C&C - Anything Else/Cards [6/18 - 6/23]

[The Landstander]

Hello thread!

[livingfruitvirus]

Will we beat 10 pages this week?

[Shnay]

I think that will largely depend on a digger of beats.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

no even if the ratings are bad it will be less pages since we're used to or expecting it now

[The Landstander]

Will we beat 10 pages this week?A quick unprofessional search of Anything Else threads past has put last week as the number two Anything Else thread of all time!

1. 6/19 - 6/24 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=114187) - 251 replies
2. 6/11 - 6/16 (05) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=143070) - 180 replies
3. 2/29 - 3/4 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=104083)- 158 replies
4. 3/28 - 4/1 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=106607)- 152 replies
5. 2/15 - 2/19 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=102693) - 133 replies
6. 7/3 - 7/8 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=115454) - 117 replies
7. 7/31 - 8/5 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=117826) - 111 replies
8. 1/29 - 2/3 (05) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=132740)- 110 replies
9. 6/18 - 6/23 (05) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=143529) - 107 replies
10. 5/22 - 5/27 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=111735) - 105 replies
10. 11/27 - 12/2 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=127633) - 105 replies

In hindsight I forgot to check Cards threads!

You all better enjoy this post because it took a little while to do!

[Nyarl]

A quick unprofessional search of Anything Else threads past has put last week as the number two Anything Else thread of all time!

1. 6/19 - 6/24 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=114187) - 251 replies
2. 6/11 - 6/16 (05) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=143070) - 180 replies
3. 2/29 - 3/4 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=104083)- 158 replies
4. 3/28 - 4/1 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=106607)- 152 replies
5. 2/15 - 2/19 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=102693) - 133 replies
6. 7/3 - 7/8 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=115454) - 117 replies
7. 7/31 - 8/5 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=117826) - 111 replies
8. 1/29 - 2/3 (05) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=132740)- 110 replies
9. 5/22 - 5/27 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=111735) - 105 replies
9. 11/27 - 12/2 (04) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=127633) - 105 replies

In hindsight I forgot to check Cards threads!

You all better enjoy this post because it took a little while to do! Ha! D'ya notice what the #1 Cards thread is about? Anime is DOOOOMED!!!! And, it is nearly a year ago to the date of the #2 Cards thread, too. Come full circle much, Adult Swim?

[Seiken Izumi]

Interesting...I think they do it because they know they'll strike a cord with anime fans. It's not like anime fans are gonna stop watching [as], even if [as] makes fun of them. :p

[Perfect Cell]

Another one of my favorite FLCL episodes. :D

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Another one of my favorite FLCL episodes. :D

eyebrows still weird me out :eek: they are just to big! naotas encounter with robodad is way more freak out paranoia stuff then that agent show ;)

[Duke]

...Eyebrows...

In other news: Apparently, Google thinks people in this thread wanna buy bootlegged copies of Rainbow Brite.

[Perfect Cell]

I still find all those Bloody noses funny :D

[TnAdct1]

Warning: Dancing Vash Ahead. :D

[livingfruitvirus]

Warning: Last Trigun Airing Ahead. :D.

[The Landstander]

Last Trigun Airing :D.

[Wounded_Dragon]

Interesting...I think they do it because they know they'll strike a cord with anime fans. It's not like anime fans are gonna stop watching [as], even if [as] makes fun of them. :p
Does that mean we qualify for spousal abuse? ;)

[Master Moron]

Will we beat 10 pages this week?

Only if they make a card that says they're changing the Saturday lineup to look like this:

11:00 Tom Goes to the Mayor
11:15 Tom Goes to the Mayor
11:30 Sealab 2021
11:45 Sealab 2021
12:00 Ripping Friends
12:30 Baby Blues
1:00 Witch Hunter Robin
1:30 Reign

[Andrew T. Hingson]

Well they don't have REIGN anymore. Showtime does now.

[Beat]

And somehow, I really doubt anyone's watching it there either.

We know what's going to hit us when it comes to ratings. Who wants to bet the Action top 3 didn't break 200,000?

Edit- And now for some classic random quotes to prove that Williams Street has STILL not learned their lesson about a lot of things.


Who thought that the average public would like a show that SLOOOOW. After Witch Hunter Robin you think that maybe they would get a hint that this show would be a bomb. Screw the anime because outside of Case Closed it has sucked since FLCL/Big O.

