Originally Posted by sprinter25:
While 30,000 viewers is a lot for a niche web site, it is a microscopic number for a TV network.
Here's a link to Nielsen Media, which collects, and analyzes the viewing results for advertisers..http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/..if you've got the time to peruse the site, you'll get to a point where you'll see that last week's American Idol was watched by an estimated 25 million viewers. Now that's a lot of viewers and a huge number....
Even a fringe network like Versus has to have 100K or more viewers for a program, or the program has to be a "time-buy", where the advertiser buy the program slot from the network, and then keeps all of the advertising revenue, in order for the show to hit the air. And while I don't know for sure, I'd bet that "The Lucas Motorsport Hour" is just that, a time buy by Lucas from the Versus Network.
I realize 30,000 is a small number for TV.
I admittedly don't know much at all about how a series goes about pitching its product to television. However, I think having a number like 30,000 would at least be a good start to take to a network. That would show there's a wide interest out there, wider at least than the 3,000 or however many fans there are in the stands at any given USAC event.
I just want to see more sprint cars on TV. It's fun for everybody and it's key to growth.