Comments on: How To Save Your Favorite Shows Like ‘Chuck’ & ‘Dollhouse’ http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: TedKelly http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-1282605 TedKelly Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:13:44 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=21030#comment-1282605 In the radio business, we have wondered the same thing for years. The best thing that anyone in the media can do - hope that the decision-makers factor in the unreliability of these types of surveys. There is another factor, at least in radio, that affects the purity of the samples. Home phone lines are necessary in order for the family to participate. How many 20 -25 year olds do you know with a home phone line? See the problem here? Chuck fans are not likely to have home phone lines, (especially now that you can get high speed DSL service without one). In the radio business, we have wondered the same thing for years. The best thing that anyone in the media can do – hope that the decision-makers factor in the unreliability of these types of surveys. There is another factor, at least in radio, that affects the purity of the samples. Home phone lines are necessary in order for the family to participate. How many 20 -25 year olds do you know with a home phone line? See the problem here? Chuck fans are not likely to have home phone lines, (especially now that you can get high speed DSL service without one).

]]> By: Ttandc http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-748582 Ttandc Sun, 24 May 2009 07:31:59 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=21030#comment-748582 In my oppinnion a lot of geeks like us out there are getting ticked off because of the only good tv shows get axed ( firefly ) But we are also getting a lot of tv shows coming out now which re-make or continue on in some way the show's or movies we saw years ago ( battlestar galactica, terminater ). And they just can't seem to get their acts together, the continuity of the scripts from show to show gets worse with each episode. Almost as if the screenwriters have no clue where the stories are heading. Continualy changing heroes into villains and vice versa with huge plot wholes everywhere. Geeks like us deserve and have viewed shows in the past with a great deal more detail and thought put into ours shows growth. I think more and more geeks are just buying the DVD when it comes out. Perhaps that is where the studios should be looking for how a show stands up to the general public. In my oppinnion a lot of geeks like us out there are getting ticked off because of the only good tv shows get axed ( firefly ) But we are also getting a lot of tv shows coming out now which re-make or continue on in some way the show’s or movies we saw years ago ( battlestar galactica, terminater ). And they just can’t seem to get their acts together, the continuity of the scripts from show to show gets worse with each episode. Almost as if the screenwriters have no clue where the stories are heading. Continualy changing heroes into villains and vice versa with huge plot wholes everywhere. Geeks like us deserve and have viewed shows in the past with a great deal more detail and thought put into ours shows growth. I think more and more geeks are just buying the DVD when it comes out. Perhaps that is where the studios should be looking for how a show stands up to the general public.

]]> By: Juice http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-748564 Juice Sun, 24 May 2009 06:19:48 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=21030#comment-748564 It's interesting that I would read this now after I just finished a survey for Nelson. I got a phone call one night from a nelson rep. and was asked if I'd like to partake in a TV viewing survey I said sure. I was sent 30 bucks a TV viewing diary for a week and just had to fill it out and send it back. No box. Actually pretty sweet deal if you ask me. It’s interesting that I would read this now after I just finished a survey for Nelson. I got a phone call one night from a nelson rep. and was asked if I’d like to partake in a TV viewing survey I said sure. I was sent 30 bucks a TV viewing diary for a week and just had to fill it out and send it back. No box. Actually pretty sweet deal if you ask me.

]]> By: Dax http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-746094 Dax Fri, 22 May 2009 15:22:32 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=21030#comment-746094 i always suspected that the DVR/Tivo numbers would actually be more hurtful to a show. cuz as we all know anybody who watches a show the next day or week is gonna just fast forward all those lame commercials while watching and advertisers i'd suspect probably wouldn't like that. although personally i've gotten so used to doing it that now i never watch anything at it's regular time, i record everything i want to see just so i can ff the ads when i watch it. i'm about 2 days behind the rest of the world in my TV viewing, but oh well, do i really want to keep seeing 20 feminine hygiene ads when i'm trying to enjoy LOST? i always suspected that the DVR/Tivo numbers would actually be more hurtful to a show. cuz as we all know anybody who watches a show the next day or week is gonna just fast forward all those lame commercials while watching and advertisers i’d suspect probably wouldn’t like that.

although personally i’ve gotten so used to doing it that now i never watch anything at it’s regular time, i record everything i want to see just so i can ff the ads when i watch it. i’m about 2 days behind the rest of the world in my TV viewing, but oh well, do i really want to keep seeing 20 feminine hygiene ads when i’m trying to enjoy LOST?

