Comments on: Kohaku reaches 40% average rating on NYE 2008

By: Safari_Punch

Safari_Punch — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:37:38 +0000

I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possiblity to see K-1 vs. Sengoku in order to bring up the ratings for next year’s NYE.

By: ilostmydog

ilostmydog — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:56:29 +0000

You didn’t enjoy those fights Ivan? Oh wait, I forgot, you don’t enjoy any fights. :p

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:53:13 +0000

Also, a 12.9 rating would be among the highest-rated shows on television in the United States (depending on the week), but in Japan the standards are different in the sense that they expect much higher ratings due to the ratings that MMA has drawn in the past. Since the success or failure of a show’s ratings is ultimately based on what is expected of it by the network and the advertisers, K-1 Dynamite’s number is very disappointing for them.

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:50:22 +0000

It’s April Fool’s Day three months early with what must be a tongue-in-cheek article on the UFC’s web site about the best fights of the year. I laughed last year when they had Griffin-Bonnar II in their honorable mentions for Fight of the Year, but they’ve really out-done themselves this time! Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin? Paul Kelly vs. Paul Taylor? Hardonk vs. Sanchez? Lytle vs. Taylor? Riley vs. Gurgel? The Onion has nothing on them when it comes to satire, apparently.

By: TJ Coll

TJ Coll — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:55:10 +0000

Hi all, first time poster.

I work in the TV industry and 12.9 percent refers to the number of individuals that have access to that channel. If I’m not mistaken TBS is a free to air channel, so every household with a TV should have access to that channel. However, its not defined whether 12.9% refers to individuals or a specific audience demographic.

My guess is it refers to the average number of individuals who have access to TBS (the universe). Which averaging over a 3-4 hour period is not that bad compared to US or UK ratings.

Without knowing the size of the ‘universe’ (# of people able to watch the channel) percentage ratings are meaningless.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:29:18 +0000

“Can you believe they wouldn’t even LIKE commuter train simulators in America!?!”

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! Ice Muncher for the win! Yes, commuter train simulator videogames are quite popular in Japan. As are videogames where you have to feel up young girls to determine if they are witches (yes, a game like this exists. I forget the name, but it was created by SNK Playmore. One of my personal favorite game companies. King Of Fighters FTW!). And it’s not like the Japanese are into beetles “fighting” each other (Mushiking)! And hey! It’s completely acceptable to get this glue-like substance to hold up your eyelids to look “western”, am I right?

I can go on and on and on….

By: Ice_Muncher

Ice_Muncher — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:30:29 +0000

“you’d be surprised to know what the japanese think of US culture (or lack thereof)”

Heh.

“Can you believe they wouldn’t even LIKE commuter train simulators in America!?!”

By: AntiChris

AntiChris — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:48:40 +0000

Lol at juiced

Am i the only one to think that noone comes in really in shape for Dynamite, especially since they are annonced 1-3 weeks before the fight that they actually might fight? Does anyone remember Overeem’s weight in the Arona fight?

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:41:33 +0000

It’s based on percentage of TV households, but I’m not sure how many TV households there are in Japan. That establishes the number of households that were viewing any given TV show, and then one has to factor in viewers per household to get the total viewers statistic.

The percentage of people who are watching TV at that moment who are watching a particular show is the share, not the rating. To use an example from U.S. television, Conan O’Brien’s show on Tuesday night drew a 1.6 rating (an average of 1.6 percent of TV households in America were watching it), and it drew a 6.0 share (an average 6.0 percent of households that were watching TV were watching Conan).

By: S.R.

S.R. — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:40:05 +0000

Ivan, thank you.

Is the 12.9% rating based on the overall population or based on the total number of people watching tv at that particular time?

If it is based on the overall population:
- Japan has an estimated population of 130 million.
- So, 12.9% is about 16.7 million.