A new measurement system to monitor fan interest in television shows has launched in the US.
TV Fandex by website creation service Wetpaint follows social websites including Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and Google, plus 1.5 million websites, tracking fan frenzy for television shows.
It will release a weekly list of the Top 100 shows. So far it says True Blood is sitting at #1 (what, no Lost?)
“It’s clear there is a fundamental decentralisation under way in how consumers experience TV programming, but the measurement tools have remained substantially the same,” Wetpaint CEO Ben Elowitz said.
“Fans now have the tools to connect and evangelize, and they are using them with gusto. The TV Fandex provides networks and producers with the first gauge of the winners and losers in creating and retaining an online audience.”
Broadcasters recently have seemed more willing to extend the lives of struggling shows that have heavy online fan interest. NBC’s Chuck and FOX’s Dollhouse received renewals after demonstrations of intense fan appreciation, though Terminator was unable to garner a pickup.
Wetpaint Fandex 100 Top 10 (Week of June 22nd):
True Blood
NCIS
House
Weeds
Supernatural
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Bones
The Mentalist
The Tudors
Gossip Girl
NCIS is my fave, cant wait for the Season Finale tonight!
paytv should pick up weeds new season too 9 has stuffed it up i allso agree about breaking bad and dexter
Agreed, but I suspect you will find it responds to what is on air right now. When Lost returns it will top the list.
This is dodgy. The fanbases of shows like Lost, Heroes and Prison Break are a lot more active and involved than shows like The Tudors and the axed Terminator series. I’ll take those figures with a grain of salt.
Agreed, it is about time that something like this was done. Sure it is not perfect either but would probably be closer than what is used is now.
Finally a system that represents what people are really watching.
What, no Breaking Bad or Dexter?
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