Of course ratings will be bad for Wolf's Rain. It's a show that NOONE LIKES.

[Master Moron]

Well they don't have REIGN anymore. Showtime does now.

Yeah, I know. I don't think they still have Ripping Friends either considering they haven't played it in forever and it's not listed on their website. I was just making an attempt at humor.

[Space Cadet]

Huh, we're "Action sluts."

[Shnay]

Tom, the Mayor and Space Ghost...perfect.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

uh oh now this thread might go to 10 pages :eek:

we are "action sluts" yes thats right "all 2 of us"

:eek:

plus SG & Tom promo coo!

[Zyzzybalubah]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Space Ghost and Tom Goes to the Mayor back-to-back on Sundays!!!

[Duke]

I don't suppose somebody can transcript what this "Action sluts" card said, can they?

[Rabi~en~Rose]

oh dear Saturdays new lineup includes Milk Chan, Reign, Suck it up Action Jerks & Static on your tv lol

I must say WS is taking failure in stride

[delariean]

Wow...it has been a long time since someone transcribed the cards.....

[Demonic Raven]

...I figured they'd pull out the fake schedule joke.

[livingfruitvirus]

oh dear Saturdays new lineup includes Milk Chan, Reign, Suck it up Action Jerks & Static on your tv lol

I must say WS is taking failure in stride
http://www.101megahertz.com/images/newsched.jpg

[livingfruitvirus]

uh oh now this thread might go to 10 pages :eek:Well since it's too easy to get under the fans' skin here, I wouldn't be surprised.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

http://www.101megahertz.com/images/newsched.jpg

thanks card captor lfv! dr phil tas thats great :p

[Master Moron]

Well, as I predicted Reign the Conqueror was on the schedule...and you guys said they lost the rights to it... ;) You know, I hate smiley faces. But, I feel that my tone will be misinterpreted if I don't use smiley faces and people will think that I really thought that was a real schedule...smiley faces must die!

[JShaggy]

http://www.101megahertz.com/images/newsched.jpgNow that would make it the worst schedule EVER.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

stop messing with the rating viewing times AS :(

Sunday, June 12th

F-Guy (2nd) - 1,172,000
Chicken - 943,000
F-Guy (1st) - 879,000

very nice

[livingfruitvirus]

Well we knew the Robot Chicken and FG ratings from the last anything else thread. I'm surprised the FG replay didn't do as good though.

hey Rabi, didn't ADV "unlicense" Mermaid Melody?

edit - the Family Guy from last Sunday also did good in a number of other demos. Such as....

2+: 2,361,000
18-24: 580,000
12-24: 1,330,000
12-17: 760,000

[Wounded_Dragon]

They throw the ratings early at us or was that another joke card?

EDIT: Guess so. Trying to make me pay attention to all the cards AS?

[Rabi~en~Rose]

hey Rabi, didn't ADV "unlicense" Mermaid Melody?

:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:


Sunday, June 12th

F-Guy (2nd) - 1,172,000
Chicken - 943,000
F-Guy (1st) - 879,000


Saturday, June 11th

Inuyasha - 303,000
Scryed - 270,000
Champloo - 267,000

didn't see that coming! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/usadahikaru/TZ/chicken.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/usadahikaru/TZ/chicken.gifhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/usadahikaru/TZ/chicken.gif


Up - Chicken, F-Guy (both), IY, Inuyasha
Down - Champloo, Scryed

[James Bester]

s-CRY-ed beats Samurai Champloo? How is that even possible?

[ShadowS]

Saturday, June 11th

Inuyasha - 303,000
Scryed - 270,000
Champloo - 267,000

THERE now can all you people stop putting all the blame on Inuyasha? It got first place on it's night like it's supposed to. It's just that all the other shows on Saturday suck too in the ratings. I doubt Champloo could save the block if it was placed first.

[The Collector]

s-CRY-ed beats Samurai Champloo? How is that even possible? It's just as possible as s-CRY-ed beating Inuyasha. Apparently SC isn't all that great after all.

[Duke]

Somehow, I believe that Champloo will get 400K+ next week...

[Youko Recca]

WOAH! I know last week's Champloo was probally the weakest of the show, but damn! How did Inuyasha and Scryed beat it out?! That's weird. To say the least.

