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ratings were 7.8 and gets cancelled

posted 11 years ago by olajawon1
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Those were good number,Why would they cancelled it only after 1 season?

[–] olajawon1 11 years ago

Strange again why cancel avshow that got 7 million viewers.

[–] ja227 10 years ago

A 7.8 rating goes to 20 million viewers. The rating is a percentage of the total US population, which was 257 million in 1993.

I thought 7.8 seemed a bit high, but according to this, one episode had a 9.9, or about 25 million viewers. Wow.
http://www.tv.com/shows/saved-by-the-bell-the-college-years/forums/nie lsen-ratings-613-1814812/

Critics tore this show a new one though, even though the ratings were high. Go figure.

[–] spacemanspiff00 10 years ago

Those numbers are completely wrong. 7.8 does not equal 20 million viewers. 20 million would of made it the #1 show on TV. It averaged 7.3 million viewers for its first season. It was 88th for the year. Kind of ironic 7.3 million viewers got you quickly canceled then but today would be a huge hit. It was stupid of NBC to put it against Full House. They were going after the same audience. NBC would of been better off creating there own TGIF style lineup with Fresh Prince and Blossom.