Women, kids, and Stargate Universe

To refer to a user on GateWorld Forums who contended that the most populous demographic watching Stargate Universe (SGU) were older (white) men who would watch any and all Stargate that was available. He asked if women and kids "killed" SGU — implying those Nielsen viewers who didn't watch Stargate Universe, thereby letting SyFy have low ratings as the official reason as to not renewing SGU.

I haven't seen the Nielsen statistics, but based on information presented here (that mostly men watched), then the conclusion is that not all [i]Nielsen[/i] women could watch the show — preferring "Dancing With The Star(let)s". — And those that could watch couldn't let their kids watch, effectively sacrificing watching it themselves.

Part of SyFy's favoured demographic wasn't adult enough: The young kids who couldn't see (under-14's), and older kids who wouldn't watch (the video game generation not interested in character drama). And assuming those were mostly male. The 'girl' demographic could have been turned off either by the very concept of science fiction, or other interests, such as Dancing With My Two Left Feet and a goth woman scientist secretly infatuated with her father-figure-boss.

There's been another thread over here questioning if any of the women characters could have been or could have become someone like Carter (I haven't read through all the thread yet, but I do have a draft reply for it), or very nearly as perfect as her. You know, these people are very few and far between anyway; the closest real-life examples are women astronauts or someone like Valerie Plame. — I have to admit I dropped my jaw when I first saw her on tv (IIRC :-).

This must probably be a cultural thing that women in nowadays' U.S.-based (or -targeted) television shows are very strong characters, possessing almost superwoman-like capabilities in each show, including NCIS, SG-1, and so on; as if that were something who young American women would strive to be, thereby failing to tolerate characters more fallible than your average superchick.

Truth of the matter is, that most people (including women) just are not as perfect as the 'hero'-type characters presented on popular tv shows. I have to contend that SGU was so realistic in its presentation that it perhaps turned viewers off to the collective dismay of us fans. I remember an unintentionally funny line by an SGU hater who wrote (on IMDb, I think) that tv shows weren't supposed to show real life...

Oh, and the kids that did watch SGU, didn't watch it from a Nielsen box, but I guess, very much on their own terms. I am also considering failures in marketing SGU, but I don't know where did the responsibilities lie as to who was supposed to do exactly what.

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Kes veel asja väga hästi ei mõistnud:

Artikli iva on mitmetine, aga seda pole vist eriti täpselt välja toodud (konjunktuurne kantseliit?).

1. Statistikat oodatava eluea kohta on vähemalt uue Eesti ajal kogu aeg tehtud ja seda saab ka tagantjärele teha, arvutades vastavalt vanemate andmete sündide ja surmade (ja rännete) numbrid lihtsalt kokku. Iseasi, kas 50 aasta tagused numbrid väga õiged olid, sest ametlikke andmeid võidi ja saadi nõukogude ajal moonutada. Seega on numbrid saadud vastavalt olemasolevatele andmetele, olgu siis nende kvaliteediga nii nagu on.
   
   
2. Ma ei märganud oodatava eluea tõusu kohta väljatoodud põhjuseid. Ainus ega ka määrav faktor pole mitte ainult positiivne iive, vaid ka enneaegsete surmade vähenemine.
   Selle fenomeni näitajaiks on sellel ja eelmisel aastal (mille andmete põhjal arvud saadi) vähemalt kaks head uudist ja üks mittehea:
   
   
   • Surmaga lõppevate autoõnnetuste suur vähenemine (50 aasta parim tulemus);
   • Suitsu- ja tuledetektorite kohustuslikuks tegemine, mille tulemusel siis surmaga lõppevate tulekahjude oluline vähenemine;
   • Masu: osa inimesi rahapuudusel välja reisida ei saa ja jääb Eestisse, sisseränne on piiratud ja illegaalseid immigrante riiki ei lasta. Samas on tööjõu vaba liikumise tingimused EL-is põhjustanud selle, et riskialtimad inimesed on välja rännanud ja teevad välismaal tööd.