TUF hits new ratings low

[Robthom]

Originally Posted by kalebarker

I didn't both reading all .....

Paragraphs brother!

[Robthom]

"i havnt missed a ufc/pride/any decent card since i started watching mma. i guess im just a freak.[/quote]
Must neg you for your vicious disrespect towards human language and punctuation.

[thumper]

Originally Posted by mauladala

They should shorten the length of the season and have two fights per episode.

Also, is there a possibility that the numbers are skewed by people using DVRs, or are those numbers now included in the broadcast ratings. I know they didn't used to be counted. Not sure if that changed.

Actually that wouldn't skew the numbers. it's really interesting how much your cable/sat company knows about what you do. But I'd bet they include the DVR records now because I bet close to 25% or more record the shows.

If you record a show on your DVR it's just like watching it. How does the cable company know you aren't sitting at your tv? In fact, it's even more obvious to them that you watched it, because there's always a chance that someone's tv is just 'on' but nobody's watching it. You record it and they know you're watching it.

Here's a little tidbit that a lot of people don't know. There's a cable/sat comany that has successfully predicted who's going to be cut from American Idol almost every time. Why? Because they know who recorded the shows, and they also know who fast forwarded through which performers. That's right, they're even keeping stats and know what you FF through .

They know a lot more about your habits and actions than you think

[atj-lucko]

The show has just gotten stale it happens to all reality shows.

Its the same thing someone breaks something, or someone pulls a prank they get mad, they argue, piss and moan and then Ed Herman's is lathering Kendell Grove with suds, he insists its not gay.. Then 2 fighters fight. The end..

[hunterkiller]

I feel that it's very boriing this season and alot of that has to do with this season's fighters. They are a bunch of undertalented, goofy bastards. With the exception of CB Dolloway and Matt Brown, I could care less about seeing any of the others. They all seem like rejects to me. You got the one they call Meathead that won the first team fight. He wins and throws his hands in the air and struts like a fucking ballerina. Then the Miller kid who lives with his mom. His goofy ass talks shit the whole episode and then gets tapped. Then this last week, the dumbass playing the pranks. Yeah pranks were funny when it was them turning the hose on Leben but Southworth and Koscheck would back their shit up. You have the kid this year who put lemon juice in the dudes dip and he runs upstairs and said I thought we could be friends and play pranks, knowing his ass is getting smashed at the fight. It's just hard to believe this is the new season that was so highly touted.

And look at the fighters records. You have guys with 1-2 fights and then you have guys that are .500 and even less sometimes. It's hard to take serious.

They need to go back and re-edit the rest of the season to just Rampage talking the whole time because he has the personality to at least make this turd of a season interesting. I am very disappointed with how it turned out. And Forrest, his team is 3-0 I know but how the shit did he get a coaching job. Didn't he just get knocked out and screamed and cried in the cage afterwards before he beat a 1 legged Shogun. I like Forrest but he's very underserving of being a coach and getting a title shot. Just my opinion.

[foundstarr]

Originally Posted by smoogy

Advertisers, Spike TV and the UFC itself all care. The last figure for Spike's average that I saw was 1.0 so that means that TUF is in the territory where some shows get axed entirely.

I'm pretty sure UFC signed with spike for seasons of Ultimate Fighter until 2010 no matter what.

[rivethead]

Originally Posted by smoogy

MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA: TUF 7 Rating - Week 5

So much for the "revitalized" new season of TUF.

I don't really like the reality show very much. I generally FF through the shit in the house, listen to about half the interviews, and just watch the fights.

I think there is an identity crisis that needs to be resolved with the show. I don't think it should showcase fighters with more than 5 fights, I think it should be exclusively for new talent. I don't think the coaches should be fighters/champions/contenders, I think they should be actual coaches/trainers. And I think it should be a half-hour long. Cut out all the melodrama/upperdeckers/limejuice-in-dip bullshit; give the guys in the house a television and an xbox, and let them train and fight. 6-10 minutes of interview/set up and 10-15 minutes of fighting. If they need an hour to generate ad revenue, run two half-hour shows and make the champions fight each other at the end of the season. If they need to make it more reality based, they could do something where only the top 2 guys get awarded contracts in the UFC; with an additional two or three spots that punters at home can call in and vote for.

Absolutely, the relationship between championship fights and TUF finale's needs a quick and amicable divorce.

rh

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The new style of production looks slicker but comes off as being very stale or sterile. It also seems that the fighters are all so familiar with the previous seasons that their behavior just comes across as being a simulation of what has happened before. Something needs to change. Even the emotions and conflicts seem false, or at best forced. It's a big douche bag gang-bang for the most part, now.

[mauladala]

Originally Posted by thumper

Actually that wouldn't skew the numbers. it's really interesting how much your cable/sat company knows about what you do. But I'd bet they include the DVR records now because I bet close to 25% or more record the shows.

If you record a show on your DVR it's just like watching it. How does the cable company know you aren't sitting at your tv? In fact, it's even more obvious to them that you watched it, because there's always a chance that someone's tv is just 'on' but nobody's watching it. You record it and they know you're watching it.

Here's a little tidbit that a lot of people don't know. There's a cable/sat comany that has successfully predicted who's going to be cut from American Idol almost every time. Why? Because they know who recorded the shows, and they also know who fast forwarded through which performers. That's right, they're even keeping stats and know what you FF through .

They know a lot more about your habits and actions than you think

lol. That last bit is pretty damn frightening. Good ol' digitization. Big Brother loves ya.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by thumper

Here's a little tidbit that a lot of people don't know. There's a cable/sat comany that has successfully predicted who's going to be cut from American Idol almost every time. Why? Because they know who recorded the shows, and they also know who fast forwarded through which performers. That's right, they're even keeping stats and know what you FF through .

They know a lot more about your habits and actions than you think

Great! So you're telling me that I'm NOT paranoid.