TV ratings down, games blamed

[marxeil]

@Timemaster_Tim

With reduced viewership comes reduced advertising revenue putting pressure on the programming budgets. Enter the inexpensive reality show and other such dreck. It’s cheap to program, and doesn’t require the same numebr of viewers to make the show profitable.

maybe they shouldn’t pay a million dollars per episode to some actors, and then they will be more profitable.

[cyborg]

@marxeil

[quote=Timemaster Tim]With reduced viewership comes reduced advertising revenue putting pressure on the programming budgets. Enter the inexpensive reality show and other such dreck. It’s cheap to program, and doesn’t require the same numebr of viewers to make the show profitable.

maybe they shouldn’t pay a million dollars per episode to some actors, and then they will be more profitable.[/quote]

That’s the going rate - the actors are essentially paid on their ability to draw an audience - the amount they are paid is a reflection of how much revenue top shows like ‘Friends’ rake in.

[Andrew_Mayer]

@Timemaster_Tim

Enter the inexpensive reality show and other such dreck. It’s cheap to program, and doesn’t require the same numebr of viewers to make the show profitable.

The irony being that these shows have an “interactive multiplayer” concept to them.

Also, once the series is over, they’re totally over. The audience vanishes into the ether, Survivor being the notable exception.

This season of that show is very interesting. Knowing the audience is deeply familiar with the rules, they can now start making them more complicated. It’s like having an added supplement for your RPG.

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