The Charts: The Broadcast Net Sci Fi / Fantasy Is Slipping Off the Ratings Charts but Doing Well on Social Net Charts

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10 years ago

There are currently only two of the fifteen broadcast network sci fi / fantasy shows in the Top 25 based on the ratings in the 18-49 demographic, and both of those are teetering close to the edge: Once Upon A Time down to Number 22 and Gotham down to Number 25. But eleven of those fifteen made in to the General Sentiment chart which tracks activity across the social networks, and that includes low rated entries like Agents of SHIELD and the shows from The CW. This of course reinforces the notion that sci fi shows typically do not have have viewership levels, but they have very engaged fanbases that support them. And this is yet another argument for why the Nielsens do not provide the best measure for a show’s audience, but no sense getting into all of that here . . .

And of course juggernaut The Walking Dead continues its dominance on the charts, topping every list it appears on below. And American Horror Story is not too far behind it.

Here is the full look at chart activity for genre shows for the week of October 20th thru 26th:

Nielsen Twitter Rankings
Series	Network	Rank	Prior Week	Move -ment
The Walking Dead	AMC	1	2	Up
American Horror Story	FX	2	3	Up
Broadcast Networks Top 25 – Ratings 18-49
Series	Network	Rank	Prior Week	Move -ment	Viewers (MM)	Prior Week
Once Upon A Time	ABC	22	15	Down	2.4	2.7
Gotham	FOX	25	23	Down	2.3	2.4
Broadcast Networks Top 25 – Total Viewers
Series	Network	Rank	Prior Week	Move -ment	Viewers (MM)	Prior Week
Person of Interest	CBS	24	22	Down	9.4	9.7
Cable Networks Top 25 – Total Viewers
Series	Network	Rank	Prior Week	Move -ment	Viewers (MM)	Prior Week
The Walking Dead	AMC	1	1	Same	13.8	15.1
The Talking Dead	AMC	3	4	Up	5.3	5.1
American Horror Story	FX	5	7	Up	4.4	4.5
The Walking Dead (R) 8 PM	AMC	14	16	Up	3.2	3.5
General Sentiment – Broadcast Networks Top 25
Series	Network	Rank	Prior Week	Move -ment
Once Upon A Time	ABC	3	7	Up
Gotham	FOX	7	5	Down
Vampire Diaries	CW	8	10	Up
Sleepy Hollow	FOX	11	14	Up
The 100	CW	12	n/a	Up
Constantine	NBC	13	n/a	Up
Supernatural	CW	14	11	Down
Grimm	NBC	18	n/a	Up
The Flash	CW	21	13	Down
Arrow	CW	23	20	Down
Agents of SHIELD	ABC	24	12	Down
General Sentiment – Cable Channels Top 25
Series	Network	Rank	Prior Week	Move -ment
The Walking Dead	AMC	1	1	Same
Doctor Who	BBCA	2	n/a	Up
American Horror Story	FX	3	2	Down
The Talking Dead	AMC	6	6	Same
Z Nation	Syfy	22	n/a	Up

Nielsen Twitter Ratings ranked based on the Unique Audience – The total number of distinct Twitter accounts accruing at least one impression of one or more different Tweets ascribed to a TV episode. More info at this link.

General Sentiment tracks activity across the social networks for shows airing new episodes in Prime Time (start times between 8:00 PM and 10:55 PM EST Monday – Saturday and 7:00 PM and 10:55 PM EST on Sunday). This data collected on seven (7) major broadcast networks and 43 cable television networks. More info at this link.