First Saturday Morning Boom Reruns Score Nearly 1.5 Million Viewers

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1. I don’t care what kinds of viewers the show gets. As long as it gets a sufficient amount of viewers to mildly succeed at the least, I’m happy. I just hope the creators learn from these results.

2. Good job.

3. (gets popcorn out) Looks like some members of the Sonic fanbase are gonna flip out over this.

4. I am still confused how they gauge if it adults or kids watching

5. Cool, let the show go on to atracts new and younger fans.

   But please Sega return Modern Sonic to it’s original groove and make it cool and appealing for everyone and not just the kids, the audience of this show proves there is more market in older audiences.

   1. Well, it’s still supposed to be a separate branch of the franchise to the main series, so things are guaranteed to ‘return’ to the regular style.

   2. Do you really think that a kid would choose Sonic Boom over fully repaired main canon? Lol

      Kid’s would drop jokey-dopey Boom as soon as they saw Sonic punch the crap out of a villain or Shadow explode half a city.

      Kids don’t want lame comedy just as much as you don’t.

      1. I 100 per cent agree with 100 rings! 🙂

      2. I don’t know about blowing up a city, but I will agree that they will appreciate Sonic kicking around the wahzoo of some bad guy.

      3. A bit extreme of a description but yeah. Sonic as a series IS appealing, but part of the appeal was that it didn’t talk down to you the way modern Sonic games do. There was a story to follow, there were cool things going on. Some if it was over your head as a kid, but you didn’t mind because you were too busy running around with the cool characters having fun. It did NOT involve Sonic mugging at the camera with every forced joke as if to say “Didja get it? Huh? Huh? LAUGH AT MY JOKES!”

      4. Heh, I can actually agree with you for once, 100Rings. 🙂

         The lame comedy of Colors really isn’t what we want… Lol.

      5. Very valid point you have there, I don’t think I would have liked Sonic Colors, Lost World or Boom more when I was a kid than I do today (I’m 25), I completely agree with you.

         Perhaps if you didn’t bash too much when expressing some of your thoughts and ideas your opinions would reach much more people.

6. Hi SSF1991 I wonder if you can aknowledge my suggestion

   I know it’s in a fan’s DNA to be tempted to create hype at any price but you have been posting these articles recently and everytime i’m just confused at the datas you’re showing. I’m not particulary stupid and still, everytime I look into your source I just don’t understand half of the datas they are talking about. Could you just, please, explain to us what all these numbers mean? For example you say it’s not just about adults but there a note saying it is so why you said that? and how ”Adults 18-49 rating (Live+SD)” works? 0,4; what does that means?

   I just kind of feel insulted that I should just be hyped over something that isn’t really understandable without knowledge about the system just because the article tells me it’s good without explaining anything and I should just swallow it like a drone.

   Thank you

   1. The viewership column shows that ratings the show got so Sonic Boom got 1[.]420 which translates to 1,420,000. This doesn’t mean that 1 and a half million people where actually watching it but it’s an estimate used and aside from tweets it’s all networks can rely on who’s watching. As for the ”Adults 18-49 rating (Live+SD)”, it’s exactly what it implies, it’s how many people ages 18-49 where watching the show, so again Sonic Boom got 0.4, this means that out of 1,420,000 viewers at least 400,000 are adults tuning in, so roughly 1 million kids may have watched Sonic Boom along with 400k adults.

      it’s pretty basic and not something too hard to understand

   2. Not to worry, Neither am I. They use a lot of abbreviations and don’t explain it all that well. The only info I could find was what the “0.4” number is all about. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/02/what-is-a-tv-rating-and-who-is-it-dating-2014-15-edition/298788/

      It’s a percentage. Out of the entire population of 18-49 adults in America, that number is the percentage of that population that tuned into the show in that time slot on that day.

      Note that I said there wasn’t a RED notice saying it was just about adults. Last time they had a notice above the list colored in red saying that the list below applied to the 18-49 adult demographic. This time it wasn’t there so there was nothing that specifically said this week’s numbers applied only to adults.

      The reasons I said it was good are mentioned in the article. The 1.5 million amount was for not new episodes but for reruns. In fact the reruns not only got a higher than the previous week but the previous week had a new episode!

      But yeah. Hope that explains things better. =)

7. Um… yay? Not sure if these numbers mean anything because of CN’s notorious behavior towards shows in the past. Especially if the primary demographic isn’t watching it enough. Young Justice got cancelled for being more popular with girls than boys, for example, despite doing pretty decent in ratings.

   1. Tomoki- Actually, I recalled Invader Zim was cancelled because it was more popular towards the adults rather than the kids.

   2. Wow are you serious? I wonder how DC feels about CN axing their chance to bring in the female demographic without alienating the male one?

   3. Young Justice was cancelled because older folks were keeping it alive and because the toys weren’t selling.

      Boom is watched almost exclusively by adults and, to my knowledge, the toys aren’t selling either.

