Interesting article in the print edition of TV Guide about the move by viewers away from ABC, CBS, NBC at 10PM to cable networks which are now often getting higher ratings than the big 3.
MTV Networks president Van Toffler is quoted as saying "We seem to have found a sweet spot, where the networks have been running these similar procedural crime dramas for the past decade."
Quite similar to what I've stated on here before about these never ending tiring cop and drama series.
MTV's "Jersey Shore" (which I have no interest in watching) is regularly beating the networks among younger viewers on Thursdays. On Tuesday March 22 MTV's "Teen Mom 2" had 2.6 million viewers (adults 18-34), while the networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) had 2.1 million combined.
Also coming on strong at 10PM are History's "Pawn Stars", Discovery's "Gold Rush Alaska", BET's "The Game", and Comedy Central's "Tosh.0." COMMENT: Now, how long till the networks pull out the Xerox machine and start making "Connecticut Beaches", "Hey Mom, I'm Pregnant", "How Much For This Junk", "California's Gold Rush" and "Earth2.0"? FOX must surely be seeing these stats and wondering "maybe I should have gotten a piece of this?" But, it's probably too late now for FOX. They would have to move the local news to 11 and affiliates wouldn't like that. They would then have to compete with too many other local news outlets.
MTV Networks president Van Toffler is quoted as saying "We seem to have found a sweet spot, where the networks have been running these similar procedural crime dramas for the past decade."
Quite similar to what I've stated on here before about these never ending tiring cop and drama series.
MTV's "Jersey Shore" (which I have no interest in watching) is regularly beating the networks among younger viewers on Thursdays. On Tuesday March 22 MTV's "Teen Mom 2" had 2.6 million viewers (adults 18-34), while the networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) had 2.1 million combined.
Also coming on strong at 10PM are History's "Pawn Stars", Discovery's "Gold Rush Alaska", BET's "The Game", and Comedy Central's "Tosh.0." COMMENT: Now, how long till the networks pull out the Xerox machine and start making "Connecticut Beaches", "Hey Mom, I'm Pregnant", "How Much For This Junk", "California's Gold Rush" and "Earth2.0"? FOX must surely be seeing these stats and wondering "maybe I should have gotten a piece of this?" But, it's probably too late now for FOX. They would have to move the local news to 11 and affiliates wouldn't like that. They would then have to compete with too many other local news outlets.