[James Bester]

It's just as possible as s-CRY-ed beating Inuyasha. Apparently SC isn't all that great after all.Say what you want, but I'm just surprised that the kids' shows are getting the best ratings on the block. You'd think the more mature shows would be up there.

[Railith]

Somehow, I believe that Champloo will get 400K+ next week...
I'd like to think so but the people just love their craaaazy arm shows. :(

[Duke]

I'd like to think so but the people just love their craaaazy arm shows. :(What does s-CRY-ed have anything to do with it? Futurama comes back next week (technically, this week), and the last time Futurama led off the night, Champloo got 600K.

[The Collector]

I'm just surprised that the kids' shows are getting the best ratings on the block. You'd think the more mature shows would be up there.
Apparently the adults with the Neilson boxes like the less mature shows, have you seen the comedy ratings?

[ShadowS]

Now I'm understanding more and more about why PA is going to be on at 1AM. PA seems to always get under 250,000 numbers...

It can't freaking beat scryed which is shown AFTER IT right now in the ratings, so why should Adult Swim put ANY support behind PA?

[NewLib]

Now I'm understanding more and more about why PA is going to be on at 1AM. PA seems to always get under 250,000 numbers...

It can't freaking beat scryed which is shown AFTER IT right now in the ratings, so why should Adult Swim put ANY support behind PA?
Because its the only new good show they have shown since Venture Brothers and quality should mean SOMETHING to SOMEONE.

[herbkir]

I'm not surprised that Inuyasha did the best of the June 11 anime. It was a strong episode in a very strong story arc. S-Cry-ed, too, had an engaging episode while Champloo's story was kinda weak. Paranoia Agent had a great story, but it didn't even get on the boards.

But the numbers overall came in poorly, just like the week before, which explains why next weekend will see Futurama back on Saturdays. It wasn't quite two anime viewers but the numbers still were lousy. (^_*)

[G1Ravage]

When were the ratings cards shown? I just wasted half an hour looking for them.

[Fatneck]

When were the ratings cards shown? I just wasted half an hour looking for them. During and after American Dad.

[Master Moron]

THERE now can all you people stop putting all the blame on Inuyasha? It got first place on it's night like it's supposed to. It's just that all the other shows on Saturday suck too in the ratings. I doubt Champloo could save the block if it was placed first.

Well, yeah, the thing is that if people were looking for Futurama and turned on the TV and saw Inu-yasha, they'd probably shut their TV off, but if they turned on their TV and saw the Champloo rap opening, then maybe, MAYBE they'd stick around. Maybe they'd think it was some weird episode of Futurama where Fry travels in time back to ancient Japan or something. But, we'll never know.

I wonder if maybe Inu-yasha fans are just now finding out that new episodes are on at 11:00. Inu-yasha fans can be slow sometimes. I bet after it changes timeslots next week it will take them another few weeks to figure out that it's on at 12:30.

[Chad Bonin]

Tom + Thad Ghostal = Gold.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

nice coverup there AS this time the card said "action fans" lol I guess they put it there the first time to make people mad and then change it for the second time to make us question if what we saw the first time was right


whoops nevermind that I guess the mean part was and still is at the start of the card

[ShadowS]

Well, yeah, the thing is that if people were looking for Futurama and turned on the TV and saw Inu-yasha, they'd probably shut their TV off, but if they turned on their TV and saw the Champloo rap opening, then maybe, MAYBE they'd stick around. Maybe they'd think it was some weird episode of Futurama where Fry travels in time back to ancient Japan or something. But, we'll never know.

I wonder if maybe Inu-yasha fans are just now finding out that new episodes are on at 11:00. Inu-yasha fans can be slow sometimes. I bet after it changes timeslots next week it will take them another few weeks to figure out that it's on at 12:30. Champloo got around 600,000 viewers during it's first episode. This was an episode that followed a Futurama episode. However every episode of Champloo that has followed has never been that high. It seems the Futurama viewers that stayed to watch the first episode of Champloo didn't think it was a good enough show to keep watching.

The biggest reason for Saturday's bad ratings is the lack of advertising, not some crap about Inuyasha fans not knowing what time it's on. The younger IY audience doesn't even get counted in the ratings so the people you're calling slow are the over 18 viewers, who probably don't even post on the boards.

