ABC's "The Revolution" in free fall

Lynn Kelly

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Feb 10, 2012, 10:06:34 PM2/10/12

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From TV Media Insights:

"Based on the Live Plus Same Day ratings from Nielsen for the week of
January 30, week three of ABC daytime talk show The Revolution dipped
to 1.44 million viewers, which is now half the audience of year-ago
occupant One Life to Live (2.85 million viewers for the week of
1/31/11). Erosion in the three key demos — women 25-54, women 18-49
and women 18-34 — is also 50 percent as illustrated."

http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/02/abc%e2%80%99s-the-revolution-continues-to-spiral-downward/

Ian J. Ball

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Feb 10, 2012, 10:29:06 PM2/10/12

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> http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/02/abc%e2%80%99s-the-revolution-c...

Excellent news. I want those bastards to go bankrupt after cancelling
OLTL... :/

syvyn11

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Feb 11, 2012, 8:13:51 AM2/11/12

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They would have been better off with game shows.

Windowwasher

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Feb 11, 2012, 8:39:11 AM2/11/12

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"Ian J. Ball" <ijb...@mac.com> wrote in message
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I don't blame the soapy people for feeling this way. I do like The Chew,
although they could have put that on and still kept the soaps for the people
that liked them.

David J Tanny

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Feb 11, 2012, 10:42:37 AM2/11/12

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Oh, RevoLOUTION? Thought it was called RevoLOSER.

Seth J. Bookey

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Feb 15, 2012, 6:54:23 PM2/15/12

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In <3b3967c5-0434-4448...@t5g2000yqk.googlegroups.com> "Ian J. Ball" <ijb...@mac.com> writes:

>On Feb 10, 7:06=A0pm, Lynn Kelly <lynn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From TV Media Insights:
>>
>> "Based on the Live Plus Same Day ratings from Nielsen for the week of
>> January 30, week three of ABC daytime talk show The Revolution dipped
>> to 1.44 million viewers, which is now half the audience of year-ago
>> occupant One Life to Live (2.85 million viewers for the week of

>> 1/31/11). =A0Erosion in the three key demos =97 women 25-54, women 18-49
>> and women 18-34 =97 is also 50 percent as illustrated."

>>
>> http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/02/abc%e2%80%99s-the-revolution-c...

>Excellent news. I want those bastards to go bankrupt after cancelling
>OLTL... :/

I keep wondering if The Chew was getting better ratings by being on air up
to the very second OLTL would start. Any news on how good or bad the Chew
is doing?

--Seth
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Mike

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Feb 16, 2012, 4:59:05 PM2/16/12

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On Feb 15, 6:54 pm, Seth J. Bookey <sethb...@panix.com> wrote:
> >>http://www.tvmediainsights.com/2012/02/abc%e2%80%99s-the-revolution-c...
> >Excellent news. I want those bastards to go bankrupt after cancelling
> >OLTL... :/
>
> I keep wondering if The Chew was getting better ratings by being on air up
> to the very second OLTL would start. Any news on how good or bad the Chew
> is doing?

Not as poorly. I didn't see data on how the show's doing post-OLTL as
compared to when it did have OLTL as a lead-out, but at the very
bottom of the above linked story is comparison to year-ago AMC
ratings:

"As for The Chew versus year-ago occupant All My Children, the losses
this week are 16 percent in total viewers (2.65 to 2.23 million), 23
percent in women 25-54 (1.3/ 7 to 1.0/ 6) and 11 percent in women
18-49 (0.9/ 5 to 0.8/ 5). Results among women 18-34 are flat."

So it's down from AMC, but not astronomically so. I remember when the
show was canceled, Frons told Susan Lucci the replacement shows would
cost 40 percent less to produce than the soaps. Which suggests that,
as long as the shows draw 60 percent of AMC's and OLTL's audiences,
ABC is at least breaking even. So, as far as The Chew vs. AMC goes,
ABC unfortunately appears to be doing alright.

Mike