I was thinking about torrent popularity the other night while looking to see what was available.
I found it very interesting that some shows (Sopranos, Alias, 24, The Unit) are very easily findable and have many seeders. But others, touted by the networks as "hits", seem to have very few adherents (Thief, Heist).
Given that one might think that the audience demographic ("demo" in ad terms) is the largely the same for all these shows I'm wondering if a "torrent popularity index" might not prove a useful barometer of whether a show will thrive or even survive.
Sort of puts the lie to Nielsen ratings and network claims to my mind..
Posted by artandscience at April 29, 2006 10:31 AM