With the schedule change, I think the two shows that will benefit the most will be SC and Inuyasha since they are the closest to the Futurama reruns. I don't see the ratings for scryed or PA increasing that much if any.

BTW Inuyasha is going to be on at midnight not 12:30, scryed is keeping that timeslot while PA gets shoved to the graveyard slot at 1AM.

[G1Ravage]

So...is there going to be a new episode of SG:C2C featuring TGTTM? Or was that just a useless skit to advertise the return of Space Ghost repeats and Tom repeats back to back?

[shoujoaifan]

So...is there going to be a new episode of SG:C2C featuring TGTTM? Or was that just a useless skit to advertise the return of Space Ghost repeats and Tom repeats back to back?I hope not, that would be a letdown after thinking it would be a new ep, BUT SG did say that "They cut us down from 11 minutes to 30 seconds" and "How about we just blow it off?" so now that I think of it, yeah, it was probably just a commercial.

Still, its good to have SGC2C back though :D

[shoujoaifan]

Hmmm...

Spaghetti Time.

[the Amanda]

For people who are hoping for a Space Ghost / Tom crossover:

There is a Tom rerun scheduled for 12:30 next Sunday, and the Space Ghost airing at 12:45 is "Kentucky Nightmare". So no newness from either, but I'm looking forward to seeing Kentucky Nightmare again.

[shoujoaifan]

For people who are hoping for a Space Ghost / Tom crossover:

There is a Tom rerun scheduled for 12:30 next Sunday, and the Space Ghost airing at 12:45 is "Kentucky Nightmare". So no newness from either, but I'm looking forward to seeing Kentucky Nightmare again.I hear ya, its good to see it back. Hmmm, I wonder if they're going to show the Mommentaries? The first one was different, one episode you couldn't understand anything, and the one with the guys commenting on their moms' commenting was okay, although eveything's so muted by then its kinda hard to hear the episode.

[Master Moron]

The biggest reason for Saturday's bad ratings is the lack of advertising, not some crap about Inuyasha fans not knowing what time it's on. The younger IY audience doesn't even get counted in the ratings so the people you're calling slow are the over 18 viewers, who probably don't even post on the boards.


Well, lack of advertising leads to fans not knowing what time it's on. You're right that I probably shouldn't have said the Inu-yasha fans were slow, as it's not really their fault they don't know when it's on. I mean if they don't see ads for the new timeslot and they don't go online to check then they really have no way of knowing about the new timeslot.

[Zyzzybalubah]

I hear ya, its good to see it back. Hmmm, I wonder if they're going to show the Mommentaries? The first one was different, one episode you couldn't understand anything, and the one with the guys commenting on their moms' commenting was okay, although eveything's so muted by then its kinda hard to hear the episode.
I hope they never play any of those on TV ever again. They were all unfunny and best suited for DVD extras. I want the original Kentucky Nightmare in all it's glory. :)

[Beat]

I laughed out loud when they called their Saturday lineup the best action lineup ever.

Also, Scryed gets some ratings because well, it's actually an action show. It has action. So does Inu-Yasha when it doesn't feel like beating that stupid love triangle over our head.

Adult Swim, call back when you program shows people actually want to watch. In the meantime, I've got Cablevision Anime Network, so I'll be watching uncensored Gantz while you continue to whine about why no one watches your shows.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

arent you guys beating a dead horse saying IY/anime fans don't know when their shows are on? besides the IY promos during Futurama and the many many SC/Scryed promos AS had also changed their general ad to Saturday to Thursday as of a couple weeks ago so people do know when this stuff is on but since its all terrible shows they just do not care

[Youko Recca]

Aren't you guys beating a dead horse by saying IY/anime fans don't know when their shows are on? Besides, the IY promos during Futurama and the many, many SC/Scryed promos AS had also changed their general ad to Saturday to Thursday as of a couple weeks ago. So people do know when this stuff is on, but since it's all terrible shows they just do not care.

lol, iyo. ^___^

[Delthayre]

I laughed out loud when they called their Saturday lineup the best action lineup ever.

Also, Scryed gets some ratings because well, it's actually an action show. It has action. So does Inu-Yasha when it doesn't feel like beating that stupid love triangle over our head.

