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May 9, 2011 2:53 pm That cover is indeed brilliant...would DC make another "Cover Run" type book with his work?

April 28, 2011 3:58 pm I thought the story was mediocre (I feel like I've had enough of Ultron stories...maybe I'm too old). I'm not finding his Avengers run as good as his work on DD or Alias. I liked Hitch's work here, definitely better than his pages on Finale.

January 19, 2011 7:03 pm His pencils are REALLY looking like Tom Raney's...I thought it was Tom's until I saw the credits.

November 16, 2010 5:02 pm

Final numbers were 5.074 million, 2.5/7 A18-49. Not bad at all! I wonder what kind of deal Kirkman has with AMC...I've heard cable networks are notoriously cheap to their creators.  Hopefully he's well compensated.

November 9, 2010 1:11 pm

Just out of curiosity, who issued these ratings, AMC/FIC? I'm not too familiar with cable ratings, but broadcast networks always seem to spin numbers so that even their worst shows are winning at some odd demo.

Those are indeed some very impressive numbers. I wonder how many TV households get AMC? That might make these number even more impressive.

September 29, 2010 5:17 pm

I understand your point, but sponsors want instant returns on their investments and would rarely give a show time to build an audience via DVR. Like I mentioned, it lost way too many viewers captured by its lead in compared to previous seasons. I actually liked that show and would have love to see it continue (it's not officially canceled, just not on the schedule). It's anyone's guess as to why the Fox executives did what they did.

As for Human Target, it's so far off from the Peter Milligan incarnation that I enjoyed, I won't be disappointed if it goes away. I'll just watch something on cable :-)

September 29, 2010 3:56 pm

xcrest: studios don't "count" DVR ratings because it's all about the ad revenue. For the most part, viewers skip the commercials so those viewers are never counted in the "official" ratings. It's very rare now for networks to wait for shows to develop audiences. Lone Star lost too many viewers from the lead in (House) and it way underperformed the show that was on this time last season (Lie to Me). HBO would never cancel a show like this because they are primarily subscription based and are not accountable to ad buyers.

The move to Wednesdays can be good and bad. Good, as already mentioned, there is no real dominant ratings winner at that time slot right now (Survivor w/12 million, 4 share). It can be bad, as it will need to, at the very least, match the ratings for the show it will replace (Hell's Kitchen). It needs to get at least 6 million viewers with a 2.5 share, which, unfortunately, it has never done against first run shows on competing networks.