Viewership rating was a way to determine how the TV Shows performed. Nielsen Media Research was the company responsible for rating TV Shows. It was called Nielsen ratings for a reason.
Nielsen Media Research used Statistical Sampling to rate shows. Around 20 thousand households were part of the sample for the national rating estimates. Although this number was small compared to the overall 120 million homes with TVs in the US, it was enough to determine what TV Shows families wanted to watch.
Fox TV contacted Nielsen Media Research to keep an eye on the statistics regarding Game Of Thrones.
A room filled with executives and important people in the company was all waiting for the results. Palenque Simone was also staying and waiting for the results. He was the representative of the Game Of Thrones in the room.
If the rating was promising, Palenque understood that his career would officially start as a director. TV Directors might be a level lower than film directors but a respectable job nonetheless. Besides, being a TV Director also had a great salary. Sometimes even better than film directors who were tight on production budgets.
Kazir Grey and Tom Rothman didn't attend the waiting game because they were busy. Of course, with one call they could easily know the performance of Game Of Thrones.
The first episode was still ongoing and Palenque Simone was squeezing his hands hard, praying to every deity he knew.
In his opinion, Game Of Thrones would do well, but his opinion didn't matter. Numbers does.
If numbers didn't work in their favor, then Game Of Thrones would be affected badly. Perhaps Fox TV might not give them the chance to broadcast the third episode which would be scheduled next week, Friday.
A few minutes after some talking with Nielsen Media Research, the rating for the first 20 minutes of the first episode was sent.
Palenque gulped and waited for the results. Now he realized why Fremont was losing hair... This job was not that easy at all, Palenque felt like he wanted to pull his hair because the intense pressure was killing him.
The peak rating was 19.16 viewership, which meant that around 23 million houses were watching the first episode at the same time!
Then it steadied at 16.62. It showed that around 20 million televisions were on Fox TV!
Hearing the results, Palenque sighed in relief. He felt like the heavy boulder on his shoulder shattered to pieces.
People started congratulating him for obvious reasons. Even though this was just the start of the show and this rating might go for a nosedive it was still better than what they expected.
This showed that Game Of Thrones had what it takes to be one of the best shows this year. As long as the show could maintain this rating, money would come their way to their pockets.
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"That's great to hear. Yes, I'm also watching it right now. I have popcorn on my side. Thanks, keep up the good work. We'll see each other tomorrow."
Kazir talked to Palenque who kept thanking him. He shared the good news with Kazir and the famous director kinda expected the results. After all, he knew that Game Of Thrones was one of the best TV Shows of all time... Except for the last season.
Anyway, Kazir was sitting alone on his sofa. Watching the show on a 50-inch flat screen. Angelina had a commercial shooting tonight so she couldn't watch the show live. Although she promised that she would watch it later.
TV Shows might not be profitable compared to movies but it was still good money. There were a lot of ways to make money with TV Shows. Commercials, selling Broadcasting Rights to foreign countries, and even selling DVDs were making heaps of profits. And this was a steady income that the company could enjoy. TV Shows had a longer run so the money would keep coming.
NCIS had more than 20 seasons and makes money up to date. And this TV Franchise even had other versions such as NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, and a lot more. Obviously, these shows won't keep producing episodes if they are not making profits.
Another example was Friends, a famous TV Show. The show has generated an estimated $1.4 billion in earnings for its cast and creators since its 1994 debut and $4.8 billion for its production company, Warner Bros. I repeat, these were earnings.
Nobody hates steady income, not Kazir, and surely not Grey Pictures. As long as everyone was making money and the amount was huge, then everyone was happy.
Then, unexpectedly, Kazir received another call. It was from Emilia Clarke...
Kazir raised his brow and answered the call. He already had an idea why the actress wanted to call him.
"Um, director, I want to say thank you for hiring me. I'm just a young actress with no credentials but you still cast me in this show. Thank you. I'm indebted to you."
"Well, don't ask for a huge salary increase next season. That's the best way to your debt to me."
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"Haha, of course I'm just joking. We will never agree to unreasonable requests anyway."
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The two talked for a few minutes before they ended their conversation.
Kazir returned his focus to the show, the first episode ended, and the second episode premiered a few minutes later.
Tomorrow, he would receive a copy of the data regarding Game Of Thrones. The viewership rating never went down to 19 million, it was a huge success that even Fox TV gave the show the go-signal to make a full season.
The network promised that the show would be broadcast on a prime-time schedule and the network would promote the show at full capacity.
The cast and the crew of the show were obviously happy by this fact and worked hard for a better future. Especially the new actors and actresses that were cast in this show. They understood that this was the chance they had to acquire