Adult Swim, call back when you program shows people actually want to watch. In the meantime, I've got Cablevision Anime Network, so I'll be watching uncensored Gantz while you continue to whine about why no one watches your shows.
Would you like some garlic or parmesan cheese on your noxious and increasingly tiresome contempt?

[Beat]

They need to do something different, that's for sure.

A Tom/Ghost crossover would rock if done correctly. In the meantime, I'll rewatch Tom and Ghost and see if Tom grows on me like some other shows did. (I do admit that "Vice Mayor" was definetly funny, so maybe I just need to rewatch it)

[livingfruitvirus]

Adult Swim, call back when you program shows people actually want to watch. In the meantime, I've got Cablevision Anime Network, so I'll be watching uncensored Gantz while you continue to whine about why no one watches your shows.It's pretty obvious from your other posts that you have ADV's lucious cock wedged deep within your throat, so why even bother watching other channels when you can watch the Anime Network all day? Flip the dial over and be happy you have that unlike the rest of us who don't because maybe there isn't as big a demand for an all anime channel as once thought.

[Shnay]

They need to do something different, that's for sure.If only someone on the Internet had some ideas about what changes to make...

[Rabi~en~Rose]

In the meantime, I've got Cablevision Anime Network, so I'll be watching uncensored Gantz while you continue to whine about why no one watches your shows.

I thought that was only uncut on the dvds?


lol, iyo. ^___^

its the opinion of everbody who does not tune in unless Futurama is on beforehand :yawn:

[Beat]

Jeez, all I'm saying is that Adult Swim screwed up with their block. Honestly, I think the answer for higher ratings is more comedy on Saturdays, because at the end of the day, it's easier to market a show that you can watch once, leave for a bit, and watch again than to market something with an ongoing plot that requires views of the previous episode on a day of the week that is traditionally, a weak day for any sort of television.

*****ing on the cards that no one watches is not going to change anything.

[Lachesis]

I heard Gantz on Anime Network *is* censored... it's the eleven episode TV version.

Anyway, I can't believe Inuyasha and Scryed are really beating Champloo and Paranoia Agent - I guess the action crowd really can't deal with anything unconventional after all.

Pity.

[Youko Recca]

its the opinion of everbody who does not tune in unless Futurama is on beforehand :yawn:
I envy your psychic powah.

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Jeez, all I'm saying is that Adult Swim screwed up with their block. Honestly, I think the answer for higher ratings is more comedy on Saturdays, because at the end of the day, it's easier to market a show that you can watch once, leave for a bit, and watch again than to market something with an ongoing plot that requires views of the previous episode on a day of the week that is traditionally, a weak day for any sort of television.

Inuyasha has enough recaps to make your head spin and I thought that Shamploo was supposed to be very accessbile to those who don't watch every episode? FMA and GitS on the other hand required previous episode viewing and look how good they did so that argument sort of fails

[Beat]

Inuyasha has enough recaps to make your head spin and I thought that Shamploo was supposed to be very accessbile to those who don't watch every episode? FMA and GitS on the other hand required previous episode viewing and look how good they did so that argument sort of fails
Yeah, but they had Futurama running lead-off, allowing a sizeable audience to come in and give a show a chance that they might not have given before. No Futurama = No action ratings.

[Swordfish_II]

I heard Gantz on Anime Network *is* censored... it's the eleven episode TV version.
Actually, I believe the Cablevision version has it uncut since they charge for TAN.

[KnightusMaximus]

I heard Gantz on Anime Network *is* censored... it's the eleven episode TV version.

Anyway, I can't believe Inuyasha and Scryed are really beating Champloo and Paranoia Agent - I guess the action crowd really can't deal with anything unconventional after all.

Pity.Eh, I wouldn't say IY and Scryed are beating Champloo.. Champloo came up on top the week before, afterall. I don't think the minor week-to-week differences are that important when all the shows are doing badly anyway, heh.

Except the part about Paranoia Agent. It hasn't been on the Top 3 since the all-Action block began and it is a definite (unfortunate) trend at this point.

[Nyarl]

Champloo got around 600,000 viewers during it's first episode. This was an episode that followed a Futurama episode. However every episode of Champloo that has followed has never been that high. It seems the Futurama viewers that stayed to watch the first episode of Champloo didn't think it was a good enough show to keep watching.

... Say, does anyone know how well Samurai Champloo’s second premier did with the 18+ demographic? Did it keep the ~600,000, or was there already a significant drop-off?

