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ABC’s The Catch – Post 2

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On February 11th, the official version of the preview for The Catch was released on its Facebook page. Its previously noted that another preview was released on Imdb.com that did not feature Peter Krause from NBC’s Parenthood. In the false preview, the character Keiran Booth is played by Damon Dayoub. The two previews are very similar. They both portray Mirelle Enos as a PI who searches for people who have committed high profiled fraud and that her fiancé embezzles millions from her then disappears. This questions the credibility of Imdb.com as a source for it does allow access for anyone to update the information similar to Wikipedia. Another website that premiered the promo video was tvseriesfinale.com which has articles about cancelled, new, and renewed shows. They published their information about The Catch from ABC.com and had the same promo video that Facebook had. Peter Krause has been confirmed to play Keiran Booth on this site as well. Under The Catch blog on ABC.com, there is the official trailer for the show as well published by Derek Wong.

Further research revealed that there was a major recast of the show back in May 2015 where Damon Dayoub and Bethany Joy Lenz were no longer part of the show. This was confirmed by variety.com, usmagazine.com, and tvwise.com.uk. The trailer on imdb.com has not been updated since the change last year which has been giving viewers old content.

Rush Hour- Post #3

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This week I decided to look at how CBS’ Rush Hour was trending on social media. Come to find out…it’s not. By a quick look at the show’s Facebook page it only has 1,946 likes, which is considerably more than its measly Twitter page. The show’s Twitter page has 519 followers. This is pretty weak on CBS’ part. Their new show is coming out in a little over a month and this is the extent of their social media presence? This proves to me that many people do not know about the show, and this is CBS’ fault. They need to be marketing this show more on TV AND on social media pages. If they do not get more exposure quickly this show could  turn out to be a big bust for them and could cost them a lot of money. It is worth noting that during the Super Bowl they only aired one promo for Rush Hour and it was BEFORE the game even started. Not a very smart marketing tactic in my opinion. CBS needs to expose this show a lot more and it needs to start now to gain word-of-mouth buzz.

Cooper’s Guide – Post #3

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Although, as I mentioned last week, the social media presence of Cooper’s Guide is lacking, the show does have the support of a solid website for fans to visit.  On the show’s section of the FOX website, fans have access to full episodes that have aired as well as individual clips.  Other available clips include behind-the-scenes interviews with the actors and previews of upcoming episodes.  There is also a tab on the site titled “Barry’s Grandma’s Hangover Cure” which encourages fans to tweet their preferred hangover cures using the hashtag #CBHangover (perhaps the producers took notice of my previous blog post which was critical of the lack of hashtags for the show).  This is an effective method of keeping fans involved while the show is still on its hiatus.

 

Cooper’s Guide still boasts average scores on most sites on which fans can rate it, with the lone outlier being TV.com, on which it boasts a significantly higher rating.  The numbers are as follows:

5.8/10 – IMDb

51% – Metacritic

8.6/10 – TV.com

50% – Rotten Tomatoes

Legends of Tomorrow Post 3

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Three is an important number in the world of television and film. There’s the rule of thirds for getting the perfect shot, there’s trios of characters like Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and there’s the first three episodes for new television shows.

This kind of makes sense at least.

For a new television show the premiere episode is always daunting, and comes with a lot of pomp and circumstance, but it’s the subsequent episodes that will make and break a new broadcast television show a hit, a bust, or a future example for television students of what not to do.

Legends of Tomorrow has begun to fins it’s groove, but has it found an audience?

Since we can really know exactly how a show is going to preform until it actually when the episode actually debuts. But looking at the other CW show’s that share a universe with Legends of Tomorrow we can compare to see how well this show is fairing. Overall, Legends is down in overall viewers compared to all three DC Comics related content on television, but it’s not doing poorly compared to the CW’s ratings standards. Overall Arrow, The Flash and CBS’s Supergirl all had large rating’s in their respective series premieres before trickling down slowly before settling in at season averages of 3.4 million, 3.8 million, and 8.3 million, respectively, and Legends rounding out it’s first three episodes at 2.8 million. Legends is not far off by any means, and I would even doubt that they are under preforming. They appear to be doing just as expected in the current CW network landscape.

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Post #2 By Tionge Johnson

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Media marketing has been on the rise for Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders recently, as seen by their recent commercial during the Super Bowl. Their activity on Twitter also revolved around the Super Bowl this past weekend, sharing a post on which Criminal Minds character should attend the big football event. So, the show has been really marketing towards what viewers are watching currently, and where they are most active on social media. And, for all of the right reasons.

CBS has continued to share commercials promoting their channel, which means they are also financially benefiting from the Super Bowl. So, for Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders to share their commercial as part of the CBS commercial package, they not only gain much needed publicity, but an increase in viewer interest. Basically, by watching the commercial, viewers would want to learn more.

The shows twitter rose from 1, 078 followers, to 2,097 followers in just two days after they aired their commercial on the Super Bowl, an excellent example of how knowing what consumers watch will help benefit ratings and views.

