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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Torrance" data-source="post: 160517" data-attributes="member: 719">Well, if you had not cut the quote mid-sentence maybe you would not miss the point. So my point wasOf course the show lost fans when Bobby left. But it also lost fans with the dream idiocy. The numbers seem like the loss was only minimal, but when &quot;the best liked star on the show&quot; returned, fans returned too. Yet the numbers did not grow because of the others who departed. Numbers alone can&#039;t tell a whole story--that is why in polling they check who moved from where to where between parties for instance, even if a party has similar numbers in consecutive polls. Since you mentioned the contest for Ewing oil as one of the best liked storylines in the show&#039;s history, what were the all-time favorites during the 80-81 year? Most fans actually state it was rather sub-par compared to what came before or after. I have spoken about this recently on another thread. The 80-81 season was the hyped season with all the publicity after the famous &quot;who shot J.R.&quot; cliffhanger and the mega coverage it got across all media at the time. People watched the show for its water-cooler effect. After all, Jim Davies was also around for the 79-80 season, with a 19.1 rating and a #6 ranking. How come he wasn&#039;t pulling that audience then? The show lost 16% of its audience that first post-hype year (which is also after Jock&#039;s portrayer was gone) and also went from a 23.2 to 20.5 the following year losing 11% of its audience. What do you think caused the drop there? The show stabilizing to its core, post-hype audience or, following--your theory on ratings loss= characters loss-- losing Mitch Cooper?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Torrance, post: 160517, member: 719"] Well, if you had not cut the quote mid-sentence maybe you would not miss the point. So my point was Of course the show lost fans when Bobby left. But it also lost fans with the dream idiocy. The numbers [I]seem[/I] like the loss was only minimal, but when "the best liked star on the show" returned, fans returned too. Yet the numbers did not grow because of the others who departed. Numbers alone can't tell a whole story--that is why in polling they check who moved from where to where between parties for instance, even if a party has similar numbers in consecutive polls. Since you mentioned the contest for Ewing oil as one of the best liked storylines in the show's history, what were the all-time favorites during the 80-81 year? Most fans actually state it was rather sub-par compared to what came before or after. I have spoken about this recently on another thread. The 80-81 season was the hyped season with all the publicity after the famous "who shot J.R." cliffhanger and the mega coverage it got across all media at the time. People watched the show for its water-cooler effect. After all, Jim Davies was also around for the 79-80 season, with a 19.1 rating and a #6 ranking. How come he wasn't pulling that audience then? The show lost 16% of its audience that first post-hype year (which is also after Jock's portrayer was gone) and also went from a 23.2 to 20.5 the following year losing 11% of its audience. What do you think caused the drop there? The show stabilizing to its core, post-hype audience or, following--your theory on ratings loss= characters loss-- losing Mitch Cooper? [/QUOTE]

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