[ SECRET POST #6287 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6287 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I know that's true for a loud percentage of fandom, but is that reflected in the actual ratings/viewership of the show? Because people tend to forget that online fandom is only a small portion of the overall viewership, so their strongly held opinions aren't necessarily the general consensus. The people who make the decision to bring back a showrunner aren't going to say, "oooh, well, some people in fandom really hate Moffat so let's not", they're going to look at the statistics from his run and see how many people actually watched the show while he was running it.

[(Anonymous)]

It’s hard to say about reflected in viewership because Who is now distributed via Disney. But during Moffat’s run as showrunner? Yes, it was. And it was reflected in the viewership and audience appreciation index for Sherlock and Dracula. There’s a reason Moffat hasn’t done anything since then.

[(Anonymous)]

Are you sure? The viewership listed by episode/season in Wikipedia is slightly down from RTD's day, but honestly, not by a whole lot. And it was higher than it was for Chibnall's run. What I'm saying is, the people who make decisions to bring him back aren't doing it because they love him personally. They're doing it for business reasons, which might be separate from what fandom likes or doesn't like.

[(Anonymous)]

You'd think the steadily declining ratings, and the increase in mainstream criticism of the show's quality, would clue them in there too.

[sparklywalls]

The viewership numbers in the UK have generally been falling as a season progresses but they were over a decade ago as well often with a higher starting point, and the first episode figures are usually highest but even the high of the last couple of seasons hasn't been as high as it was for other openers.

I think that, among any other points relating to the show itself, we do have to consider that the average viewing habits have also changed massively in that time. Also I remember a lot of complaining about Capaldi's run calling him a great Doctor (and he's now firmly a fan favourite in the circles I run in) served poorly by some of the writing, which is also something I see levelled at a couple of the Classic Series Doctors so not exactly a unique feeling.