I think the main problem with the show is that they have been dragging the show out forever. There is also very little action on the show which makes it feel like a superhero soap opera. There also isn't any real conflict and the pacing has slowed down.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Keith Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > I haven't watched "Heroes" at all this season. What is killing the show? Is > the original creator and writing team gone? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tracey de Morsella" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:00:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Heroes' Falls To Big-Time Low, 'Chuck' Normalizes > > > > What will it take for NBC to finally decide that the time for "Heroes" > has come and gone? > > This week's ratings might be it. After two weeks of matching a series low, > "Heroes" found a way to do even worse as it languishes in its new timeslot, > and remains unable to keep audiences tuning in for "Chuck." > > "Heroes" earned a a 2.4 rating/4 share, according to Fast National ratings > from The Nielsen Co. That was more than 17 percent off its premiere in the 9 > p.m. slot, itself a now previous all-time low for the series. It also > becomes NBC's lowest-rated program of the season overall, beating out the > previous low set by "The Jay Leno Show[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7058>" > on Nov. 9 that picked up a 2.6/5. > > "Heroes" didn't even come close to challenging its competition, which > included the high-rated comedy <http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7058>block > of "Two and a Half Men" and "Big Bang Theory" on CBS, "24" on Fox and > "The Bachelor" on ABC. It only beat the series premiere of "Life > Unexpected[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7058>" > on The CW, but did it only by 41 percent. We say "only" because the other > show closest to "Heroes" in the timeslot, "The Bachelor," beat "Life > Unexpected" by 312 percent. > > "Chuck" came down a little bit from its triad premiere last week. It > clocked in a 3.9/6, down a little more than 9 percent from its previous > week. That's mostly on par with how the show did last season when it earned > a 4.0/6 in average overnights. > > That means "Heroes" lost more than 38 percent of its lead-in audience from > "Chuck." That's also the same percentage "Heroes" is now off of its already > low-rated premiere, and is now more than 22 percent off its season average. > This is the second week "Heroes" is at 9 p.m., averaging a 2.7/4 in the > timeslot, 23 percent off its 8 p.m. average of 3.5/5. > > Fast Nationals usually provide a snapshot of what Americans are watching by > pulling numbers from the top urban markets that includes both live viewing > and same-day timeshifted viewing. A rating point generally represents more > than 1.1 million households while the share indicates the percentage of > televisions turned on that was tuned to the specific program. These numbers > typically shift when final ratings are issued. > > *Data collected from The Nielsen Co., as distributed by Zap2it. > BlipNetwork tracks non-news, non-event programming, and figures for this > story reflect airing of new episodes only. For more information on the > Audience Loyalty Index, click > here<http://insideblip.com/site/audience-loyalty-index-faq.html> > .* > > http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7058 > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
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