Katy Perry pulled from Sesame Street

[FRPLG]

Ratings mean almost nothing to Sesame Street and PBS. Ratings only matter for ad-supported TV and customer-subscription TV. Unless SS was about to get shut down for a complete lack of interest they can't be even remotely mistaken for doing something for ratings. In fact doing something like this can be reasonably construed as bone-headed since they are supported by charitable funds which they put at serious risk by casting a questionable shadow over the content. In other words, nobody is sending more donations to PBS for being on the show but there are probably people who aren't sending in donations because of this. What they try to be is "relevant".

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Ratings mean almost nothing to Sesame Street and PBS. Ratings only matter for ad-supported TV and customer-subscription TV. Unless SS was about to get shut down for a complete lack of interest they can't be even remotely mistaken for doing something for ratings. In fact doing something like this can be reasonably construed as bone-headed since they are supported by charitable funds which they put at serious risk by casting a questionable shadow over the content. In other words, nobody is sending more donations to PBS for being on the show but there are probably people who aren't sending in donations because of this. What they try to be is "relevant".

I think they did it to keep up with Yo Gaba Gaba, how routinely has on celebrities.

The Jack Black one being one of the best episodes.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by mredskins

I think they did it to keep up with Yo Gaba Gaba, how routinely has on celebrities.

The Jack Black one being one of the best episodes.

2 to 4 yr old kids care about celebrities appearing on their shows? Hell I bet if you asked them who Katy Perry was none would even know. Most probably can't even say her name. Its for the dads.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by mredskins

I think they did it to keep up with Yo Gaba Gaba, how routinely has on celebrities.

The Jack Black one being one of the best episodes.

WE LOVE YO GABBA GABBA. Muno the cyclops is awesome (you may know him from the Kia Super Bowl commercial)

Their celebrities, including Jack Black, are fully covered.

While their are Disney actresses who act like strippers...they do it on their own time, not on Disney shows. They're pretty innocent on that network, on the actual shows.

Sesame Street is for an even younger audience, and what Perry is wearing on these images is very inappropriate for that viewing audience and the show in general.

Glad they wised up and pulled it before airing it, but it's still a bit troubling they considered her in the first place.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Ratings mean almost nothing to Sesame Street and PBS. Ratings only matter for ad-supported TV and customer-subscription TV. Unless SS was about to get shut down for a complete lack of interest they can't be even remotely mistaken for doing something for ratings. In fact doing something like this can be reasonably construed as bone-headed since they are supported by charitable funds which they put at serious risk by casting a questionable shadow over the content. In other words, nobody is sending more donations to PBS for being on the show but there are probably people who aren't sending in donations because of this. What they try to be is "relevant".

That's not true at all. Sesame Street IS more privately funded than what they were when they started out in the sixties. In fact, their format change (to Elmo's World) was the result of low ratings. CTW isn't funded solely on charitable contributions. In fact, I'd argue that the CTW relies more on a commercial based market than what they did twenty years ago.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

That's not true at all. Sesame Street IS more privately funded than what they were when they started out in the sixties. In fact, their format change (to Elmo's World) was the result of low ratings. CTW isn't funded solely on charitable contributions. In fact, I'd argue that the CTW relies more on a commercial based market than what they did twenty years ago.

Perhaps I didn't communicate my point very well at all. I am assuming you believe ratings mean something to PBS and SS in the same way they mean something to for profit networks and shows. They simply do not. The ratings are a measurement used to set ad rates. Since PBS doesn't have ad rates the ratings are useless to them in that way. They do use the ratings in an evaluative manner to measure the impact of their content and help them make changes to stay relevant (stay on air essentially). They certainly do not put Katy Perry on their show in skimpy clothes to increase ratings since increasing the ratings in such a manner is useless to them. It provides them no value or insight. They don't get more money from advertisers because of high ratings. All ratings do for them is help measure whether what they are doing is popular. They're smart enough to know a bump in ratings because of the Katy Perry flap doesn't give them any data to make decisions on content.