CN Ratings Thread: Part 3

[peterg14]

Wow, I'm surprised Nick's ratings were so high, like a giant yellow spongy punch in the mouth to CN, and even Disney.

I didn't expect LT to get blockbuster ratings, but at least it beat last year's New Year's Day.

[Mickialla]

I just got punched in the face...hard. These ratings are nothing more than average. To think that Nick, who did NOTHING on New Years' Day, out beat LOONEY TUNES which are probably the best cartoons ever made; it's a punch in the face...and it hurts...and it bleeds. Still we can only hope that CN will notice that these ratings are better in comparison to the past few years, and that they will notice the great fan reaction on these forums that the Looney Tunes had. For these characters to be deprived a slot on TV is a crime.

[DarthGonzo]

I'm not gloating (because it is a shame the Looney Tunes didn't do better) but really, how could anyone say they anticipate CN giving Disney Channel a run for their money this year with ratings like that? CN will always be number three, even if their overall rating ratings have gone up while Disney's overall ratings have gone down (as I understand it). Disney is still in a far enough lead that it doesn't even matter.

The only reason people here think CN can beat their competition is because the forums here are full of CN fanatics in the first place.

Originally Posted by Mickialla

Still we can only hope that CN will notice that these ratings are better in comparison to the past few years, and that they will notice the great fan reaction on these forums...

And you can hold it right there. What does that matter? None of us (well, almost none of us) are even in the traget demo that CN wants anyway. What do they care if we enjoyed the marathon? They are more concerned with what the young'uns thought of the marathon. For all we know many of those kids were peeved because cartoons they didn't know pre-empted stuff they'd rather watch, resulting in them turning on an old reliable like Spongebob.

The Looney tunes are masterpieces and all but anyone who is actually shocked that Spongebob took home new years day ought to get their head examined.

[warnerbroman]

Originally Posted by Mickialla

I just got punched in the face...hard. These ratings are nothing more than average. To think that Nick, who did NOTHING on New Years' Day, out beat LOONEY TUNES which are probably the best cartoons ever made; it's a punch in the face...and it hurts...and it bleeds. Still we can only hope that CN will notice that these ratings are better in comparison to the past few years, and that they will notice the great fan reaction on these forums that the Looney Tunes had. For these characters to be deprived a slot on TV is a crime.

it a punch in the balls to me

[DarthGonzo]

Originally Posted by warnerbroman

it a punch in the balls to me

People really have to stop taking this stuff so personally. We know how great these cartoons are. But do kids? Looney Tunes shorts haven't aired on CN in years. Kids are unfamiliar with them. Again, my best guess is that kids tuned in, saw cartoons featuring a lot of talking animals making dated pop culture references and then changed the channel to something more current and popular.

Kids didn't tune in to Looney Tunes only to say "Wow, these cartoons look old. Therefore they must be important. I must watch them all day long!" Sadly, it doesn't work that way.

And unfortunately, I can see this leading to a lot more Spongebob hate.

[chdr]

I never expected LT to beat Nick or Disney, but I thought LT could have done better.

[MasterofRoku]

Originally Posted by Cheddar

I never expected LT to beat Nick or Disney, but I thought LT could have done better.

Exactly...really I hope CN considers in giving LT a weekaday slot with T&J.

[DarthGonzo]

Originally Posted by MasterofRoku

Exactly...really I hope CN considers in giving LT a weekaday slot with T&J.

Well they might. Lets not rule anything out yet. Who knows.

[Mickialla]

Originally Posted by DarthGonzo

I'm not gloating (because it is a shame the Looney Tunes didn't do better) but really, how could anyone say they anticipate CN giving Disney Channel a run for their money this year with ratings like that? CN will always be number three, even if their overall rating ratings have gone up while Disney's overall ratings have gone down (as I understand it). Disney is still in a far enough lead that it doesn't even matter.

The only reason people here think CN can beat their competition is because the forums here are full of CN fanatics in the first place.



And you can hold it right there. What does that matter? None of us (well, almost none of us) are even in the traget demo that CN wants anyway. What do they care if we enjoyed the marathon? They are more concerned with what the young'uns thought of the marathon. For all we know many of those kids were peeved because cartoons they didn't know pre-empted stuff they'd rather watch, resulting in them turning on an old reliable like Spongebob.

The Looney tunes are masterpieces and all but anyone who is actually shocked that Spongebob took home new years day ought to get their head examined.

CN hasn't always been number 3; look at the first post of this thread. May I also mention that Looney Tunes was airing during that year. And yeah, Looney Tunes hasn't been seen on the network in a while, but it's like kids have totally forgotten. It'd be pretty sad if kids these days have absolutely no idea who Bugs Bunny is. So with that being said, and with Looney Tunes' previous success, I think it would be logical for us to think that there would be some chance of CN coming in second without us having to have our heads examined. But it doesn't matter, since we were wrong. Why we were wrong could be attributed to what you said, or it could be something totally different. All I hope is that Cartoon Network sees the cup as half-full and not half-empty and puts Looney Tunes back on. After all, one day doesn't do as much as a weekday slot. Maybe if it is like you said and that kids really don't know who Bugs Bunny is, then it would be give to give it a "test slot" to get kids to refamiliarize themselves with the characters for a few months: That's the only efficient way to reintroduce Looney Tunes to kids. It's not that Looney Tunes are no longer funny, it's just that kids haven't seen them constantly and so don't know they're funny yet. In 2000 or 2001, kids still found Looney Tunes funny. And I'm sure that the tastes' of kids haven't changed so drastically that what the generation of kids in 2001 found funny is different from what the generation of kids in 2009 find funny.

[Racattack!Force]

Frankly, I personally think it has chance with a weekday slot, since the K2-11 ratings are a little better than average and higher than previous New Year's.

