I know "ratings" count. Well ratings count because of advertisers, right? But based off of what I've seen online ratings don't tell the whole story.
Ratings CLEARLY lie. They only take into account live viewings and even then I think its skewed.
IMO somethings gotta give. They need to start looking at other ways people watch TV because its clear not everyone views things live. We have options...LOTS OF OPTIONS. I can tell you with 100% certainty I watch a lot of shows the next day or so after they air...on the network's app. If I'm home I watch live but that's not always the case.
So why why why why why did FOX cancel Lucifer?!?!?!? I know there is a giant fan following for this show. "But the ratings weren't there."
F**k off! The ratings weren't there my @$$! Open twitter and you can see the f**king insane following for that show. Open Tumblr (with caution) and you see even more. So how are the "ratings not there"?!?!?
My only conclusion is they literally only consider Live Broadcasts and you are right, not everyone watches live. And by Live I mean the time the show airs.
The excuse is "because we need the pull for the advertisers". Okay...hear me out....PUT THE ADVERTS ON THE STREAMING APPS! Yea yea yea, its not the same. And you people wonder why cable is dying out?!?!? People pay to DVR, but you punish them by canceling their favorite shows because they DVR'd and didn't watch live.
Its a f**king double edged sword.
I said I hated FOX in 2002 when they canceled Firefly. That was stupid. That show was f**king gold and I will never be over it! I hated them again when they canceled Futurama in 2003. I wanted to spit nails when they axed Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in 2009.
They realized their mistake kind of with Firefly and did a movie to "appease" the fans. Yes, we appreciated it but would have LOVED MORE DAMMIT. Same with Futurama...Comedy Central brought it back and it was wildly successful until it was axed again *rolling eyes*.
They never brought back Terminator...boooo stupid FOX.
Anyways they have now axed LUCIFER and The Exorcist and Brooklyn nine nine!!! The Exorcist...okay fine...I guess. I really liked it but whatever. Brooklyn was picked up by NBC so ok ok...But LUCIFER!?!?!? I don't get it!
In the edited words of Shepherd "...you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater....and FOX for cancelling amazing shows!!!"
