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Ratings for Normal is the Watchword:

from futoncritic



I still don't quite get ratings but I've gotten better at understanding them. For those who don't know these are from the randomly selected sample with boxes in their tvs that keep track of what they watch to represent how many viewers each show has. This helps networks make money by getting more advertisers to by ad spots. So the ratings are the big thing we need to watch because they can determine the fate of a show. Veronica Mars got lucky last year, it was actually the lowest rated show to get renewed.

So I think the ratings are good, not fabulous, but if we can keep them like this steadily the whole season then I think we can look for a 3rd. These are the best VM has ever gotten on UPN and UPN is a small network that is used to low ratings and know its up against Lost, which they have no chance of beating. Plus UPN wants more respect, and VM and Everybody Hates Chris are its only critically aclaimed and respected shows. The 18-34 is also imprtant because that is the ages that advertisers really look for and I think we beat the WB on that so that's cool.

Different news sources tend to have slightly different numbers but the gist of its the same. We've got more viewers and lets just hope we keep them.

TVGuide Insider has up their question and answers with Rob Thomas. And he clears up the whole who did Veronica want at the door debate.

TVGuide Insider

Minor Spoiler Warning, it's mostly casting spoilers

I offically hate Lost. 51%. Well atleast Veronica Mars is second with 21%. I can't believe how overrated Lost is.

An email from the Rob Thomas site:



I loved the commentary. It goes with the original pilot that's on the DVDs FYI

Oh and if you want you VM dvds they're out now and the cheapest price I've found is 39.99 at Target.




I know. I used to love it for the first third of the first season, but now even though I like it I don't get what all the hype and hoopla is about.

Oh I had to take those Wendsday and they were so delightful. And they were nice enough to tell us that if we become ill during the test and can't finish then we should hand them our test booklet and answer thing and have them rip it. I was glad that I had a new ep of VM that night to take away thoughts of PSAT for me. And one of the answers to a vocab question on there was a word I learned from Veronica Mars mrgreen It's good for the brain, you should have convinced your mom they were a study tool.

Cheapest price now available is $36 at Wal-Mart because they did that price match and bring down thing.

Tv Guide has lot's of VM goodies!

Q&A with Rob Thomas

Spoilers from Ask Ausiello

A video clip from tonights episode



I'm sorry. If it helps at least you aren't paying for it yourself since I was pretty bitter about having to pay my money to that cheap studio that screwed over Rob Thomas and didn't give the dvd any special features and couldn't even get it out in September. Its nice having all the episodes in good quality but that's really the only pro to the DVDs. The deleted scenes, while interesting to see, are definatley all scenes that were right to have been deleted.

I haven't got a chance to check out the chapter titles cause my sister has been watching them (HAHA I've turned her into a Veronica Martian!) but you're right about the podcast. go to his site and go to Veronica Mars, then downloads, then MP3s and then Pilot_comentary or something like that. It's fairly easy to find even if my directions weren't totally right.

No they got the deleted scenes, but that's the only thing they got. And I kinda have a feeling that not all the deleted scenes were on there. I'm pretty sure a scene with Lynn comforting Logan after Aaron tells him not to embarrass him was shot but cut, and I really wish we could've seen that because that would give more insight into how that family worked, how Lynn was, and why Logan loved her so much. Poopeyheads.