]]> By: TechGOnzo http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-745570 TechGOnzo Fri, 22 May 2009 00:22:40 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=21030#comment-745570 @TheGrammar-Nazi: Damnit @TheGrammar-Nazi: Damnit

]]> By: The Grammar-Nazi http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-744948 The Grammar-Nazi Thu, 21 May 2009 20:07:47 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=21030#comment-744948 Speaking as a journalism professor, the Nielsen system is now far more sophisticated than it was portrayed in Roseanne. The typical Nielsen family today receives an entire computer system that is connected to every single media device in the house: Every TV, every cable box, satellite dish, DVD player, VCR, Blue Ray player; you name it. The only thing that doesn't get connected is your personal computer, so what you watch on Hulu isn't credited. The system relies on the TV viewer to self-report by using a remote control to tell the system who is watching what whenever the TV is turned on in that room. It records just age and gender, and allows for the viewer to manually enter guests who do not live at the residence into the system when visitors are watching at your home. About every 45 minutes or so, the transmitter box that records who is watching begins to flash at you as a reminder to press the remote to indicate you are still watching the show. That's a safety feature so you can't turn on PBS at 8 a.m. and send false data that indicates you are watching PBS all day while you are at work. If you don't keep reminding the box you are in the room, it stops recording your data. I understand there's a ton of other safeguards built in. And, of course, like any system, it has its flaws. Shows you record on DVR and view later don't get full credit for viewing, for example, and after a few days, they are treated as if you are viewing a DVD; that is, the show receives no credit at all. But, when you think of it, there needs to be something like that built in, or the ratings would be continually in flux. Oh yeah, and Tom, you misspelled "Roseanne." Speaking as a journalism professor, the Nielsen system is now far more sophisticated than it was portrayed in Roseanne. The typical Nielsen family today receives an entire computer system that is connected to every single media device in the house: Every TV, every cable box, satellite dish, DVD player, VCR, Blue Ray player; you name it. The only thing that doesn’t get connected is your personal computer, so what you watch on Hulu isn’t credited.

The system relies on the TV viewer to self-report by using a remote control to tell the system who is watching what whenever the TV is turned on in that room. It records just age and gender, and allows for the viewer to manually enter guests who do not live at the residence into the system when visitors are watching at your home. About every 45 minutes or so, the transmitter box that records who is watching begins to flash at you as a reminder to press the remote to indicate you are still watching the show. That’s a safety feature so you can’t turn on PBS at 8 a.m. and send false data that indicates you are watching PBS all day while you are at work. If you don’t keep reminding the box you are in the room, it stops recording your data.

I understand there’s a ton of other safeguards built in. And, of course, like any system, it has its flaws. Shows you record on DVR and view later don’t get full credit for viewing, for example, and after a few days, they are treated as if you are viewing a DVD; that is, the show receives no credit at all. But, when you think of it, there needs to be something like that built in, or the ratings would be continually in flux.

Oh yeah, and Tom, you misspelled “Roseanne.”

]]> By: nate9111 http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-744893 nate9111 Thu, 21 May 2009 18:51:55 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=21030#comment-744893 Why would I want to save dollhouse? Really why? I hope it dies. And all the four fans who watch it only do so because they feel loyal to Josh. Its the worste show on TV by far! Why would I want to save dollhouse? Really why? I hope it dies. And all the four fans who watch it only do so because they feel loyal to Josh. Its the worste show on TV by far!

]]> By: Houston http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/05/21/how-to-save-your-favorite-shows-like-chuck-dollhouse/comment-page-1/#comment-744875 Houston Thu, 21 May 2009 17:00:25 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=21030#comment-744875 Sucks. I was a fan of Terminator on Fox, but I would watch the episodes online during my lunch break at work. Being that I am a typical geek I wonder how many other people did what I did. Maybe we can get another season of "Howie Do It" as a consolation prize though. YEA! (sarcasm) Sucks.

I was a fan of Terminator on Fox, but I would watch the episodes online during my lunch break at work. Being that I am a typical geek I wonder how many other people did what I did.

Maybe we can get another season of “Howie Do It” as a consolation prize though. YEA! (sarcasm)

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