Ratings

[dr-doomsduck.livejournal.com]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have some numbers!

“Torchwood: Miracle Day’s” post-holiday weekend premiere on July 8 delivered a combined Friday night audience of 1.51 million viewers P2+; 819K viewers for Friday at 10PM ET/PT (1.9 Live + SD HH Rating) and 687K for 11pm ET/PT (1.4 Live + SD HH Rating).

Total weekend viewership (Friday airings + Sunday 10PM ET/PT and 1AM ET/PT airings) was 2 million viewers P2+, Live + SD (1.96M).

The performance of “Torchwood: Miracle Day” was at parity with the network’s April debut of “Camelot” (1.57M viewers Friday night/2.087 weekend million – both P2+, Live +SD), Starz highest-rated original series premiere to date.

Camelot, as you may remember, is not going to be picked up for a second season. As for how it's been doing with regards to the previous seasons. The first episode of Children of Earth had 6.472 million viewers, while Kiss Kiss Bang Bang had 4.22 million viewers. Everything Changes had 2.4 million. These are just the debut numbers, so Miracle day should be rated as a 1.51 million and not with the 500k they smuggled along with it.

It's official! Gwenwood has the slowest start of the entire series!

I wonder, is RTD proud that he did almost as good as camelot or ashamed that he's not making quite the impact he'd hoped?

Comments

[littleatem.livejournal.com]

Obviously RTD didn't realize that the killing off of fan-favorites correlated with the disinterest of fans.

[ruby-took.livejournal.com]

Who'd have thought it, right? ;)

He also obviously hasn't considered that fans are the best shot at a guaranteed audience a show has. It might be all about new, casual viewers for him, but it's the fans who wait excitedly for new seasons, new episodes, and will clear their schedules to see their favourite show. It's the fans who recommend the show to their friends and families... Remove what the fans tuned in for, and guess what, they won't tune in anymore. RTD doesn't seem to have got that memo. Reckon he'll realise it when the show fails due to lack of viewers?

[sarahjane6.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the figures, I was checking on the Nielsen site over the weekend in the hopes they would post them.

It's actually better numbers than I expected.

[janto-teagirl.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong that i'm happy that it has a slow start and that i'm praying Miracle S**t tanks and gets canceled?

[teleens-journal.livejournal.com]

If you're wrong then I'm wrong with you and have zero desire to be right.

[michael-the-car.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be thick... do these figures mean the show had a combined viewing audience of 2 million viewers over 2 showings?


Either way, I'm glad it didn't do well. RTD needs to realise fans are important.

[dr-doomsduck.livejournal.com]

yeah, It's a bit tricky, but that's the general idea.

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

I believe the figures are combined on more than two showings alone: they should be the result of the initial telecast (Friday 10PM + 11PM) combined with the reruns (Sunday 10PM + 1AM).

Those are 4 showings that are reported here.

[jennelldhalrbj.livejournal.com]

We now have to spread the word to all our friends that it's crap. We are having a barbecue when it's shown in the UK for the first time and have invited a lot of people. We've told them all that we've seen Miracle Crap and we hated it so not to bother to record for later. So that's a few less viewers anyhow.

RTD needs to have a big flop. Perhaps he'll join us in the real world then.

[jo02]

Even though I'm still hoping it's a failure, to be fair I think you need to wait and add in the figures for when it debuts in Britain ...

... THEN hopefully we can start with the mocking thereof :)

[dr-doomsduck.livejournal.com]

Yes, I figured that too, but I'm not sure if Starz will count those. I know spartacus is being shown in several countries, none of which probably account for Starz, who obviously will be looking at their own numbers to decide whether or not a series will continue.

The problem is, like with Children of Earth, that it's being broadcast on BBC one, which will probably draw a lot of viewers regardless of what's showing (I figured this out AFTER I posted the thread >.<) but it's not really fair to account for those numbers as well, after all, they never counted the nummbers of BBC america or Sci-Fi for the previous series.

[jo02]

Yes, I have to agree with what you've said here. I AM still very curious to see what the viewing stats will be be for Britain, both for the premiere and for subsequent episodes.

Do you know, by any chance, what Starz and RTD were hoping to pull in for viewing figures on Starz?

[dr-doomsduck.livejournal.com]

Haven't the foggiest, but I suppose Starz will be glad that Torchwood did as good as Camelot, which was "Starz highest-rated original series premiere to date"

Ofcourse, if the audience can't remain hooked it'll be the same story all over again. Since I can't imagine that all those helicopters, expensive actors and different locations will be cheap, it might just get cut for money reasons.

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

Just to be picky and annoying, actually Camelot did a tiny bit better than Gwenwood MD ;P

[dr-doomsduck.livejournal.com]

:p whaha, I know! that's what I mentioned in the thread post, it was ALMOST as good as camelot but Starz mentions that it was at parity with Camelot, so I guess in their mind, those little figures don't matter.

[jsks.livejournal.com]

the viewing figures i am interested in are this weeks and next weeks to see if the hold firm or up or down. but honestly i am curious about the figures for the radio plays with ianto.

[janiemc.livejournal.com]

Small point some of us actually like Camelot a lot, and the side news that has been cancelled is practically more distressing than Gwenwood getting any viewers. the UK viewing figures will be interesting as unlike COE this is ten weeks worth of the viewing with a supposedly existing fanbase. 6.7 million is peak time and it's only 5 night of this 'sci-fi stuff', not the disinterested committing to 10 weeks of following the 'plot' so the ratings for the later episodes should be more telling.
By the way I am the only one listening to the radio plays and wondering where Eve's accent has gone?!

[stlscape.livejournal.com]

I am the only one listening to the radio plays and wondering where Eve's accent has gone?!

No, you're not. It doesn't sound like Gwen, and it doesn't sound like what I've heard of Eve's video interviews.

I'll be watching the UK numbers as well. I've read that this time (vs. COE) there are two other popular shows airing on different channels at the same time as MD.

ETA: Do you think Eve's changed accent has to do with her living in the US for so many months? Because it does sound a little bit more American to me.

[janiemc.livejournal.com]

Could well be the american thing, but it is as if she's tried to iron it out and now she just sounds very flat tonaly and not especially Welsh

[dr-doomsduck.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, didn't mean to upset anyone with the Camelot thing, I've never seen the series, haven't a clue if it's good or bad, just heard it was canceled. I figured it was pretty much old news, I'll be sure to check that next time

Again, apologies for dropping the bomb on you like that

[janiemc.livejournal.com]

No worries, story of my life I find a fantasy/sci-fi series i love & some idiot cancels it, Firefly set the precedent.

[janto-forever81.livejournal.com]

tell me one thing i am bit confused about Camelot .. is this same Camelot with Eva Green & Joseph Finnes or a different one cause i saw that Camelot & no i didn't like it. if thats starz highest rated show then they deserve Miracle fail or Gwenwood.

[ella-caramella.livejournal.com]

Yep, that one and same Camelot.