Viewers: Who? How? Why? (Title Changed) - Page 3

Originally posted by: gursharan

Gauri di, 😆. No they are not my favorites, i like Saloni, Divya, Bani, Rhadhika. All the goody ones. But yes if these Villains were not in there, then the shows wouldn't be that interesting. Because I love watchiong the episodes in which the Villain is defeated by the protagonist. 😆

Now Gauri di you were Vishakha right? Don't worry she's not in trouble yet, but soon her husband is going to find out that she is not the girl whom he married. Then she will be in big trouble😆

How I wish I really was Vishakha after reading that line above😆 I could have told my hubby tw morning to fix his b'fast and lunch all by himself kyoonki mere saath toh un kee shadi hui hee naheen hai😆

Do they still play those slaps three times in a row - ctaak --- chataak --- chataaak😆 with background music😆

Originally posted by: Gauri_3

How I wish I really was Vishakha after reading that line above😆 I could have told my hubby tw morning to fix his b'fast and lunch all by himself kyoonki mere saath toh un kee shadi hui hee naheen hai😆

Do they still play those slaps three times in a row - ctaak --- chataak --- chataaak😆 with background music😆

Yes, I know all about that Gauri di😆 You really wanted that character right? I remember your post on live in or Marriage relationship😉😆. You can always deny those household work when you are living in. Aww, only if you could go back 15 years I guess.😆

Yes those chtaak slaps still do come three times. But the sound effects and the Video angle have improved now. They have got new cameras now i guess, becuase they don't repeat the same scene in the same angle now.😆
But I like the music, dtha dtha dtha, thi thi and oh soo many other sound that they use.😆
Same as SRGMP when the mentors fight. You know that music where it seems everything has come to a stop. Those shocked faces.😆

Jeez you guys started talking bout all the shows my grandma watches.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Jeez you guys started talking bout all the shows my grandma watches.

I am no granny RTH😆. I'm a teenager, but still i like these shows. You should give them a try.😆
Some indeed are interesting.

Originally posted by: gursharan

I am no granny RTH😆. I'm a teenager, but still i like these shows. You should give them a try.😆
Some indeed are interesting.

You just reminded me, my grandma is indeed reverse aging. I just watched one soap - Kutumb. I think thats why I was fascinated with Gauri in the first place, till I found out she did not even know about it.

Lovely topic why i watch Tv ...welll....because of everything from news to entertainment ....but i dont know why i get bored after some time. I used to watch Spiderman,He man,Mickey Mouse,Tom and jerry...then came serials like Malgudi days,like Ramayan and Mahabharat when i was a baby.But nowdays i hardly get time to watch TV but still i wtch it during dinner time.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

You just reminded me, my grandma is indeed reverse aging. I just watched one soap - Kutumb. I think thats why I was fascinated with Gauri in the first place, till I found out she did not even know about it.

Originally posted by: Gauri_3

You broke my heart, girl😭 I was so happy and convinced that my intellectual and witty posts were the reason for your fascination😆

Aww Gauri, don't be so heartbroken. Thats just one of the reasons for the object of my fascination. I think intellectualism and witty posts count big time. But your soapwala AV is false advertising no, specially when there are so many soap nuts around?

Now to speak about television shows and viewership.

There was a time when television shows reached out to wider audiences. However, with the introduction of niche and cable channels, viewership is getting a lot more targetted. Typically, a viewer watches a show based on the genre and appeal of the show. Prime time has the most broad appeal shows which is desigened to appeal to the average person. Cable shows tend to be edgy, racy, niche as the viewers are paying for something that is too edgy for public TV. Fad shows like American Idol etc ride on bandwagon effects. With the niche channels like Sci-Fi, Discovery, History, Food Network, HGTV etc the shows are based on the market segment the channel is designed for.

Show producers carefully select the market they intend to target. A lot of it is based on the old marketing adage, find a need and fulfill it. They try to see if there is a new niche they can bank on, what they can do for an existing segment. Sex and the City catered too the urban woman, targetting the niche of portraying sex from a female perspective, CSI, L&O follow the age old niche of whodunnit and suspense.

People get addicted because shows use hooks. Like hooks in literature or rhetoric shows try to include events that create reactions like shock, suspense, surprise, disgust, apprehension etc. They try to end on reactions so people have to come back to resolve their reactions. There is a certain lifetime for a story arch before hooks become repetive or useless. Smart producers know to write off a show before they hit this point. Others try to employ ridiculous tactics like jumping the shark or writing in new characters. Soaps and bandwagon shows are exceptions as their USP is repetitive and predictable hooks and cliches. Sometimes some shows fail to generate hooks to lure in the audiences, others are just too good at it.