TONY Ratings and Advance Sales
#2
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:13pm
It got around 7 million viewers
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#3
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:14pm
it averaged 7.7 million viewers
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/08/sunday-ratings-abc-nba-finals-game-2/20271
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/08/sunday-ratings-abc-nba-finals-game-2/20271
...everyone was doing the mambo and drinking golden cadillacs...
#5
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:17pm
No not really, though its a tick up from last year
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#6
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:39pm
Says it was nearly unwatched in the coveted 18-49 year old market.
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#7
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:40pm
Well, there was also game 2 of the NBA finals... I personally was switching back and forth.
I once heard someone describe her (Ruthie Henshall) singing as sounding as though she's trying to swallow a whole meatball slightly larger than her windpipe. (The same person compared Michael Ball's singing to sounding as though he's sitting on a washing machine on spin cycle and Colm Wilkinson's to a man with a paralyzed lip trying to eat cottage cheese.) --- Schmerg_The_Impaler
#8
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:50pm
Gee....everyone I KNOW that watched is IN that demographic!
And kind of early to hear about it affecting sales.
And kind of early to hear about it affecting sales.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#9
Posted: 6/8/09 at 12:54pm
dramamama, perhaps you know all of the 0.81% of the 18-49 year old viewers!
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#10
Posted: 6/8/09 at 1:45pm
If you look at the hourly breakdown, The Tonys held most of its audience throughout going from a 7.8 million in the first hour to 7.6 in the 2nd hour to 6.8 in the final hour.
What this breakdown doesn't give is the details of the audience demographic, which traditionally attracts people who rarely watch commercial Television and are desirable to advertisers.
Overall, however, the Tony Awards will never get a mass audience like the Oscars simply because the awards have little relevance outside of the core group of theatre fans.
THe alternative would be to have what we saw online from 7 to 8: a series of awards and speeches with no production numbers, no "razzle dazzle." And maybe that is what some people here would prefer.
What this breakdown doesn't give is the details of the audience demographic, which traditionally attracts people who rarely watch commercial Television and are desirable to advertisers.
Overall, however, the Tony Awards will never get a mass audience like the Oscars simply because the awards have little relevance outside of the core group of theatre fans.
THe alternative would be to have what we saw online from 7 to 8: a series of awards and speeches with no production numbers, no "razzle dazzle." And maybe that is what some people here would prefer.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#11
Posted: 6/8/09 at 2:34pm
CBS has announced theitr spin on the ratings:
CBS's broadcast of THE 63RD ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, delivered its best ratings since 2006, posting double digit percentage gains in viewers and key demographics over last year, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Sunday, June 7.
THE TONY AWARDS was second in households (4.9/09) and viewers (7.45m), while averaging a 1.8/05 in adults 25-54 and 1.3/04 in adults 18-49. Compared to last year's ceremony (6/15/08 ), THE TONY AWARDS were up +11% in households (from 4.4/09), +20% in adults 25-54 (from 1.5/04), +18% in adults 18-49 (from 1.1/03) and added +1.18m viewers (from 6.27m, +19%).
CBS's broadcast of THE 63RD ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, delivered its best ratings since 2006, posting double digit percentage gains in viewers and key demographics over last year, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Sunday, June 7.
THE TONY AWARDS was second in households (4.9/09) and viewers (7.45m), while averaging a 1.8/05 in adults 25-54 and 1.3/04 in adults 18-49. Compared to last year's ceremony (6/15/08 ), THE TONY AWARDS were up +11% in households (from 4.4/09), +20% in adults 25-54 (from 1.5/04), +18% in adults 18-49 (from 1.1/03) and added +1.18m viewers (from 6.27m, +19%).
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Updated On: 6/8/09 at 02:34 PM
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