Chad—do you have data on how the 2003 originals did? I imagine Lingo had to do well to get renewed so many times
I don’t. There’s not a lot of specific data from second-run programming, as usually, cable reports only highlight first-run content, unless there’s a specific request for it. We had access to the
Sale reruns numbers and I don’t recall them doing much more than 300,000 or so on average.
Here’s a sampling from the week in 2014 where
The Chase earned more than 800,000 viewers. The highest scoring “classic”, depending on the definition, is
Shop ‘Til You Drop at 430,000 viewers. For anything produced before the ‘90s, it’s
Sale of the Century - #85 out of 251 airings - with 320,000 viewers. Scroll down to the bottom and that’s where you’ll find many of the classics (and
Mind of a Man, which bombed and was yanked.) Airings of
Catch 21 and
America Says last week were over 400,000, and nearly 500,000, respectively.
I was happy to provide context to a debate that I have no stake in, but I’m joining the chorus of those who are completely over Jake. I never had an opinion about you one way or another, sir, but your antics have grown increasingly tiresome, and now that I find myself involved in them, I’m done engaging.