ETA: I know “we” didn’t get that info, but I was wondering if ratings appeared in a trade mag or an advertising site that some people here have access to. LFV?

[Swordfish_II]

Say, does anyone know how well Samurai Champloo’s second premier did with the 18+ demographic? Did it keep the ~600,000, or was there already a significant drop-off?
We never got those ratings because of the BK contest winner night the next Sunday.

[ShadowS]

We never got those ratings because of the BK contest winner night the next Sunday. Just another reason for why we should hate her (the BK winner) even more....

[RD!]

Wow.

That was a good Sealab episode.

[livingfruitvirus]

ETA: I know “we” didn’t get that info, but I was wondering if ratings appeared in a trade mag or an advertising site that some people here have access to. LFV?
Nielsen only allows magazines to publish the top X ratings for certain broadcast mediums. So unless you work within the network, you won't know how the 3:30 AM Inuyasha weekday replay did.

[Zyzzybalubah]

Actually, I believe the Cablevision version has it uncut since they charge for TAN.
Oh man, those lucky sons of.... On my Comcast Digital Cable's "Anime Network On-Demand" they had the first 2 episodes of Gantz, but they were censored. It's still a good show, just censored. :(

As for the ratings, I'll have to admit, I've seen plenty of advertising for these shows on the weekdays. A little bit was done on Sunday, but still plenty of weekday advertisements have been aired and plenty announcements during the cards (could be that most people don't pay attention to the cards.)

As much as I love Samurai Champloo, I'm finally going to admit, maybe it isn't the great ratings getter we might have expected. I'm hoping more people will watch (and enjoy perhaps) the show when Futurama returns. Inuyasha will probably whitness an increase as well, although I still think this isn't the show to be used as the "big anime title" on AS. IMO, sCRYed was just lucky this week when beating out Samurai Champloo. I think when Futurama is back on Saturdays, the ratings will be a variation like this every week:
1.) Futurama
2.) Champloo
3.) InuYasha (The latter 2 will exchange places every now and then though.)

I still feel bad for Champloo and PA, both were real good shows. :(

BTW, didn't anyone else hear of Samurai Champloo not doing so hot in Japan either?

[Pepperidge]

The 2:30am timeslot didn't help. The show was pretty much made with the US in mind.

You know, the more I think about it, the more ludicrous the idea of a straight anime night really is. No night of Adult Swim would be successful without Futurama and Family Guy, and I don't see why Saturday should be an exception.

[Nyarl]

Nielsen only allows magazines to publish the top X ratings for certain broadcast mediums. So unless you work within the network, you won't know how the 3:30 AM Inuyasha weekday replay did.
Thanks for the info. Too bad the AS staff won’t make up for ratings cards lost to holidays by posting the top three lists on their forums.


You know, the more I think about it, the more ludicrous the idea of a straight anime night really is. No night of Adult Swim would be successful without Futurama and Family Guy, and I don't see why Saturday should be an exception. Actually, I think the engine of growth for Saturdays was Fullmetal Alchemist, not Futurama, up until recently. I bet FMA could’ve worked as an anchor…. until it had to go on hiatus or into repeats, and they had to change the schedule around again, anyway... so it really woldn't have "worked", heh.

[Youko Recca]

BTW, didn't anyone else hear of Samurai Champloo not doing so hot in Japan either?
I think it basically followed the same path that Bebop did.

[Discloner]

No Futurama = No action ratings. Well shoot Mr. Digga, I'm glad you were here to explain that to us all. :)

[The Collector]

Just for fun, I counted the advertisements for comedy and anime last Saturday up to the end of s-cry-ed(not including the ads after it) and the results were this:

7 ads for comedy (3 FG, 3 AD, and that french thing that lists the comedies)
6 ads for anime (1 SC, 1 s-cry-ed, 2 FMA, 2 GitS)

I know there were complaints when Saturday was the only day they advertised Saturday, but now they're not even doing that. I confess I don't watch Sunday and rarely weekdays, so I don't know the advertisements during those times, but playing ads for anime reruns on weekdays twice as much as the premires on Saturday, and not even showing ads for two of the premires... it just boggles my mind. I don't understand their promotional tactics.