[Mugen]

Originally Posted by John Dorian

Of course, if CN promoted it a little more abundantly.....

I remember seeing the commercial for it during almost every break. CN did the best it could. Sure it wasn't Clone Wars-type promotion, but I hope people weren't expecting that. It seemed the level of promotion was on par with a Total Drama Island episode.


Also, there was an article about the marathons on that day(including the LT marathon):

On New Year's Day,
kids, kids and kids

Marathons were all over the dial but kid networks did best

By Toni Fitzgerald
Jan 7, 2009


New Year’s Day is synonymous with hangovers and new diet plans, but also with cable marathons. Jan. 1 is full of them, with many networks turning their airwaves over to hours and hours of repeats of a single show as viewers tune in to catch up on favorites or watch old familiars.
This year it seems kids’ marathons were the big winners. Though day-long repeats of “Monk” on USA and “Twilight Zone” on Sci Fi did well, cartoons and kid-coms did even better.
Disney Channel’s live-action comedy “Wizards of Waverly Place” claimed three of cable’s top six spots in total viewers on New Year’s Day.
That pushed the network to its most-watched day in total viewers in almost eight months, as its five most-watched episodes on the day averaged 3.1 million viewers. Disney was also No. 1 for the day among kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14, airing nearly all of the day’s top-15-rated shows in those demos.
Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” averaged 2.88 million viewers for its top five episodes and made the day’s top five among all cable networks with a repeat of the movie “SpongeBob Atlantis Pantis” ranking fourth.
And the five most-watched episodes of Cartoon Network’s “Looney Toons” marathon averaged 2.62 million viewers, or more than double its total-day average for the full week.
The big numbers for the kids’ marathons can be explained by a number of factors, not the least all those holiday hangovers – kids may have been watching TV while their parents slept off the previous night’s activities.
Kids and parents also may have been watching the shows together. Many of the other networks’ marathons, like Spike’s “CSI: NY” and Tru TV’s “The Smoking Gun Presents,” weren’t exactly family oriented.
Finally, kids may have been watching kiddie fare while their parents tuned in to the college football bowl games running on broadcast that day.
The only adult-themed marathon to draw better than Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network was TNT’s “Bones,” the forensic drama that has been gaining viewers on Fox this season.
“Bones” was the day’s top scripted show on cable, with its best telecast averaging 3.27 million viewers. Its top five episodes on the day averaged 3.01 million viewers, just behind “Wizards.”

So, it seems the marathon did well for CN.



Week of 12/29-1/4:

Household Rating:

Primetime: 1,008,000(#11 for cable last week)
Total Day: 978,000(#6 for cable last week)

Viewers 2+:

Primetime: Didn't chart for the week
Total Day: 1,298,000(#6 for cable last week)


Here are the charts:

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 12/29/08-1/4/09 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 1401 DSNY*: 1220
DSNY*: 957 CARTOON: 686
CARTOON: 655 NAN**: 585
NAN**: 368 NOGGIN: 378
NOGGIN: 317 TOON DIS: 141
ADSM**: 233 BET: 140
TOON DIS.: 138 ESPN: 132
NICKTOONS: 106 NICKTOONS: 120
BET: 75 TLC: 95
ESPN: 70 DISCOVERY: 85
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 12/29/08-1/4/09 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 863 DSNY*: 969
DSNY*: 673 CARTOON: 457
CARTOON: 440 NAN**: 425
NAN**: 288 ESPN: 89
ADSM**: 128 BET: 87
TOON DIS.: 72 TOON DIS: 67
NOGGIN: 64 NICKTOONS: 64
NICKTOONS: 63 NOGGIN: 63
ESPN: 50 DISCOVERY: 56
BET: 49 THE N: 45
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 12/29/08-1/4/09 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 652 DSNY*: 790
DSNY*: 544 NAN**: 507
NAN**: 408 CARTOON: 364
CARTOON: 338 BET: 126
ADSM**: 180 ESPN: 115
ESPN: 80 COMEDY: 93
BET: 76 MTV: 92
MTV: 73 DISCOVERY: 81
THE N: 63 THE N: 67
DISCOVERY: 60 NICKTOONS: 45
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

[chdr]

The fact that LT made it close to Spongebob makes me a happier panda.

[Comics_the_QB]

Originally Posted by Cheddar

The fact that LT made it close to Spongebob makes me a happier panda.

Yeah, I was suprised by those.

[Dr.Pepper]

Well I hope that Cn thinks that LT did well enough to get a time slot, even if its in the middle of the day

[XDogg]

Originally Posted by Dr.Pepper

Well I hope that Cn thinks that LT did well enough to get a time slot, even if its in the middle of the day

Hey why is everyone so sad? Keep your head up everyone alright. I'm sure that if CN really focus this year(Summer mostly) They get a least Number 2 soon. We beleive in you CN, Who's with me!

[warnerbroman]

Originally Posted by XDogg

Hey why is everyone so sad? Keep your head up everyone alright. I'm sure that if CN really focus this year(Summer mostly) They get a least Number 2 soon. We beleive in you CN, Who's with me!

I do! *puts hand in*

[J!!!]

I am too *puts hand in also* may be if they really want to make summer great they could have summer specific blocks like in summer 2005 those bumps alone made me watch only CN during the summer.

[Brainatra]

While I'm also disappointed it didn't beat Nick or Disney, it *did* do twice as well as its usual daytime lineup... which might bode well for seeing a return of Bugs and the gang to a timeslot on CN.

[Racattack!Force]

Well, the marathon did do well. You guys shouldn't worry so much.

[Pomegranate]

Originally Posted by The Tednut!

Well, the marathon did do well. You guys shouldn't worry so much.

Because there needs to be more cartoons with broad family appeal like there was in the olden days.