The key thing to remember about shitty shows is that while they might post decent numbers very early on thanks to culture war relevance and hype, they fall off very quickly.
Probably 90% of the value of an IP is in its long term "tail". Long lasting IP like Star Wars just prints money nonstop for decades and decades. Woke shit ends up as a footnote that is never heard from again except on right wing podcasts.
The billion-dollar Rings of Power got beat handily by... NCIS, which has been running since the late 90s or so. They've got to be on at least season 20, and for their core audience, Boomers, the #1 way to watch it is on OTA/basic cable, not streaming.
Assuming 60 minute episodes and only full-series viewers, RoP had an audience of 19.5m, which seems high.
Minutes viewed seems like a shit statistic though.
The Boys (the other prime series) has 3x the amount of episodes but barely 10% more minutes watched. While minutes watched / number of episodes is also a flawed statistic (especially for the decade old series like NCIS) for newer stuff I feel it's a better data point.
I think minutes watched is fine. They're not interested in individual shows but how much total time you'll spend on their streaming service.
If there's still 10 hours of shows they know you want to watch that's 10 hours before you may cancel your account. They don't care if it's 10 one hour shows, or 20 half hour, or 4 movies.
I've listened to the Midwestern edition of the Hobbit, and have every book written by the Tolkiens I could find. I skipped this show.
What?
A reading of the Hobbit radio drama by people with thick Midwestern accents. Imagine gandalf sounding like John Wayne.
fuck I would love a spaghetti western retelling of lord of the rings
Young Clint Eastwood as Aragorn.
Hahaha, this sounds amazing!
Is there a proper name for this, or a source? Trying to look around with no luck.
I couldn't find it either. I got it from a public library and the library website isn't working.
I would love to have a source of that if anyone finds it, sounds like a hoot to listen to.
It really was.
I second this what.
I'll echo the "I can has info" cries.
I’ve been a Tolkien fan since grade school. You couldn’t pay me to watch this.
But they had everything modern audiences want
female lead
inclusivity
diversity
dumb men
everyone is some shade of evil or insufferable
all women are amazing at everything they do
still insufferable though
faggotry
retconning beloved literature in the worst way imaginable
paid influencers that gushed over it (all using the same exact phrases)
I don't understand why it failed. They couldn't have pandered harder to their mythical demographic that was just waiting for something like this.
Relevant.
https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/3134
The key thing to remember about shitty shows is that while they might post decent numbers very early on thanks to culture war relevance and hype, they fall off very quickly.
Probably 90% of the value of an IP is in its long term "tail". Long lasting IP like Star Wars just prints money nonstop for decades and decades. Woke shit ends up as a footnote that is never heard from again except on right wing podcasts.
According to TV Guide, Stargate SG-1 is free on Pluto. Don't give money to Bezos!
https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/stargate-sg-1/1000237855/
When people ask me "Trek or Wars?", I always reply "Gate".
Unfortunately Tilk is a massive faggot irl
The billion-dollar Rings of Power got beat handily by... NCIS, which has been running since the late 90s or so. They've got to be on at least season 20, and for their core audience, Boomers, the #1 way to watch it is on OTA/basic cable, not streaming.
Assuming 60 minute episodes and only full-series viewers, RoP had an audience of 19.5m, which seems high.
It reminds me of 1928 when they were building glorious motion picture palaces with 100' high gilded ceilings and pipe organs.
And then fiscal reality slapped them in the face with the Great Depression.
This pleases me in a way that is indescribable.
Minutes viewed seems like a shit statistic though. The Boys (the other prime series) has 3x the amount of episodes but barely 10% more minutes watched. While minutes watched / number of episodes is also a flawed statistic (especially for the decade old series like NCIS) for newer stuff I feel it's a better data point.
Wait- you're not meant to?
I think minutes watched is fine. They're not interested in individual shows but how much total time you'll spend on their streaming service.
If there's still 10 hours of shows they know you want to watch that's 10 hours before you may cancel your account. They don't care if it's 10 one hour shows, or 20 half hour, or 4 movies.