More Supernatural after season six?

[agt_spooky]

From IFMagazine.com comes this tidbit:

Breaking TCA 2010 News: THE CW WANTS MORE 'SUPERNATURAL' AFTER SEASON SIX (IF ALL GOES WELL)

LOCATION: The CW

THE SKINNY: With SUPERNATURAL going into its sxith season after increasing in ratings last season, The CW Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff says she would love to have more SUPERNATURAL in the years to come.

“I would hope so,” says Ostroff. “We are all feeling enthusiast about SUPERNATURAL. It was the best creative season last year. Everyone on the show feels there’s more juice in the characters. We hope it goes on for more seasons as well.”

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Since we haven't even seen season six yet (and from all I've read I'm not impressed) I'm withholding an opinion on whether or not it should continue past next season.

What I really wanted to comment on was the statement that SPN increased in ratings last season. Umm, really? Increased in ratings from what? Season four to five? Not according to my numbers:

Season 4 (from highest to lowest)

1.) Lazarus Rising - 3.96 million (pre-empted in Chicago)
2.) After School Special - 3.57 million
3.) It's The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester - 3.55 million
4.) In the Beginning - 3.51 million
5.) (tie) Sex and Violence - 3.37 million
5.) (tie) On the Head of a Pin - 3.37 million
6.) Heaven and Hell - 3.34 (pre-empted in Pittsburgh)
7.) The Monster at the end of this Book - 3.28 million
8.) Yellow Fever - 3.25 million
9.) Wishful Thinking - 3.24 million (pre-empted in Denver)
10.) Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester - 3.18 million
11.) Metamorphosis - 3.14 million
12.) It's a Terrible Life - 3.13 million
13.) (tie) Monster Movie - 3.06 million
13.) (tie) Criss Angel is a Douche Bag - 3.06 million
14.) Family Remains - 2.98 million
15.) The Rapture - 2.95 million
16.) I Know What You Did Last Summer: 2.94 million (pre-empted in NYC)
17.) Lucifer Rising - 2.88 million
18.) Death Takes a Holiday - 2.83 million (pre-empted in various markets)
19.) When the Levee Breaks - 2.79 million
20.) Jump the Shark - 2.70 million

Season 5 (from highest to lowest)

1. Sympathy for the Devil - 3.39 million
2. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - 2.95 million
3. The Curious Case of Dean Winchester - 2.92 million
4. Sam, Interrupted - 2.85 million
5. Swan Song - 2.84 million
6. Hammer of the Gods - 2.82 million
7. Good God, Y'all - 2.78 million
8. 99 Problems - 2.77 million
9. Swap Meat - 2.70 million
10. The Real Ghostbusters - 2.68 million (pre-empted in San Francisco)
11. Free To Be You and Me - 2.66 million
12. Changing Channels - 2.65 million
13. The End - 2.59 million
14. I Believe the Children Are Our Future - 2.58 million
15. Two Minutes to Midnight - 2.53 million (pre-empted in Chicago)
16. Abandon All Hope - 2.51 million (pre-empted in Miami)
17. My Bloody Valentine - 2.51 million
18. Fallen Idols - 2.47 million
19. Point of No Return - 2.44 million
20. Dark Side of the Moon - 2.39 million
21. The Devil You Know - 2.38 million
22. The Song Remains the Same - 2.28 million (pre-empted in various markets)


Average rating for season four was 3.18 million. Average for season five was 2.55. That's certainly not an increase, so I'm wondering what they meant or if someone just didn't do their homework.

Comments

[mummyluvr314.livejournal.com]

Honestly? I don't think Dawn pays attention to, cares about, or watches this show. I'm all for Supernatural ending when I finish college (which would be season 7), but not at the expense of, you know, quality.

[embroiderama]

Maybe it increased in a particular demographic they're interested in? Not that I expect logic and Dawn Ostroff to be anywhere near each other.

[ann-tara.livejournal.com]

I don't know what the hell they're talking about - I think even season three averaged higher than season five. Maybe they're talking female demographic - I think I read somewhere earlier in the season that this demo may have gone up. Otherwise, I don't think so.

Jensen did call it correctly in pointing out that since Smallville is going off the air after this coming season (10th season!), they'd want to keep Supernatural for at least another season as one of their strong long-airing staples.

Of course, contract renegotiations still have to happen. So nothing is cast in stone.

As to whether the show should continue ... jury is obviously still out. Way out right now. Like you, I'm not particularly thrilled with a lot of what I heard from CC. I liked a couple things, but spent two days earlier this week being out and out pissed. I'm seriously approaching the new season with caution, much as I want more Jensen on my TV screen.

[batina35.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure Dawn meant in that one demo everybody bases everything on these days. Because overall Season 4 was more highly rated than Season 5.

[cologne-chick.livejournal.com]

I haven't read any spoilers so I can't say anything about that. But what really annoys me is that this Ostroff woman never gave a shit about our show. And all of the sudden she wants more??? WTF?

[anakin415.livejournal.com]

10 bucks Dawn gets off to pictures of Jensen. She is not paying attention to nothing else other than, lets keep this show going as long as the chicks are interested otherwise I will have to deal with salt packets again.

[coltshot-1.livejournal.com]

Supernatural was definately higher in the demo's that matter to the CW, despite being down slightly in overall viewers. Supernatural was the CW's #2 drama in the A18-49 and it built significantly in W18-34 out of Vampire Diaries -- an improvement over S4 out of Smallville in that demo.

[writingpathways.livejournal.com]

I think season six sounds like it's going to be great. They might mean their demographics in regards to the ratings and just the flat numbers.

[katiki7.livejournal.com]

I'm pleasantly surprised. I was mentally prepared for S6 to be the last; I really didn't think there was a hope in Hell of a S7. Well, I'm happy the possibility is there! Thanks for sharing this.

I'm a huge spoilerphobe, and one of the benefits is that I don't have any pre-conceived opinions because I have nothing to base them on. I go into it with a completely open mind, see how it plays out, and then decide how I liked it. And I usually like it a lot.

I became a huge spoilerphobe because in the past when I was spoiled it would almost always be something that didn't look so good on paper, or it wasn't where I personally wanted the show to go, or a lot of other people thought it would suck, but it ended up being really well done--and I would've liked it more had it not been tainted by my or other people's negative expectations. I've enjoyed the show A LOT MORE since I stopped reading the forums.

I hope you end up liking S6 inspite of your doubts. And I wouldn't worry too much about Sera now being the showrunner: all the same writers and executive producers, including Kripke, have the same creative input. All that has changed is that Sera has taken over the duties as showrunner, which just means she'll be doing the managerial stuff like liasing with the network, watching the budget, doing the PR, etc.

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

Hmmm

[maguie.livejournal.com]

Yes, This was the same question I was asking last season, when people were saying that the ratings were increasing and I was like, What? where are they getting their infomrmation?

Then I read an articule of: TVbytheNumbers.com.

I don't know if you already read it

was about Supernatural and Smallville beating Americn Idol in raitings and they were talking about DVR + 7 and LIVE +SD (I don't know if this count or not cause the people that watch the tv programms on the DVD I suppose they skip the commercials, isn't?)

maybe this is what they are talking about or maybe not...

this is the link:

http://www.examiner.com/x-30527-South-Bend-SciFi-Examiner~y2010m2d19-Heroes-SUpernatural--Smallville-beat-Idol-in-ratings--sort-of-