[ShadowS]

7 ads for comedy (3 FG, 3 AD, and that french thing that lists the comedies)
6 ads for anime (1 SC, 1 s-cry-ed, 2 FMA, 2 GitS)

LOL they didn't air any ads for PA or Inuyasha.... FMA and GITS reruns got the most ads out of all the action shows instead of what the attention is supposed to be on aka the new episodes on Saturdays.

[BDawg]

Saturday is just gonna twiddle their thumbs until FMA comes back. All I can say is that throwing movies in before schedule changes was a turnoff. If you don't give a crap about IY movie well then no reason to tune in that Saturday. Then you have a block full of new shows that you don't know about, well the only one I knew about was Inuyasha :sad: so why tune in? This schedule looks like it was made for hard-core anime fans, so I guess they're about 250k strong.

[James Bester]

Inuyasha went all the way back to the first episode tonight. It actually seemed like that was the first time I've really enjoyed it in awhile.

[vegetable]

ADSM Total Day Ratings (Period: June 13-19)


1,035,000 viewers 2+
441,000 viewers 18-34
594,000 viewers 18-49
384,000 viewers 25-54


UP: everything
DOWN: nothing
N/A: sub-demos

Top Telecasts (households)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 2,602,000

6/16/05
Family Guy - 2,494,000

COMPETITION: TNT originals, Nickelodeon originals, Law and Order, the Jackson verdict


Top Telecasts (18-34)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 1,550,000

6/16/05
Family Guy - 1,256,000

6/15/05
Family Guy - 973,000
Futurama - 977,000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - 983,000

COMPETITION: Sports, RR/RW, The 4400, Ashton's Greatest Rants


Top Telecasts (18-49)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 1,997,000

6/16/05
Family Guy - 1,761,000

COMPETITION: TNT originals, USA originals, WWE, RW/RR, The Shield

[Rabi~en~Rose]

Family Guy - 1,550,000

wow new record? no A-Dad though?

[Happy]

The end of all Action Saturdays, but really Futurama is better than Trigun so yay.

edit: That fake schedule was pretty clever. The Static Show: Staring Static and the Television Noise Orchestra.

[Aaron_bhkk]

Okay, I've never posted here, and I don't plan to very often, but can anyone explain this? (http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|96005|1|,00.html)

Specifically the part that says, "The remainder of the top 10 was filled with cartoons, led by an Adult Swim showing of "Family Guy" (3.73 million) in fifth place." Holy crap! That's amazing!

[Space Cadet]

Okay, I've never posted here, and I don't plan to very often, but can anyone explain this? (http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|96005|1|,00.html)

Specifically the part that says, "The remainder of the top 10 was filled with cartoons, led by an Adult Swim showing of "Family Guy" (3.73 million) in fifth place." Holy crap! That's amazing!
I'm not sure, but I believe those numbers are the total ratings for 2+.

[Karl Olson]

I'm not sure, but I believe those numbers are the total ratings for 2+.


Bingo.

Meanwhile, the opening card tonight was cutting, and really true. AS wouldn't run anime at all if it hated it. They put that money into more comedy. But here we are, AS buying all sorts of anime. But it's performance sucks. Logical conclusion is, is that it's the AS viewership that hates anime.

[Duke]

Meanwhile, the opening card tonight was cutting, and really true. AS wouldn't run anime at all if it hated it. They put that money into more comedy. But here we are, AS buying all sorts of anime. But it's performance sucks. Logical conclusion is, is that it's the AS viewership that hates anime.Isn't 200K-300K actually pretty decent for a Saturday late-night basic cable broadcast?

[William C. Maune]

Isn't 200K-300K actually pretty decent for a Saturday late-night basic cable broadcast?

Even for Saturday, that's pretty low. It probably needs to generally land in the 300k-500k area to be acceptable (for the earlier hours at least).

[Beat]

Bingo.

Meanwhile, the opening card tonight was cutting, and really true. AS wouldn't run anime at all if it hated it. They put that money into more comedy. But here we are, AS buying all sorts of anime. But it's performance sucks. Logical conclusion is, is that it's the AS viewership that hates anime.
That or they simply won't go out of their way to watch it on Saturday night.

