My Sun Sentinel article on how TV ratings are measured and how some local stations have questioned the system
(image above of NBC's The Playboy Club which was canceled last fall due to low ratings.)
Sun Sentinel features writer * Former Boston Globe TV and Business reporter * Author of Boston Boys Club, Miami Manhunt, Beantown Cubans; Take the Lead and Tomar La Iniciativa.
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Boston college professor Gabriel has a job he adores, a hot young lover, and a buddy for pub crawls and Star Trek nights alike. But Gabriel wants more. When Gabriel's stubborn father needs help managing his Parkinson's disease, Gabriel takes on more than he bargained for. Gabriel also teeters on the edge of a new crush on Adam, his father's physical therapy dance class instructor.
Tomar La Iniciativa (Spanish version of Take the Lead, my latest novel (click on image)
EL POPULAR profesor universitario Gabriel Galán tiene un trabajo en Boston que adora, un amante joven y candente y un amigo que va por igual a los bares y a las noches de Star Trek. Pero Gabriel quiere más. Cuando su tozudo e independiente padre necesita ayuda para manejar su Parkinson, Gabriel carga con más de lo que esperaba, y su vida, que hasta ahora iba como la seda, está a punto de cambiar radicalmente cuando acaba colado por Adam, el instructor de danza terapéutica de su padre.
3 comments:
"...image above of NBC's The Playboy Club which was canceled last fall due to low ratings."
Yes, it was. And I cried non-stop for 3 days! ;)
Thanks Bill! I liked that show too along with ABC's "Pan Am." I was born in the wrong era.
There is no doubt in my mind that Nielsen ratings are inaccurate and that their sample sizes are too small to reflect what's really going on.
Unfortunately, there's not other way short of letting everyone who wants to be a part of the sample to be a part of the sample.
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