GSN May 2007 Ratings...

[--Richard]

From CableWorld

BASIC CABLE PRIME-TIME NETWORK RANKING

APRIL 30 – MAY 27, 2007
NET CUR HH (000)
TNT 2.1 1972
USA 1.9 1760
DSNY 1.8 1664
ESPN 1.2 1133
TBSC 1.1 1064
FOXN 1.1 1050
TOON 1.1 1048
NAN 1.1 1020
LIF 1.1 998
A&E 0.9 872
FX 0.9 849
SPK 0.9 835
CORT 0.9 828
HGTV 0.9 804
SCIF 0.9 792
HALL 0.9 777
DISC 0.8 758
HIST 0.8 729
AMC 0.8 702
FAM 0.7 688
CMDY 0.7 682
TLC 0.7 669
MTV 0.7 657
TVLD 0.7 611
VH1 0.6 559
FOOD 0.6 528
CNN 0.6 526
BET 0.5 459
ESP2 0.4 390
MSNB 0.4 386
BRAV 0.4 384
APL 0.4 377
EN 0.4 344
TRAV 0.3 295
HLN 0.3 286
LMN 0.5 281
VS 0.4 259
SOAP 0.4 258
SPD 0.4 258
WGNC 0.3 237
OXYG 0.3 234
NGC 0.4 230
TVGC 0.3 223
CMT 0.2 207
TWC 0.2 200
TDSN 0.3 198
CNBC 0.2 174
GSN 0.3 173
DHLT 0.2 140
WE 0.2 135

[clemon79]

Hey, they're beating WE!

/what the hell is DHLT?

[Misery Guest]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'155465\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 03:50 PM\']
/what the hell is DHLT?
[/quote]
Discovery Health.

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'155465\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 03:50 PM\']
Hey, they're beating WE!

/what the hell is DHLT?
[/quote]
Quick google search reveals Discovery Health.

[tpirfan28]

You know your network ain't doing well when you're beat by the freakin' Weather Channel.

What's LMN and TDSN and WGNC?

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'155475\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 04:31 PM\']
You know your network ain't doing well when you're beat by the freakin' Weather Channel.

What's LMN and TDSN and WGNC?
[/quote]
LMN=Lifetime Movie Network. Women love to see other women get abused. :-P
TDSN might be Toon Disney, and WGNC I believe is WGN-TV's national feed. I guess the C stands for cable.

/Blockbusters anyone?

[tpirfan28]

And they think Show Me The Shat is gonna help them.

I think about the only thing that will truly save this network now is TPiR somehow making its way back to the schedule.  And we all know that probably won't happen in the foreseeable future...so....

[Jimmy Owen]

To be fair, GSN primetime doesn't offer a whole lot for households to watch.  Low household ratings don't matter too much as long as target demos are reached.

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'155477\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 04:39 PM\']LMN=Lifetime Movie Network. Women love to see other women get abused. :-P
TDSN might be Toon Disney, and WGNC I believe is WGN-TV's national feed. I guess the C stands for cable.

/Blockbusters anyone?
[/quote]
Lol, Blockbusters

Since TBS has a C on the end, C probably is for cable, and that's good enough for me.

GSN probably is hitting the demos, although I would think attempts to be more mainstream (like the upcoming programming) are in order.  Target demos are nice, but not if it costs me a spot in the Top 50 cable networks.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'155482\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 02:28 PM\']
C probably is for cable, and that's good enough for me.
[/quote]
I blinked. Then I lol'd. Hard. Bravo. Bravissimo.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'155482\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 05:28 PM\']
GSN probably is hitting the demos, although I would think attempts to be more mainstream (like the upcoming programming) are in order.  Target demos are nice, but not if it costs me a spot in the Top 50 cable networks.
[/quote]
They tried that three years ago. Remember "American Dream Derby"? That one show that had Joe Millionaire hosting?

GSN doesn't know what the hell they want...do they want to have classic game shows? Original games? Reality shows? Competitive shows with game show elements? Right now they're throwing anything at the wall and seeing what sticks.

I know they're in it to make money, but they need to figure out what avenue they want to take in order to make money.

/and stop squeezing credits!!!

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'155485\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 05:32 PM\']I blinked. Then I lol'd. Hard. Bravo. Bravissimo. [/quote]
Yay, I got one!

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'155486\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 05:35 PM\']I know they're in it to make money, but they need to figure out what avenue they want to take in order to make money.[/quote]
Right now, it looks like that avenue is cellular phones, but that can only go so far.  Despite new technology, I doubt GSN is going to seriously invest in cell programming other than the text-in stuff.

/I want a phone that ID's songs, though.  That's frikkin awesome.

[mmb5]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'155495\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 07:38 PM\']
/I want a phone that ID's songs, though.  That's frikkin awesome.
[/quote]
You're going to be waiting awhile.  Despite what you may hear, the technology is still years away.


--Mike

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'155500\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 05:52 PM\']
You're going to be waiting awhile.  Despite what you may hear, the technology is still years away.
[/quote]
What's the deal with those T-Mobile ads that are running, then?

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'155486\' date=\'Jun 18 2007, 02:35 PM\']I know they're in it to make money, but they need to figure out what avenue they want to take in order to make money.[/quote] If you had a demo of attention-starved young men who would pay 99¢ for the chance to talk to a HPOA, and then maybe a chance to win a few hundred bucks, you could run Celebrity Nostril Digging for twelve hours during the daytime, and still turn a profit just on the phone fees.

I don't think GSN's ratings are bothering the GSN suits that much, because they certainly have enough varied programming to solve that problem if they want. I don't think they want to. Two hours a night of Quiznation is probably making as much money as the adverts would.

/and stop squeezing credits!!!

That gets me where I live every time. The best part is that the mockees probably don't know they're being mocked.