[vegetable]

Younger Viewers (Period: June 13-19)

Top Telecasts (2+)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 3,750,000


Top Telecasts (18-34)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 1,550,000*


Top Telecasts (18-24)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 820,000
Robot Chicken - 500,000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - 480,000

6/16/05
Family Guy - 640,000

6/14/05
Family Guy - 560,000
Futurama - 590,000


Top Telecasts (12-24)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 1,640,000
American Dad - 1,080,000
Robot Chicken - 1,030,000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - 1,010,000

6/16/06
Family Guy - 1,520,000

6/15/05
Family Guy - 1,170,000
Futurama - 980,000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - 1,000,000

6/14/05
Family Guy - 1,370,000
Futurama - 1,240,000


Top Telecasts (12-17)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 820,000
American Dad - 650,000
Robot Chicken - 540,000

6/18/05
Inuyasha - 550,000
Samurai Champloo - 590,000

6/16/05
Family Guy - 880,000

6/15/05
Family Guy - 550,000
Futurama - 680,000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - 610,000

6/14/05
Family Guy - 820,000
Futurama - 650,000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force- 610,000

6/13/05
Family Guy - 810,000
Futurama - 540,000


Top Telecasts (9-14)

6/19/05
Family Guy - 810,000

6/15/05
Family Guy - 810,000
Futurama - 840,000


*This Family Guy telecast was the 16th highest rated show with 18-34 year olds on ALL of television. Terrestrial and cable. Beating shows such as CSI, Law and Order, a couple NBA Finals, Trading Spouses, WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Without a Trace, Lost, Fire Me Please, and That 70s Show.

[herbkir]

Going by these numbers, AS could achieve stellar ratings across all demographics by just running and rerunning 5 shows -- Family Guy, Futurama, American Dad, Robot Chicken and ATHF -- and getting rid of all their other shows.

I'd find it pretty boring pretty quickly, but then again I like anime so I'm already outside the cultural mainstream. (^_*)

[Master Moron]

Bingo.

Meanwhile, the opening card tonight was cutting, and really true. AS wouldn't run anime at all if it hated it. They put that money into more comedy. But here we are, AS buying all sorts of anime. But it's performance sucks. Logical conclusion is, is that it's the AS viewership that hates anime.

Yeah, I don't understand why more people don't complain about TNT or MTV or TBS or some other cable channel hating anime. I mean, most cable channels don't air anime at all. Yet, Cartoon Network is one of the few that does and people complain that they hate it and treat it like crap. It doesn't make any sense.

Anyway, looking at Living Fruit Virus' ratings, well it looks like Samurai Champloo is a hit after all...with 12-17 year old viewers...let's hope that they all turn 18 before the show is done it's run...

[livingfruitvirus]

Yeah, I don't understand why more people don't complain about TNT or MTV or TBS or some other cable channel hating anime. I mean, most cable channels don't air anime at all. Yet, Cartoon Network is one of the few that does and people complain that they hate it and treat it like crap. It doesn't make any sense. TBS can be excluded because it's a comedy network. Now you may think "Well what about comedy anime?" well we haven't quite come to accept that yet. :/ Same goes for Comedy Central. TNT, that'd be an interesting place to air anime, but who knows how it would actually do. TNT is the #1 cable network with combined adult ratings and beats out UPN and WB regularly, so it's a very high profile channel and would at least allow for a great deal of exposure. Thing is their strong points are 18-49 and 25-54, and middle aged adults don't seem too accepting of anime.

I think everyone complains about Cartoon Network because fans still secretly love it and have faith in it. They've all lost faith in the rest. It's kind of a backhanded compliment.


Anyway, looking at Living Fruit Virus' ratings, well it looks like Samurai Champloo is a hit after all...with 12-17 year old viewers...let's hope that they all turn 18 before the show is done it's run... My ratings? :confused:

[LordByronius]

My ratings? :confused: Yes. Your performance is down amongst 15-37 pill-popping tomfoolerists from the previous year. You should work on that.

[Tea]

I don't understand how PA and Samurai Champloo are getting beat by a show like... S-CRY-ED. Sad, sad, sad.

[livingfruitvirus]

Yes. Your performance is down amongst 15-37 pill-popping tomfoolerists from the previous year. You should work on that.Hey, the ratings system is outdated and inaccurate and you can't rely on nothin' it tells you!

[Master Moron]

My ratings? :confused:

Fruits, vegetables, I don't care which one I get ratings information from, they both taste good with pork chops.