      How exactly is this good news?

      1. How did you know that the toys aren’t selling?

         1. If kids don’t even know that the show exists what makes you think they are buying the toys?

         2. What makes you think no kid is watching it? I was expecting a sells chart or something from you. I guess not.. oh well.

8. I guess from the looks of things for Sonic Boom Pac-Man now has competition XD

9. It’s bookended by Teen Titans Go!… just kinda saying.

10. Okay, why do we get numbers for the reruns and not for when the new episodes air? Last week we only knew the number of adults watching the series, not the full numbers.

11. 1.420.000 ?

    Pfff, I’m not surprised. I think I wrote down my prediction that this poor excuse of a show would have reached the 1.5 million one way or another.

    Still, I’m not surprised. I still believe that only grown people with childish tastes would enjoy it.

    1. Don’t be assumptive, danidado. Let me tell you that it is pure generalization from your own bias rather than anything that can be considered factual. Plus, it is not like what you said with grown people with childish tastes only liking the show is true. No need to be assumptive just be cause you don’t like the show.

    2. @danidado: Yeah, sure you did…
       

12. Once again, no kids like Sonic.

    1. Of course they don’t when it’s a lame sitcom filled with dumb, unfunny jokes, hideous characters that act contrived or apathetic, and no action whatsoever.

       And that’s why, despite all the bashing, past Sonic games still sold pretty good : there was action, there were interesting characters (or at least, characters that ENTHUSIASTICALLY played their role) and/or concepts, the stories took themselves seriously, in the sense that they never underplayed EVERYTHING for the sake of comedy.

       If you want the best example of what I’m saying, check these out :

       2. > Claims new show is bad, and that the old games still hold up well.
          > Uses two of some of the worst received Sonic games as examples to somehow back-up his argument..

          Wut

          1. >Tries to use reception to discredit good content.

             >doesn’t use reception to criticize Boom even though the reception for Boom was exponentially worse than Secret Rings or Black Knight.

             I suggest you stop now.

          2. > Jump directly into blind assumptions.

             > Uses gameplay to discredit on everything else.

             Your arguments are invalid, man.

             Say whatever you want on these two games, but what they delivered in story, concepts and designs is THOUSAND TIMES superior to whatever Boom can aspire to be.

             And besides, seems like Sonic “fans” are so fucking ungrateful even towards good storytelling.

             SA1 : Too cheezy dialogues , bad voice acting.

             SA2 : OHMEGHERD plotholez, too edgy, bad voice acting and dialogues

             Heroes : Barebone plot, overly cheesy dialogues

             ShTH : 2Edgy4Me HERP DERP

             ’06 : 2Edgy4Me + WAAAAAAAAAA BeAStiAliTY + plotholz

             Secret Rings and Black Knight : Fairy Tale book iz a stoopid concept lel, and there’s still beastiality.

             But give them a dumb comedy and voilà ! “HURR DURR BELDIE MCNOSEHAIR IZ FUNEEH !!! PILLOW FAEEGHT !!! THINGZ INZIDE THEENGZ !! LELELELEL”

             Seriously, how does your mind works ?

          3. > Doesn’t realize that the discussion is about the Sonic Boom cartoon, and not the tie-in games.

             > Claims that Secret Rings and Black Knight are good, because they have decent cutscenes.

             > Suggests I stop, despite not knowing what’s being discussed.

             Wut

       3. (Of course they don’t when it’s a lame sitcom filled with dumb, unfunny jokes, hideous characters that act contrived or apathetic, and no action whatsoever.)

          Explain Regular Show, then.

          1. “Explain Regular Show, then.”

             You are seriously comparin RS to Boom ? Lol, no.

             Regular Show : https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Nl4pKvPdc4Y

             Characters being enthusiastic who shows energy and their acts flows wth the action, a nice combination of comedy and action, good use of pop culture references, cool soundtrack.

             Sonic Boom : https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wtBQzTZF9GY

             Characters being apathetic and bored, no action, no soundtrack, state the obvious, stares pointlessly at each other.

             TOOOOOOOOTALLY the same thing…..XD

          2. Regular Show knows it’s a cartoon and acts like it. It’s in the show’s tradition to have hammy over the top finales like gigantic monsters made of grease or escaping creatures from the moon. Just because Mordecai and Rigby encounter normal sitatuons in life doesn’t make it a sitcom.

             Nice try but no.

          3. So… hoverboard racing and fighting giant robots doesn’t qualify as action…? Because, they’ve done both of those things in the cartoon so far.

    2. The article itself says “As a result kids and teenagers may have had a hand in the number this time.”
       Please read it next time.

13. “NAW. YOU GUYS ARE IN DENIAL. SONIC BOOM IS FAILING AND NOBODY LIKES IT.,” said the desperate man-child, pretending to be a Sonic fan…

    1. I never said that nobody likes Boom.

       “I still believe that only grown people with childish tastes would enjoy it.”

