THR reported that Heroes is the most pirated show of 2009. Read the rest of the article by Eriq Gardner below.
Last year, pirates were obsessed with good vs. evil, making NBC's "Heroes" the most-pirated TV show of 2008.
Sylar This year, the buzz is that the show may be on the verge of cancellation thanks to dwindling ratings (it averages about 6 million viewers a week, down from nearly 14 million when the show first premiered in 2006).
But "Heroes' continues to be a juggernaut in online piracy. According to Torrentfreak, "Heroes" was downloaded 6.58 million times in 2009, topping the year's most-pirated list.
The only other show in the top 10 that boasts fewer weekly viewers than total illegal sharers is Showtime's "Dexter," with about 2.3 million viewers and 2.78 million pirated downloads. (And Showtime is a pay cable service, of course.)
Here's the full list:
1. "Heroes" (NBC)
2. "Lost" (ABC)
3. "Prison Break" (Fox)
4. "Dexter" (Showtime)
5. "House" (Fox)
6. "24" (Fox)
7. "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)
8. "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," (Fox)
9. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
10. "True Blood" (HBO)
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I guess if we add these numbers to the current TV ratings, I believe Heroes will top the charts. What do you think?
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Heroes ratings down again
We hate to say this, but Heroes rating is down again. Despite the great episode last Monday, Heroes rating drops from 6.27 million last week to 5.82 million viewers.
Here's the article from TV Ratings discussing the performance of different shows last Monday.
TV by the numbers
Here's the article from TV Ratings discussing the performance of different shows last Monday.
Fox won the night with adults 18-49, and ABC won with viewers. CBS was in second place both with viewers and adults 18-49.
The premiere of Trauma was not so good for NBC with only a 2.3/6 rating/share with adults 18-49. House was tops for the night with a 5.7/15, followed by The Big Bang Theory and its 5.1/12.
Trauma did worse than Heroes (2.5/6) with adults 18-49, and it was Heroes’ lowest-ever 18-49 rating for an original episode.
Retentionistas will have a field day with the premiere of Lie to Me, which only pulled a 2.9/7 adults 18-49 rating/share out of House.
The Big Bang Theory is now overshadowing Two and a Half Men in 18-49 (5.1 vs. 4.7) but Men held a narrow edge with total viewers (13.64 vs. 13.02). TBBT also had a healthy lead over Men with adults 18-34 (3.6 vs. 2.9)
Here are the CBS blurbs about TBBT:
At 9:30PM, THE BIG BANG THEORY was first in adults 25-54 (6.0/13), adults 18-49 (5.1/12), adults 18-34 (3.6/12) and second in both households (7.8/12) and viewers (13.02m). THE BIG BANG THEORY was up +3% in adults 25-54 (from 5.8/12), +9% in adults 18-49 (from 4.7/11), +20% in adults 18-34 (from 3.0/08) and added +60,000 viewers (from 12.96m) from last week’s premiere.
This was THE BIG BANG THEORY’s best delivery in viewers, adults 25-54, adults 18-49 and adults 18-34. This is the second straight broadcast THE BIG BANG THEORY posted series highs in viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. THE BIG BANG THEORY built on its TWO AND A HALF MEN lead-in by +4% in adults 25-54, +9% in adults 18-49 and +24% in adults 18-34.
The good news for Castle fans is it again beat The Jay Leno Show (2.3 vs. 1.8), but some Dancing With the Stars overrun is probably included, which would be stripped out in the finals. As it stands, Castle had a 2.5/6 with adults 18-49 from 10-10:30p, and a 2.1/6 from 10:30-11p.
Since it’s been a crazy day for us, I’m posting in “Holly’s” comments from the comment section:
CBS did well. AOP dropped slightly from last week, but no more than would be expected from a premiere (maybe less, since it only lost 0.1 in the demo). TBBT hit another high and actually beats Men in the demo. Looks like CBS made a good choice in moving that to 9:30. Miami didn’t lose much from last week either, so all in all, a very good Monday for them.
House took the expected fall from last week, but still did really well. It’s still slightly above what it was doing last fall. I don’t think FOX is breaking out the champagne for Lie To Me’s performance, but they can’t be upset about it either. If it can stay close to a 3.0, it will be just fine regardless of what House gets.
ABC might not be as happy. Dancing is down quite a bit from last year. It’s still OK, but not nearly as strong as it had been. Castle stayed steady from last week, so no complaints there.
NBC…well…ouch. Heroes can’t pull a 3 and is probably more of a liability than an asset. I suppose Trauma premiered about as well as could be expected given the state of NBC, but it was still bad.
TV by the numbers
Friday, April 3, 2009
NBC Plans To Bring Back ‘Heroes’ for Fourth Season
Here's another article confirming that there will be a Fourth Season of Heroes. This is article was written by Debbie Ford.
NBC entertainment president Angela Bromstad said the network is planning to bring Heroes back for a fourth season, adding that plans are to order 18-20 episodes of the show for next season.
Despite a drop in ratings this season, the show is still tied with The Office as the network’s top-rated series among adults 18-49 this season.
The network is also considering Jesse Alexander’s pilot project Day One, about a group of survivors in the wake of a catastrophic global event, as a companion piece to Heroes, hoping the popularity of Heroes could help a new series like Day One find an audience, especially if it airs as part of the same Monday night block.
"Day One is a big event and we’re looking at that to come into the Heroes spot," Bromstad said. "It’s right now being looked at as a 13-episode run — something people could commit to and we could make a big splash with."
Bromstad also cited the show’s global popularity as working in Heroes favor. "Every single place you go has heard about Heroes — whether you’re in China or Japan or Russia," she said. "And to me, that is global content."
