Dragon Ball Super: TV Ratings Discussion Thread

[nakapawa]

Someone explain to me what the separate ratings are? Whats the difference and why do the ratings vary a lot for some episodes?

[Bigivel]

Someone explain to me what the separate ratings are? Whats the difference and why do the ratings vary a lot for some episodes?

You have Terrestrial, the normal channels, and Satellite, the special channels(Yes, Japanese still use Satellite instead of Cable).

You have Record Reservation, recording the episode into a memory space, normally the record Box disk space, but you can also put into an external hard disk or a Pen. And Viewing(same thing to time-shift), where you make you record Box go back in time and show on TV a program that already aired before.

With those 4 things you have:
- Terrestrial Record Reservation.
- Satellite Record Reservation.
- Terrestrial Record Viewing.
- Satellite Record Viewing.

Than you have just watching the program when is actually airing, and that is the Normal TV Rating.

Why the ratings vary a lot for some episodes? There are a lot of reasons, there are people that weren't able to watch that week or people that is watching with somebody else(and so only counts 1, instead of 2 or 3or 4 or ... people). And so on.

[Konig]

http://www.videor.co.jp/data/ratedata/top10.htm
Live Ratings: July 11 to July 17:

1. Sazae [10.7]
2. One Piece [8.0]
3. Chibi Maruko-chan [6.9]
4. Detective Conan [6.7]
5. One Piece: Heart of Gold [6.4]
6. Super-Deluxe Edition Yo-kai Watch: A Summer Treasure Trove of New Information Special, Nyan! [5.2]
7. Dragon Ball Super [5.0]
8. Ace Attorney [4.0]
9. Super-Deluxe Edition Yo-kai Watch: A Summer Treasure Trove of New Information Special, Nyan! [3.4]
10. Shaun the Sheep [3.0]

Very strange week, full of specials and Super with a mediocre rating (when compared to the ratings of the other episodes of the current arc) of 5.0. I guess people weren't too eager to watch another explanation episode.

[ArchedThunder]

That's a drop, wonder what caused it.
Is Heart of Gold normal for a Special?
And why is the Yokai special listed twice?

[Sodhi]

People probably knew what to expect so they either recorded it to see later or skipped it entirely.

[Konig]

That's a drop, wonder what caused it.
Is Heart of Gold normal for a Special?
And why is the Yokai special listed twice?

I believe Heart of Gold is a special which serves as an "introduction" to Film Gold. As for Yokai Watch, It's listed twice because it occupied 2 timeslots (one entry is listed as broadcasted from 18:25 to 19:00, while the other is listed ranging from 19:00 to 19:56). Don't know why they did that, since Heart of Gold lasted way longer (130 minutes), and still counted as a single entry. Go figure...

[Sodhi]

That's a drop, wonder what caused it.
Is Heart of Gold normal for a Special?

Not at all. Just shows people were not really interested. The show itself has better rating than the special.

[Lord Beerus]

Woof. That is a nasty drop from last weeks rating. The fans must have realised how much of a fluff episode it truly was and didn't bother tuning in for the live show and probably opted to record it instead.

[Theophrastus]

That's a drop, wonder what caused it.
Is Heart of Gold normal for a Special?

Not at all. Just shows people were not really interested. The show itself has better rating than the special.

To provide some actual numbers from other recent One Piece TV specials for comparison:

3D2Y (August 30th, 2014): 12.2
Episode of Sabo (August 22nd, 2015): 8.6
Adventure of Nevlandia (December 19th, 2015): 8.4

So yeah, Heart of Gold under-performed for some reason, though it seems like most things were down that week.

[Bullza]

The only thing Gohan will be killing in this series is the ratings.

[Baggie_Saiyan]

The only thing Gohan will be killing in this series is the ratings.

Haha. Maybe Gohan isn't that popular as people think and maybe they're justified in retiring him.

[Ajay]

Should be noted that Heart of Gold aired at 9PM on a Saturday night compared to the popular Sunday morning slot the show is regularly in. Not too surprising to see a drop there as a I imagine you're losing out on the young kids who would normally be tuning in. Will be interesting to see DVR numbers on that one.

Super's ratings are as expected, I guess. The preview was pretty explicit in the type of episode it was going to be, so I suspect a lot of people weren't too bothered by it.

[namekiansaiyan]

The only thing Gohan will be killing in this series is the ratings.

