tivo keeps track of what you like and dislike already, and already communicates with that data on a daily basis. Currently there are 460,000 subscribers, FAR more than the 5000 nielsen boxes out there. The flaw of course is that Tivo users are not as broad a segment of society as Nielsen choices, and there is less data about the viewers (like age and gender and race), though I am unsure if the deviations are dramatic, or if the deviation actually is harmful to advertising concerns (since a higher socio-economic strata might be actually beneficial for advertisers, for example). [/QUOTE]

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