Posts Tagged ‘ TV Shows ’
Whilst this season of “Downton Abbey” brought on fevers throughout the Abbey in the form of the Spanish Flu, the US has been rocked by a severe case of “Downton” fever. Interest in the program has grown by over 1400% during season two versus last year’s season one airing (defined by volume of searches YoY). [...][ READ MORE ]
Searches for presidential candidates receive a boost following popular segments on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. After Mr. Romney’s statement at the Iowa State Fair that “corporations are people, my friend”, The Colbert Report aired a segment on August 11th purporting the support of Mr. Colbert (the character) for this position. On August [...][ READ MORE ]
ABC’s Bachelor franchise, which consists of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor Pad, has become a popular topic in gossip magazines, news & entertainment shows and on various websites. Web traffic data from Hitwise shows that in the 12 rolling weeks ending August 20th, three of the top ten search terms driving traffic to ABC.go.com [...][ READ MORE ]
It’s time again for our American Idol season finale prediction. The chart of search volume for the two finalists, dramatic rocker Adam Lambert and boy-next-door Kris Allen would appear to make this prediction a no-brainer. Searches for “Adam Lambert” outnumber “Kris Allen” queries by a factor of 5-1. Closer examination of search variations on the [...][ READ MORE ]
Let me begin with full disclosure – I am addicted to several shows on Bravo: Project Runway, Top Chef, and The Real Housewives of Orange County. The most recent addition to the line-up is ‘Make Me a Supermodel‘, which debuted on January 3rd with a ‘Meet the Models’ episode. The real fun started the following [...][ READ MORE ]
As I wrote in last week’s TIME column, predicting American Idol results based on search term data is not an easy feat, really more art than science. Last week based on search terms for the week ending 5/19/07, Blake Lewis led Jordin Sparks in overall search term volume, the basis for my prediction that Blake [...][ READ MORE ]
Despite the hunger strike launched by a MySpace user known only as “J,” who promised not to eat until Sanjaya was voted off (the hunger strike has ended by doctors orders) Sanjaya continues to dominate contestant searches heading into Tuesday night’s show. As of Sunday, Sanjaya searches outnumbered the nearest contestant, Blake Lewis by more [...][ READ MORE ]
Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m not sure why, but I’ve been sucked into this season of Project Runway. Perhaps it’s because Bravo has brought a bit of legitamacy to the reality TV concept, with a truly engaging contest of fashion designers with seemingly impossible challenges, such as designing clothes with only materials from a recycling [...][ READ MORE ]
Thanks to Jarrod Agius, from our account management team, for alerting me to the following chart. Jarrod charted searches for the most popular recording artists that appeared in the American Idol finale last week, alongside searches for the finalists Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee. The interesting point in this chart is the amount of lift [...][ READ MORE ]
By popular demand, here’s a quick chart showing the “popularity” of the remaining three American Idol contestants and recently ousted Chris Duaghtry. The amazing take-away from the chart below is the boom in searches for Daughtry after he was voted off the show. So why was he voted off? If you remember my previous post [...][ READ MORE ]
