Not necessarily all the time thanks to today streaming. Some show are givenAs long as the ratings are good enough to get a show renewed, the ratings are high enough.
No they don’t. Paramount has chosen not to. Entitled fans don’t get to make that demand.
First run, that’s correct. Much later, they broadcast the entire first season. The numbers were low… BUT By that point, it’s more than likely those who wanted to watch it had watched it.
Pure speculation.
I’ve seen quite a few shows release first episodes on YouTube. I just watched part one of a new docuseries on Star Wars from Vice (I think that was the channel, anyway.)
I’m not even sure I’d call Sir Patrick an A list actor now, certainly not at the time TNG was on the air.
And you continue to talk about all of this like it makes a big difference that modern Trek likely doesn’t have the best ratings ever. Most of us are fine if it’s not and if it ends then we’re fine with that too. The ratings aren’t going to affect our enjoyment.
Again, what does it matter? How will releasing the ratings affect your opinions on the show? I bet it won’t. You’ll continue to dislike it and that’s perfectly okay. The only thing that matters is: the numbers are good enough for the execs at Paramount+ to keep making more Trek.
1. Fans are not really entitled even if they have every right to be. viewership discussion has been part of the tv business.
2. It is not pure speculation, since no one talks much about SNW in the bigger media world. when you see a news about it , is planted by paramount. I can bet a billion that SNW did not have up to 4 million viewers to discovery 9 million. discovery did get some strong media attention but it faded away with time.
3.LOL, Doc on star wars, However Disney would never put any star wars show episode on yoututbe. they dont need to.
4. Stewart was an a list actor back then. Note I did not say big movie star I said a-list actor. He and Levar Burton were the big name actors on the show, Burton getting big fame from Roots. But TNG had big ratings, sometimes up to 27 million, howver TNG had the writing quality. SNW does not.
5. Yes discovery aired on tv and the ratings were low but the excuse that people have already seen it on streaming was not a good enough excuse since discovery was been beaten by passed re-runs of old shows. a new show should have done better even if it had already aired on streaming. discovery was low in ratings because the show is not that great, same with SNW but paramount need to keep a positive momentum at any cost so they will not risk it airing SNW on tv where maybe an independent source can reveal the real ratings.
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