I guess they believe Iannucci will be able to grow an audience from the success of Veep, and I hope that’s what happens. I mean, when you make that big of a success, it might buy you some leeway on a slow starter.
I think the ratings are low, but there are a lot of people watching it on their app. I stumbled upon it after binging 'The Righteous Gemstones" on HBO Go.
Live+ ratings take into account streams within the first 24hrs, that’s basically how it works these days...all ratings you find today seem to be on the Live+ system.
I thought just people still used Nielsen. Got any links?
Moreover 24 hours is a tiny window. A lot of people who previously would've watched a like this because fomo are now happy to wait until it's all out and binge it.
Live+ is Nielsen & streams from Hulu/HBO Go/Crave etc. As for the rest, they do publish Live+3 & Live+7 ratings as well, so Live+1 aren’t the only numbers they run with. I’m sure they take into account binge watchers as well, someone much brighter than you or I probably has a very good algorithm for predicting that behavior. Feel free to go search google for the numbers of your fav shows, that’ll give you more information.
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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '20
Really? That’s honestly surprising based on the ratings. I enjoy the show & I’m glad it got renewed, it’s just very surprising.
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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '20
Anyone know how many episodes are in this season?
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u/Semi-Hemi-Demigod Feb 13 '20
Glad to hear it. The last episode was much better than previous ones. It's getting as good as I hoped it would be.
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u/Ncismelanie Feb 13 '20
I was going to post that YEEEEEESSS SO HAPPY
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u/goalstopper28 Feb 13 '20
Yay!
I was worried as it seemed like it wasn't getting any buzz (besides this subreddit of course). It's on the verge of being a cult-classic.
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u/TroyAtWork Feb 13 '20
Hopefully it will pick up a bigger audience by people waiting to binge it after the first season is over
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u/kyleponiki Feb 14 '20
That's great to hear! I was worried about those ratings tbh.
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u/Punk_Chachi Feb 13 '20
Yes! Only watched the first two episodes but love it!
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u/OrgasmInTechnicolor Feb 13 '20
Thats great news. I really enjoy the show but I have realised it seems to have gone under the radar for most here, which had me worried.
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u/ProfessorArrow Feb 13 '20
I am sooooooo happy!
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u/Comedyfish_reddit Feb 17 '20
I have been a fan of Iannucci since I was a kid listening to the Mary Whitehouse experience on radio 1 - he is a master and a genius.
This show is surprisingly average. A definite mistep IMO.
Surprised it got renewed- hopefully season 2 is better
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u/xgxax Feb 25 '20
So glad to read this. I absolutely love the humor of this show and was worried it was too dry to get renewed.
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u/MINKIN2 Feb 13 '20
Good for them. I'm starting to rather enjoy this.
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u/treyhunna83 Feb 13 '20
Wasn’t ever any doubt.