True Blood - 5 Reasons, why the show won’t be canceled any time soon
26 Feb 2012
True BloodJacob Klein, from HBOwatch, recently posted a story titled "Why True Blood won’t be canceled any time soon". Though it's hypothetical, some facts are really interesting (to me):
Ratings are steady
hbo watch original Why True Blood won’t be canceled any time soonHBO isn’t a network that cancels a show soley based on ratings anyway but for it’s part, True Blood seems to be holding steady about around 5 million viewers per episode (with higher numbers on premiere/finale nights). These numbers fail to take into account subsequent airings, viewing parties and HBOGo watches that would most likely boost ratings. But even setting that aside, True Blood is one of HBO’s top three programs with numbers comparable to Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire. There is even a case to be made that True Blood is HBO’s strongest performing program.
In television, numbers are everything. TV executives, even those are the usually pragmatic HBO, often find themselves awash in a sea of analytic data. When looking at these numbers day in and day out it would be tough to even consider cutting that number one program from your ranks. But if one episode of True Blood purportedly costs around $3-5 million to produce ($50-60 Million per season) you’re going to need to make that back somehow. Keep reading to understand how HBO surely makes that and more from True Blood.
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Not surprised by this it always does well in the ratings and gets enough publicity, however I personally lament the way the show has gone in terms of quality, it could be so much more than it is. This won't change though because as people have pointed out it is doing well.
ReplyDeleteOne reason it should: Alan Ball.
ReplyDeleteHuh.. this was actually a pretty interesting read. And though they're steady in the ratings, I don't think the quality is what it used to be. I AM looking forward to Russell's return, though. He's fun :)
ReplyDeleteI'm really not surprised by this although I would worry about the quality as the years and seasons go by...it is subjective I know but aging shows tend to lose sight of the quality of the episode
ReplyDeleteI really like the books and thought the first season was excellent. Since then it has gone down hill and the cast has gotten to big. They need to get back to the importend main cast and give them some better stories. The focus needs to get back to Sookie.
ReplyDeleteI´m still watching and I´m happy to hear that it is not likely to be cancelled. But with that said I really think it is time for some changes.
well, with the good ratings no surprise that it'll be around for a little while longer and with apparently a good amount of source material the potential for a long series is there. I enjoy this show, but I definitely think that the cast is entirely way too big and even though they finally offed the annoying Tara character, I've heard rumors that she'll be back in some capacity.... even though I've heard that her character isn't that prominent in the books to start with. I definitely feel that with all the new castings that we've read about it's even more important to streamline the cast size, or at least the writing....
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