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[–] greycloud ago 

digital crack, this stuff is a drug for the mind. the fact that television is legal and recreational drugs are not speaks a lot about the moral police problems in the country.

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[–] thealcoholist ago 

“However, in our research of more than 20 shows across 16 markets, we found that no one was ever hooked on the pilot.”

I'm sure they're just generalizing based on their data, but I can tell you that Bob's Burger, Archer, Red Dwarf, and IT Crowd hooked me from the pilot. They're saying that network TV's pilots are not useful, but it was for me for those shows.

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[–] Kafuka ago 

No they can't make that statement based on their data, and it would actually be a bit nonsensical if they could because being hooked means watching the whole show and that is per definition from the first episode. The speaker probably meant that no show had the pilot as the "hook episode" after which "at least 70% of viewers went on to watch the rest of the season".

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[–] thealcoholist ago 

Ok, that interpretation is fair. Perhaps if it says, using Breaking Bad as an example, "more than 70% of the people that watch this show, watched more than 2 episodes", would be clearer.

Before I read the article I thought that they'd look at how many episodes a user would watch occasionally until they start watching it regularly, like every day. That to me seems to indicate that a user is hooked in.

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[–] smokratez ago 

I severely doubt that. I can't think of any show on their programming that I even like.

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[–] Weebo ago 

I wish they would have shared the secret with HBO for season 2 of True Detective.

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[–] dontnation ago 

Why does everyone hate on season 2 so much. I liked it. Sure the acting wasn't quite as good as 1, but I mean shit, mcconaughey is at his prime and harrelson is no slouch. Season 2 was well done neo noir, sure they could have cut a little bit of sub plot here and there, but overall I enjoyed it.

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[–] barset 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Even if they did HBO is gonna HBO and do what ever the fuck they want. I'm hoping their service improves over what I've read by the time next season of GoT airs.

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[–] CalicoDan 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Problem is though, if I watch a pilot of a show and it hooks me, I immediately turn it off and wait for my partner so we can enjoy it together.

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[–] drmoron 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Nice. Maybe they also know that I skip the intro of OITNB every time cause it's too damn long.

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[–] barset 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I will keep arguing that Fear the Walking Dead has the most perfect intro with a three to five second intro basically amounting to a title splash.

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[–] jeegte12 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

agents of shield has that beat, albeit barely. best intro ever

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[–] twitch1982 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I've very interested in how they figured this out. They say that people were hooked after 2-3 episodes, and watched the rest of the series, but no one was hooked after the pilot. But how would they know the difference? If I watched 3 episodes, and the whole season, I also watched one episode, and the whole season.

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[–] jeegte12 ago 

when they watched it, how far apart they watched it from the second/third episode, shit like that i'm guessing

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[–] SlappyHo 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I would guess that they can see how many people stopped watching at a certain point. So they can take the total number of people who watched the pilot but didn't continue vs the total number of people who watched the first few episodes and didn't continue. At some point that number is going to drop off significantly and that would be when the people go hooked. In other words, the episode that hooks people is when the number of people who stop watching the next episode drops off significantly.

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[–] twitch1982 ago 

I guess that makes sense, but the statement "no one got hooked at the pilot" Still seems odd. WEhen you're looking at populations rather than individuals, I don't know that you can make the argument that no one did something.

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[–] Maxcactus 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I bailed out of Orange Is The New Black in season two. They didn't have anymore to say after that. The characters were cartoon like the plots devices were implausible..

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