Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171008010933/@comment-24264679-20171105093413

Eskaver wrote: Total viewers aren't that relevant. The demo is.

If Once got a 2.1 in the demo and only had 2.1 million viewers, Once would be renewed with little question. (Of course, it's absurd as they'd attract more than just the demo.) Overall viewership and Demo have a direct correlelation between them. The higher the overall viewership the higher the Demo. Look it up. Also it is totally relevant. No show I can think of would ever make a 2.0 nothing with averaging 2 million viewers.

Also the deciding factor on rather or not a show gets renenwed is sponsorship. As long as the show makes money it will get renewed. The Demo and overall viewership can be high but if the show is losing more money then it makes it will be cut. Ergo look at last man standing. Or look at Jane the virgin or Beauty and the beast who did crappy in Demo and ratings but got renewed for more seasons. Why? Because they were financially sucessful over seas.