ABC’s The Catch – Post #1

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(image taken from DarkHorizons.com)

Shonda Rhimes has done it again! Premiering March 24th at 10pm on ABC, the new crime drama The Catch will be joining the #TGIT line up taking the place of Rhimes’ other hit show, How to Get Away With Murder. Alice Vaughn is a forensic accountant in LA who specializes in cases for high profiled frauds. But when her fiancé cons her out of millions and disappears weeks before their wedding, her new focus is finding him and regaining her funds. Unfortunately, its discovered that he was in a master con plan with another woman while still falling for his mark: Alice.

Alice is played by Mirielle Enos who is best known for her Emmy and Golden Globe nominated role in AMC’s hit drama The Killing. Another familiar face within the cast is Bethany Joy Lenz from CW’s One Tree Hill. According to ABC.com and Imbd.com, Peter Krause from NBC’s Parenthood would be playing Alice’s fiancé Kieran Booth but the show’s trailer depicts an up and coming actor named Damon Dayoub who played a reoccurring role in Freeform’s Stitchers.

Production for the show is taking place in LA at the ABC Studios and Shondaland. Rhimes is the executive producer but is also partnering with Betsy Beers. Beers has worked as a producer on Rhimes other ABC hit Grey’s Anatomy which will air before The Catch on #TGIT at 9pm.

Rush Hour- Post #2

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The time has finally come. It is the sporting event that Americans look forward to each year. Of course, I am talking about the Super Bowl. Millions will tune in to watch the Denver Broncos play the Carolina Panthers and CBS has the honor of broadcasting the event this year. This is very big for the network and will gain them a lot of viewers and their ratings will be untouched this week. CBS also has the chance to advertise their shows during the Super Bowl and more people than ever will be exposed to commercials about CBS shows. This is a big advantage over other competing networks. I am not entirely sure if CBS is going to, but they really should think about advertising their new show Rush Hour to get people to start talking about it and gain excitement. The show doesn’t air for another month and a half, but this is the best time for them to start the big advertising campaign. They can gather a lot of eyeballs today, and they can put Rush Hour ahead of any other network’s shows that may premiere at the end of March alongside Rush Hour. CBS can lock in an audience during the Super Bowl.

Cooper’s Guide – Post #2

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During the brief hiatus that Cooper’s Guide is undergoing because of post-season football, I decided to look at the social media presence of the show and was disappointed with what I discovered.  The show only has slightly over 2,000 followers on its Twitter page.  A couple of its stars boast solid followings, with Meaghan Rath and Charlie Saxton having about 55,000 and 42,000 followers, respectively.  However, Jack Cutmore-Scott, who plays the title character, only has about 500 followers and Justin Bartha, perhaps the series’ most recognizable actor following his appearances in the Hangover films, does not even have a Twitter page.  Furthermore, Cooper’s Guide does not have an easily identifiable hashtag that can be used to discuss the show. This makes it difficult for me to track how often the show is being mentioned on social media, but, even worse, it means that fans do not have a single unified hashtag that they can use to discuss the show with each other.  With almost non-existent social media discussion, I wonder how the show will maintain enough buzz to do well after its hiatus.

Legends of Tomorrow Post #2

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Inside the Writer’s Room

With several hundred television shows currently on air or streaming online, it takes a lot for a show to stand out. One way shows have tried to grab attention is from social media. Freshman CW drama Legends of Tomorrow has done just that.

With all major stars on twitter and an account boasting one hundred and three thousand followers, its safe to say they’ve made their mark. But a show account is nothing new in the year 2016, a new trend among television show is giving the writers a voice on twitter.

The Legends of Tomorrow writers room twitter account has a meager thirteen thousand twitter followers but with a show only on it’s second episode, and if the CW’s television luck continues to grow, the popularity of this account and other’s like it should increase.

Lucifer Post #2

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Fox’s new series, Lucifer, had a bit of a downfall in this weeks ratings and viewers. Last week Lucifer premiered a 2.4 rating, leaving it to be the second highest numbers of the night.

This week Lucifer brought in a rating of 1.9 and 6.0 million viewers. Although the show was down 21% from its premier, Lucifer still managed to take second place in the 9p.m time slot. With this only being the show’s second week, many believe Lucifer will pull through and work its way to a 2.0 in the finals. According to Fox, the show has gotten about 500,000 total viewers in a three day streaming on Hulu and FoxNow, so it is quite evident the show is attracting viewers on other platforms.

Fan and viewers have also been very supportive of the new series, showing a high engagement on Twitter. From just last nights airing, lead actor Tom Ellis gained about 1.1 thousand more followers. The official Lucifer twitter page also gained approximately 1.4 thousand followers as well. Both twitter pages show a tremendous amount of interaction between the fans and actor/show. Along with the gaining of followers and fan interaction, the hast tag #LuciferisHere, is still trending.

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