SCI FI press release on the Peacekeeper Wars’ ratings
SCI FI press release on the Peacekeeper Wars’ ratings
Story by: Red
Posted on: 10/19/04
Updated: 10/19/04
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From The SCI FI Channel
(all emphasis, was in the original document)
‘FARSCAPE’ DECLARES ‘WAR’ ON THE COMPETITION
SCI FI Miniseries Premieres #1
Among P18-49 and P25-54
New York, NY (October 19, 2004) — The fans have spoken. They frelling love their Farscape. The two-night, four-hour Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (Oct. 17-18 @ 9-11pm ET/PT) premiere averaged a 1.7 HH rating/1,916,000 P2 , making SCI FI the #1 non-sports cable network for P25-54 and P18-49 for the time period over the two nights.
SCI FI trounced its competition among P25-54, outdelivering TNT (24%), TBS (45%) and Spike TV (42%). They fared no better among P18-49, with SCI FI outperforming TNT (32%), TBS (27%) and Spike TV (35%).
Peacekeeper Wars delivered an aggregate audience of 6,883,000 viewers over the two nights (4 telecasts of Night One, 3 telecasts of Night Two).
With a 1.5 HH rating/1,735,000 P2 , Night One of Peacekeeper Wars was up 81% in HH ratings and scored triple digit increases in key demos versus the time period average for October 2003:
+ 163% in P25-54
+ 202% in P18-49
Night Two of the mini soared even higher, delivering a 1.9 HH rating/2,097,000 P2 (Oct. 18 @9-11pm ET/PT). It improved upon the previous night’s premiere by:
+ 30% in HH rating
+ 25% in P18-49
+ 20% in P25-54
SCI FI Channel is a television network where “what if” is what’s on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 84 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies.
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Hope everyone got a chance to see it! If not? You can see it when it replays on Sunday! Also the DVD release has been announced for mid-January! I highly recommend you purchase it! This mini-series was downright epic. The ratings should say it all considering this was not only up against new episodes of shows like CSI but also up against football and baseball!
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tauzero said:
But what does all that mean? Do they decode it for us mear mortals anywhere?
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Lady Ozma said:
It means it..
Scored about what/slightly higher than SG1. It scored well considering it was up against both football and baseball.
It means Sci Fi is a bunch of wankers. And hopefully this means FEATURE FILM!!! 🙂
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tauzero said:
Re: It means it..
Thats frelling awsome! Its awsome news to hear it got such good rateings even on a sports night! I wonder if SciFi was running on a sports night on purpose, to try and kill it 😛 You know how the head wench of scifi hates scifi(?!).
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: It means it..
I wouldn’t put anything past The Wench. I mean who puts on something against baseball mega event and football? Plus also remember it was also up against shows like CSI that pull in a lot of viewers. Heck, didn’t CSI mention Farscape in an episode? Anyway, between not one but two sports things, plus the fact this was not aired during “repeats” like they normally do… the ratings rocked. If you look on their site, the first week in October, Stargate SG1 had ratings of 1.7.
And yes I do wonder at the timing. Though it is better than the one they are trying to pull off next month in the middle of November sweeps! I mean hello? Of course I have a DVR, so I can watch whenever I want.. which means I can record whenever I want. 🙂
And remember, the final stats aren’t in. There was a showing yesterday of party two plus they are showing both parts on Sunday together!! So there’s a chance of MORE viewers. Because hey, almost 7 million or whatever it was? Just not enough!
The DVD release is already announced for January. What we need to do is start people preordering as soon as Amazon allows. Blast the market.
🙂
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