"Obveeus" <Obveeus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Are they really going to bed after Grey's Anatomy or are they cranking
> up the DVR to watch CSI, The Office, whatever show that they recorded
> earlier in the evening. IMO, the Thursday 10pm hour is being 'killed'
> by the abundance of 'good' TV shows on earlier in the evening.
Anecdotal evidence: my wife used to watch something at 10:00 most
work nights. Now she watches none, at least live. I record them for
her, and she typically stacks them up for viewing on the weekend.
Though lately, because of the lack of fresh episodes of shows due
to the strike, she's been able to watch a lot of them the following
evening.
And making it worse is the fact that, for the most part, the shows
she's most interested in are, or soon will be, 10:00 shows: BROTHERS &
SISTERS (Sun), MEDIUM (Mon), JERICHO (Tue), MEN IN TREES (Wed), and
LOST (Thu).
And my own observation has been that people are going into work
earlier in the morning, either because they want to beat the rush
hour, or because "workforce reduction" is forcing the people who
are left to have to do more, and so they're working longer hours
to keep up. As this becomes more common, more people are likely
to go to bed earlier, when they discover that staying up past 11
isn't getting them enough sleep.
> If Lost doesn't drop in the ratings, you can bet that other,
> earlier in the evening shows, like CSI, Grey's, and The Office
> will drop since they won't be getting as many of the time****fted
> 'same day' viewers anymore.
Yup. I'm guessing a drop in live and same-day viewers, and a rise
in same-week viewers.
Sitcoms like THE OFFICE, however, may not be impacted as much as
dramas, though, if enough viewers feel that they can squeeze in
a same-day viewing of a half-hour show.
> If it really is about 'bed time', maybe the East and West coast
> should just do like middle America and move 'prime time' one hour
> earlier?
That's a thought. But then, every time zone would have to have a
separate feed to keep middle America from having primetime start
during dinner.
-- jayembee
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