In the midst of getting yanked from NBC’s midseason schedule, “Community” has landed on the cover of the next TV Guide. Why? Oh, no big deal, it just has the internet’s most devoted fan base. Definitely not a reason to keep it on the air.
Roughly 300,000 people voted on TV Guide Magazine’s Facebook, and ‘Community’ bested many cult-hit shows including ‘Chuck’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries.’ The NBC series will be honored with three different covers for the Dec. 5 issue. The ‘Community’ issue hits newsstands Dec. 1.
“Because we don’t get nominated for awards, this is our fans’ outlet to tell us that they care,” ‘Community’ star Gillian Jacobs said in a statement. “They may not see us win Emmys or SAG Awards, but they do have the power in something like this to vote, and you see a lot of people care about our show.” [Aol TV]
I’m not going to beat my fists on the ground about “Community’s” eventual cancellation, but I WOULD like to take this opportunity to say that the Nielsen ratings and their stupid boxes can go directly to hell. The fact that broadcast networks still rely on that antiquated BS to determine whether shows live or die only makes me look forward to the day that the internet crashes the current business model into the ground. (And if Time Warner Cable goes with it, all the better.)
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Those smiles look really fake. Faker than Earth Kitt’s orgasm when I banged her in an airplane bathroom.
Time Warner dying?
I’m Ok with this
Ugh. My local NBC affiliate is claiming they’re showing a rerun of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” in Community’s timeslot on Thursday and that the new episode of Community’s playing on Saturday at 7:30pm. I’m not convinced it’s some form of NBC fuckery and not a mistake, but I’ll call shenanigans anyway.
Back in college, I interviewed for and accepted a job with Nielsen installing boxes. I never ended up taking it because it sucked, but the guy who interviewed me told me that I would need to carry a gun or knife because he has been shot at before.
In related news, “installing boxes” made me giggle.
“Come up with an accurate method for measuring our business’s success in order to maximize efficiency and profits? LOL! Now Hookers and blow and Whitney reruns for everyone” – TV execs
@Don – You get a notch in the table for that one.
I’m convinced that if there had been an accurate measure of viewership, Arrested Development would have turned out to have more viewers than 2.5 Men. Of course, half of this country will fight to the death to make their own waffles, so what the fuck do I know.
Pop Pop
*raises roof*
Troy and Abed on TVEEEE Guide.
Hmm, as much as I want Community to succeed get a boost from this story, my biggest concern is that Annie’s boobs are prominently displayed enough on her cover.
It’s nice to see a fan poll dominated by people with taste, not fangirls voting for the crappiest show with the cutest boys.
And count me as another person who despises Nielsen ratings. They’re the AT&T of ranking systems.
“…only makes me look forward to the day that
the internet crashes the current business model into the groundsentient robots take over the world and enslave all of humanity.”Fixed that for you.
wait, people who know about the internet read TV Guide?
Nielsen ratings aren’t too bad, just very antiquated. It’s the network’s reliance on advertising and their resistance to DVR viewing or online viewing as a viable means to measure a shows popularity.
The worst idea is the use of diaries to measure ratings. It’s like using an abacus to do calculus.
I’ve seen an article in which a tv executive explained that the ratings actually aren’t meant to measure how many people are watching a show, but rather to measure how many people are watching the ads. The same article said that DVR viewing only counts as live viewing if it’s played within 29 seconds of the start of the show, because after that it’s reasonable that you could have skipped an ad.
I’d love to know how exactly the DVR companies (who are undoubtedly providing this information) measure this so I can circumvent it. How does it know I’m not watching it while it’s recording? Is hitting play the only way for it to count? If so, I’m totally cool with hitting play and then walking away for the duration of a show.
I never understood TV Guide. Why the fuck would someone choose to read about television rather than watch television about television? Oh, wait… sorry, us.
I don’t see how 300,000 people voted if they only have 50,000 fans… maybe they were counting total votes? Because I know I voted like fifty times for Community.
So, we got Joel and the boys, Joel and the girls, and Joel and the celebrity cast members?