A little over 1.1 million live bodies tuned in to watch the show, which TvByTheNumbers was quick to point out was less than Discover Channel's Swamp Loggers. With typical attrition rates, Caprica will probably be below a million before it goes on hiatus.
"We're definitely with 'Caprica' for the long haul," Syfy's EVP of original programming Mark Stern told Airlock Alpha Thursday. "There's no question about it. We knew exactly what it was not going to be, that is an easily adopted show. It's not 'Battlestar Galactica,' it's its own animal. And we definitely recognize that it's going to find its audience and it's going to grow its audience."
Live viewership numbers are important, but for a tech-savvy audience like science-fiction fans, so are timeshifted audiences. Syfy just received the first batch of numbers this week for "Caprica" tracking viewers who recorded the second episode of the series and watched it within a week, known as Live+7. Those numbers were better than the network anticipated, Stern said, and actually propelled "Caprica" into the top 10 for cable that night.
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The audience does have to grow, but Syfy doesn't have immediate plans to boost its marketing of "Caprica." The network does believe, however, that the series will start to sell itself beginning March 5 when "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Torchwood" alum James Marsters joins the cast as Barnabus Greeley.
Friday’s Caprica saw its first .5 rating with adults 18-49 since the first telecast after the two hour pilot (“Rebirth”) on January 29. It was also the highest average viewer totals since that episode. The numbers are still on the small side, even for Syfy, but up is up.
Caprica Season 1 ratings:
22-Jan-10 Pilot 1.602
29-Jan-10 Rebirth 1.411
5-Feb-10 Reins of a Waterfall 1.128
19-Feb-10 Gravedancing 0.976
26-Feb-10 There Is Another Sky 1.127
5-Mar-10 Know They Enemy 1.155
Garim skrev:Haha, det blir bättre
A bear skrev:1.08 ...Jag tror jag hatar Daniel Greystone.
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