The network has privately discussed setting a series end date for Heroes, which has worked in the favor of the quality of shows like Lost and Battlestar Galactica. But even if NBC ever made such a move, Bromstad said, they wouldn’t want to make next season the conclusion.
Of course, this is not yet an “official” renewal, but barring any drastic ratings drop, the show seems safe for renewal at this point.
NBC entertainment president Angela Bromstad said the network is planning to bring Heroes back for a fourth season, adding that plans are to order 18-20 episodes of the show for next season.
Despite a drop in ratings this season, the show is still tied with The Office as the network’s top-rated series among adults 18-49 this season.
The network is also considering Jesse Alexander’s pilot project Day One, about a group of survivors in the wake of a catastrophic global event, as a companion piece to Heroes, hoping the popularity of Heroes could help a new series like Day One find an audience, especially if it airs as part of the same Monday night block.
"Day One is a big event and we’re looking at that to come into the Heroes spot," Bromstad said. "It’s right now being looked at as a 13-episode run — something people could commit to and we could make a big splash with."
Bromstad also cited the show’s global popularity as working in Heroes favor. "Every single place you go has heard about Heroes — whether you’re in China or Japan or Russia," she said. "And to me, that is global content."
The network has privately discussed setting a series end date for Heroes, which has worked in the favor of the quality of shows like Lost and Battlestar Galactica. But even if NBC ever made such a move, Bromstad said, they wouldn’t want to make next season the conclusion.
Of course, this is not yet an “official” renewal, but barring any drastic ratings drop, the show seems safe for renewal at this point.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Bryan Fuller will be back!
Two interesting things happened in Heroes's heroic struggle for viewers last week.
The episode, Cold Snap, in which the identity of the mysterious Rebel was revealed, was wonderful from start to finish. Brisk, witty, fast, with emotional highs and lows and enough twists for an entire season. It was a return to the Heroes of old.
The second thing that happened was that the ratings tumbled. Again.
Around 500,000 viewers in Canada witnessed Heroes's bid for renewal -- respectable, but far off the pace of Global's other shows on the night: 24, with a million viewers, give or take, and a rerun of House, with 1.7 million.
Numbers only tell part of the story, of course. What matters to a show's survival is not how many people are watching, but who. And the fact is Heroes appeals to busy, hard-to-reach younger viewers, who often watch online or by PVR.
The more interesting story is why Heroes was so good last week. It marked the return of original head writer Bryan Fuller, whose own show, Pushing Daisies, was recently cancelled.
Heroes proved last week that the script is indeed everything in TV: The characters were suddenly smarter, more articulate, funnier and more involved in their fates. The scenes were short and snappy and yet, despite the sudden urgency, it all came together in the end. Heroes made sense for once, and this bodes well for the series' future.
Heroes is confirmed to return in the fall, and by then Fuller will have had a chance to remake the show from scratch.
In tonight's episode, which Fuller had only a marginal hand in, reformed cheerleader Claire (Hayden Panettiere) and an on-the-run Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) shack up in Mexico, while evil baddie Emile Danko (Zeljko Ivanek) goes on a murderous tear.
Fuller's future involvement means Heroes will be a very different show when it returns in the fall, and likely a better one.
For now, enjoy the early signs of a creative turnaround. It's not often that a TV series promises to get better, especially a complex, sci-fi tinged drama like Heroes. It happens once in a blue moon, you might say. 9 p.m. Global, NBC
From the article "Viewers turn away from Heroes despite new zip" written by Alex Strachan.
Source
---This is a great news for heroes fans. I hope Bryan Fuller can do great in fixing some plot holes in the next season and I hope that this could improve Heroes ratings.
The episode, Cold Snap, in which the identity of the mysterious Rebel was revealed, was wonderful from start to finish. Brisk, witty, fast, with emotional highs and lows and enough twists for an entire season. It was a return to the Heroes of old.
The second thing that happened was that the ratings tumbled. Again.
Around 500,000 viewers in Canada witnessed Heroes's bid for renewal -- respectable, but far off the pace of Global's other shows on the night: 24, with a million viewers, give or take, and a rerun of House, with 1.7 million.
Numbers only tell part of the story, of course. What matters to a show's survival is not how many people are watching, but who. And the fact is Heroes appeals to busy, hard-to-reach younger viewers, who often watch online or by PVR.
The more interesting story is why Heroes was so good last week. It marked the return of original head writer Bryan Fuller, whose own show, Pushing Daisies, was recently cancelled.
Heroes proved last week that the script is indeed everything in TV: The characters were suddenly smarter, more articulate, funnier and more involved in their fates. The scenes were short and snappy and yet, despite the sudden urgency, it all came together in the end. Heroes made sense for once, and this bodes well for the series' future.
Heroes is confirmed to return in the fall, and by then Fuller will have had a chance to remake the show from scratch.
In tonight's episode, which Fuller had only a marginal hand in, reformed cheerleader Claire (Hayden Panettiere) and an on-the-run Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) shack up in Mexico, while evil baddie Emile Danko (Zeljko Ivanek) goes on a murderous tear.
Fuller's future involvement means Heroes will be a very different show when it returns in the fall, and likely a better one.
For now, enjoy the early signs of a creative turnaround. It's not often that a TV series promises to get better, especially a complex, sci-fi tinged drama like Heroes. It happens once in a blue moon, you might say. 9 p.m. Global, NBC
From the article "Viewers turn away from Heroes despite new zip" written by Alex Strachan.
Source
---This is a great news for heroes fans. I hope Bryan Fuller can do great in fixing some plot holes in the next season and I hope that this could improve Heroes ratings.
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