Board Thread:Grimm News/@comment-26371253-20160207044634/@comment-24264679-20160521032239

WesenZoo wrote: Viewership isn't that big of a deal, it's all about the 18-49 demo. And scripted vs. unscripted shows are sometimes handled differently. Shows that have a demo around the network average and above get renewed. Nothing to do with the ratings of the shows on other networks.

The higher the viewership the more likely a show will make its demo. A show bringing in 8 million viewers are going to have a higher 18-49 demo then a show bringing in 700,000 viewers. When the ratings go down the 18-49 demo also goes down. Viewership is a huge deal. They correlate with one another.

Also how other shows are doing on different networks is a huge deal. Networks compete for shows. If NBC and ABC are competeing for a future supernatural show the producers of the show are going to look at which Network has the higher viewership for supernatural shows. If Grimm ratings are worse the Once upon a time then they are more then likely going to go with ABC. Now NBC has to look for anther show to produce that might not be a cash friendly as the one they lost.

They also look at shows on different networks to see how well there shows does in that time frame. If Grimm brings in the same amount of viewers as other shows that come on other nights of the same genre on different networks then they are going to keep it in that time slot. They know moving it wont change the viewership. If Grimm was bringing in less ratings then those other shows and then were moved to the a different day and continued to do bad then the Network would simply cut the show as they know don't matter what day they air it on  it still won't bring in any new viewers.

Cost of production is huge in rather a show stays or goes. If a show cost a lot to make but the viewership is just okay even if you make you Demo they might still cut the show. The show is now a money cow and isn't extremely populat to keep. They would simply fill that time slot with a show that brings in similar viewership but cost less to make. Even if the Demo is less they make up for that by not having to pay for high production cost.

All of these things play a part in rather a show gets renewed or not. Why do you think the vampire diaries and the Originals are still on the air when their 18-49 demo is horrible. Sometimes a show can stay a float, even if they aren't making their demo, by actors taking pay cuts and production cutting their budgets. This way the show isn't really costing the network that much money and can goe on for multiple seasons with horrible Demo and ratings.