T U E S D AY, O C TO B E R 1 0 , 2 0 0 6Popularity Of "Battlestar: Galactica" PlateausUPDATE: Per MediaWeeek's Marc Berman, the season two premiere of"Battlestar: Galactica" in July of 2005 drew 3.1 million viewers.</p><p> So theseason three premiere audience of 2.2 million is a drop of 900,000viewers or a massive 30%.</p><p> That is quite disappointing, but again keepin mind it's premiering opposite first run major network shows duringthe height of the fall TV season, instead of opposite reruns in Januaryand July.Season three of "Battlestar: Galactica" premiered on Friday and despitemassive amounts of publicity and growing critical acclaim, the showbarely scored higher than the average episode of Season 2.5.</p><p> Per SciFi,the show rached 2.2 million viewers with a 1.8 HH rating.</p><p> However,this is I believe the first time "BG" has gone head-to-head with themajor networks.</p><p> Typically, it debuted during a month of networkreruns like January or the summer; this time it debuted right in themiddle of the fall TV debut.</p><p> So holding its own can be construed as agood sign.</p><p> While its competition was modest (ABC's "Men In Trees,"CBS's "Close To Home" -- which is part of a winning crime lineup --and NBC's "Dateline") they were first-run and riding the coattails of allthat fall tv premiere publicity.</p><p> But don't fear: the show is an attention-getter and surely has excellent demos among young men and thewealthy and well-educated, so "BG" is safe through at least season five.As for the show itself, I thought it was enjoyably grim.</p><p> They couldn'thave made the Iraq parallels any stronger if they'd named the worldNew Baghdad instead of New Caprica.</p><p> But typically they raised all sortsof emotionally complex issues, like showing us the conflicted feelings ofa human (Jammer) who'd become a policeman for the Cylons;Starbuck dealing with her half-human, half Cylon child born essentiallyof rape; suicide bombings and all those terrific scenes with top Cylonmodels in the same room duplicated again and again. (Dean Stockwellsure is having fun.) I just hope they don't end the resistance in twoepisodes and jump back to the original format of being on Galacticaand running from the Cylons.</p><p> Don't make this massive switch and thenjust drop it.</p><p> And don't worry: that's a fat suit that Apollo is wearing. (Atleast now I feel like I could have a shot of dating him.) Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Popularity Of "Battlestar: Galactica" Pla...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/10/popularity-of-battlestar-... 1 of 37/28/09 5:27 PMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyAaronMichael in New York POPSURFING.COM: Popularity Of "Battlestar: Galactica" Pla...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/10/popularity-of-battlestar-... 2 of 37/28/09 5:27 PMPOPSURFING.COM: Popularity Of "Battlestar: Galactica" Pla...http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/10/popularity-of-battlestar-... 3 of 37/28/09 5:27 PM