Haha. Maybe Gohan isn't that popular as people think and maybe their justified in retiring him.

With Gohan I think he will be a fans favourite or the complete opposite.

[Kagari]

The only thing Gohan will be killing in this series is the ratings.

Haha. Maybe Gohan isn't that popular as people think and maybe they're justified in retiring him.

You only need to look at some recent character polls to see otherwise.

[kinisking]

The only thing Gohan will be killing in this series is the ratings.

Haha. Maybe Gohan isn't that popular as people think and maybe they're justified in retiring him.

Eh, if he's suffered any huge decrease in popularity it's because he's been retired. ROF probably did not do him any favors.

[namekiansaiyan]

The only thing Gohan will be killing in this series is the ratings.

Haha. Maybe Gohan isn't that popular as people think and maybe they're justified in retiring him.

Eh, if he's suffered any huge decrease in popularity it's because he's been retired. ROF probably did not do him any favors.

That is what happened to the a lot of characters.

[Bullza]

Well he had a much bigger part in Resurrection F than he did in Battle of Gods. I thought he was perfectly fine in that movie.

[Bigivel]

Should be noted that Heart of Gold aired at 9PM on a Saturday night compared to the popular Sunday morning slot the show is regularly in. Not too surprising to see a drop there as a I imagine you're losing out on the young kids who would normally be tuning in. Will be interesting to see DVR numbers on that one.

Super's ratings are as expected, I guess. The preview was pretty explicit in the type of episode it was going to be, so I suspect a lot of people weren't too bothered by it.

Nope, All One Piece's TV Specials air Saturday evening! 9 PM is primetime and so is way better timeslot than morning. One Piece in the past also aired in that time.

Here are the others One Piece specials TV ratings:

One Piece Specials TV Ratings
[spoiler]--- 2 episodes length
1- Luffy Falls! Adventure in the Uncharted Ocean's Navel -> 13.8(7th position)
2- Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream! -> 12.7(3rd position)
3- Protect! The Last Great Performance -> 15.0(2nd position)
4- End-Of-Year Special Project! The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy -> 15.0(1st position)
---- Change to Full-Feature Film length(around 4-6 episodes)
5- Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends -> 11.6(1st position)
6- Episode of Luffy: Adventure on Hand Island -> 14.2(1st position)
7- Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend -> 11.2(2nd position)
8- 3D2Y: Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends -> 12.2(1st position)
9- Episode of Sabo: Bond of Three Brothers - A Miraculous Reunion and an Inherited Will -> 8.6(2nd position)
10- Adventure of Nebulandia -> 8.4(3rd position)
11- One Piece Heart of Gold -> 6.4(5th position)[/spoiler]

[Ajay]

Nope, All One Piece's TV Specials air Saturday evening! 9 PM is primetime and so is way better timeslot than morning. One Piece in the past also aired in that time.

Here are the others One Piece specials TV ratings:

One Piece Specials TV Ratings
[spoiler]--- 2 episodes length
1- Luffy Falls! Adventure in the Uncharted Ocean's Navel -> 13.8(7th position)
2- Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream! -> 12.7(3rd position)
3- Protect! The Last Great Performance -> 15.0(2nd position)
4- End-Of-Year Special Project! The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy -> 15.0(1st position)
---- Change to Full-Feature Film length(around 4-6 episodes)
5- Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends -> 11.6(1st position)
6- Episode of Luffy: Adventure on Hand Island -> 14.2(1st position)
7- Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend -> 11.2(2nd position)
8- 3D2Y: Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends -> 12.2(1st position)
9- Episode of Sabo: Bond of Three Brothers - A Miraculous Reunion and an Inherited Will -> 8.6(2nd position)
10- Adventure of Nebulandia -> 8.4(3rd position)
11- One Piece Heart of Gold -> 6.4(5th position)[/spoiler]

Ah, that's interesting. I knew the past specials had aired at that time, but I hadn't thought to look at previous ratings before making that assumption.

Hrmm, how strange, then.

Thanks for the info, anyhow!

[kinisking]

Well he had a much bigger part in Resurrection F than he did in Battle of Gods. I thought he was perfectly fine in that movie.

It's not about how big of a part he played, it's about what he did. ROF was the beginning of the nerd,lame, saiyan-yamcha jokes that still go on today. I mean losing your gi, muscles, and power while gaining glasses and a lame outfit isn't going to boost your popularity at all. Especially when you get destroyed by base form freeza.