>On 20/10/2021 12:24,
tsbr...@gmail.com wrote:
>> 2584 On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 1:29:01 AM UTC-7, The Last
>Doctor wrote:
>>> So that's when Doctor Who returns. Lots of ammunition for the "Doctor
>>> Who is dying" Chicken Lickens in that choice.
>>>
>>> It's a very poor time to garner linear TV ratings in the UK, ever since
>>> the American view of Halloween made its way over here. An awful lot of
>>> the core audience is going to be out "trick-or-treating" at 6:25pm on
>>> October 31st!
>>>
>>> So expect an atypically low overnight rating, and Aggie to be on here
>>> derangedly crowing about how Chibnall has killed the show and it will be
>>> cancelled immediately.
>>
>> What would be the best time slot on Halloween?
>>
>
>Once again: the core audience for Doctor Who are children aged 8-14 and
>their parents, typically mid-20s to mid-30s. No time on Halloween is
>great for them, but as pointed out elsewhere, 8-9pm would be least worst
>- prime time, before bedtime for the younger, but should be home from
>trick-or-treating by then (5pm for tots, up to about 7:30, is the prime
>walkabout time in places I've lived). In this day and age, though, it
>doesn't really matter unless DW could somehow become water-cooler TV
>again (or whatever its equivalent is for today's schoolkids). All TV is
>on-demand these days.
>
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