       Rings any bell ?

       And besides, wasn’t Boom supposed to be for NON-Sonic fans ?

       Not to mention how apparently everybody can be a good Sonic fans if he/she follows the badnwagon of “2005-2009 were the dark years, but two silly and barebone, nostalgia-filled Boost games have saved Sanic !!!”.

       Seems legit. 😛

       1. 1. Yeah, interesting vision.

             I heard he decided to quit Sonic, at last.

             Maybe some people should follow his example. Definetely not me. I know what I want from Sonic.

       2. Looks like I struck a nerve, despite not directly talking to you.

       3. You sure don’t act like you care for the brand from the way you continue to nitpick and condemn everything when the world at large (not just Sonic fans) is satisfied with at least the cartoon. I’m thinking you’re mad and you are just trying to cover it up when someone shows you a parodied mirror image of it. Offering a differing point of view is one thing but here’s the problem: authoritatively replying to almost every comment to declare that a cartoon stinks because you say so for some off-the-wall speculation is madness.

    2. And just blindly accepting this show as “the best motherloving thing to ever happen to Sonic” is a better approach?

       1. No, but you cannot argue with success. It is very easy to verify the numbers and come to the conclusion that Sonic Boom is performing minimally as well as Sonic X and Sonic SatAM (or that is one of the most popular Sonic cartoons ever) just by looking at the statistics which speak for themselves. Clearly, Sonic Boom is not the best cartoon I have ever seen in my entire life, which you are seemingly trying to artificially conclude by your comment. But it does deserve praise to be given where praise is due for being entertaining and actually being witty in word choice and pun lines instead of using bathroom humor and stories without a plot.

          That is why fans and average viewers are watching the TV show at an increasing rate and the ratings have been positive throughout. True, Sonic Boom is not the best thing since sliced bread in that we have a Scooby Doo: Where are You? or a Batman: The Animated Series smash hit on our hands, but Sonic Boom is being widely praised and it is attracting larger and larger audiences. This is the observation most people have been making here–unless, of course, the last few hundred comments just vanished into thin air or you are trying to cause a ruckus because your preferences do not line up with the average human being.

          Naturally, it is okay for you to dislike Sonic Boom, because all of us like what we like, but you cannot force your opinion on others simply because you think it should be that way. There is no social mandate on what can or cannot be someone’s favorite color or preferred flavor of ice cream, and the same applies to their favorite cartoon.

14. If the show doesn’t get enough viewship, it’s because it’s a lousy show.

    If the show gets a lot of views, it’s just because of the adult Sonic fans, not because it’s actually popular.

    If the show gets a lot of views from children, it’s because Teen Titans Go! is on afterwards, not because the show has any intrinsic value.

    If the show actually has intrinsic value, Cartoon Network will cancel it anyway, so don’t even THINK about liking the show!

    I wonder if certain people’s arms wear out from constantly moving the goalposts. Stop pretending to be gracing us with your “voice of reason” and just admit that you don’t like the show and you wish it would fail. But then again, that would mean that we would ignore you, wouldn’t it?

    1. Sounds like you’re making a bunch of excuses for the show to fail.

       1. Whoops.

          1. #ReadingComprehension

    2. And the top reply of the comment section award goes to… The Giver of Input!

    3. Quoting Charlie Sheen: WINNING!

15. Man, some of you guys are just never fucking happy with any good news about the show.

    You must be fun at parties.

    1. It’s going to make a ruckus whether it fails or not. 😛

       Personally I’m just going to enjoy what it has to offer. Sure, it’s not SA, but… I’ll take it, better then any stories they can come up with in a video game recently! Definitely more clever and amusing…

16. Since I voted not sure for the question “did sonic have a good 2014?”, most of them said no.
    So here’s my hashtag: #marvel’snextcharacter. And why? Because they’re better than ignorant-about-fame sega. Sega made him famous, but he wasted him with stupid youtube fan jokes which are vulgar. UGH! You might say it is unfair to put sonic boom in marvel, but I think it will make him to the hall of fame again. You know what else is unfair? My movie (by marvel) will start being directed ( by me) in 2027.

17. I really can’t see how this counts as the show “continuing its success”. Boom’s main goal since its reveal was to bring in a new audience of kids, a new generation of fans. It was made perfectly clear that the established fanbase wasn’t the target demo and yet the numbers we have are all from established adult fans. Even if kids and teens “had a hand in the numbers” this time, they only managed to boost it by about half the original numbers, so it seems that there aren’t a lot of kids into Boom either.

    Not to mention the fact that 1.5 million views is impressive considering everything else regarding Boom, but on its own for a television show, it’s pretty poor.

    1. I don’t know, but I still have this feeling that we haven’t gotten the whole story yet.

18. I never know why I subject myself to the comments section on here, because all of you act like fucking idiots.

    Congrats to Boom for it’s success. It’s nice to see that there is a redeeming quality to the series, even if the show has some awkward moments.

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