Re: S11 Premiere Draws Lowest Ratings Of Series

On 18 Sep 2005 08:54:18 -0700, alvinstraight38@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>I agree that the market is shrinking for reality tv. I tried numerous
>times to turn people onto Rockstar:INXS, and it wasn't happening. The
>show rated so poorly that CBS moved the Monday night show to Vh1. I
>think people are hungry now for quality fiction shows with excellent
>writing like Lost. Another downside to reality shows is that the dvd
>market doesn't exist for them. I doubt we will see any additional
>seasons of Survivor on dvd.

Dont you think the fact that Survivor started a week early this year
had an effect as people arent into the fall season yet??

And besides reducing the potential audience itself there has been such
a preoccupation with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath and all the
coverage of it on TV that this might have reduced the first week
numbers for Survivor as well??


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