I really just flat out disagree. I don't remember exactly what the ratings were in the fall on Mondays, but I think we averaged about 5.5 - 6 million viewers. On Fridays for the back 9, I think we averaged about 4 - 4.5 million viewers. It didn't drop because of the Sarah arc, it dropped because of the move. It was a very clear correlation.
If all the Monday viewers had followed it to Fridays, we'd still be on the air. But they didn't. And if they didn't care about it enough to follow after the first 13, I don't see how anything being done differently in episode 14 was going to change that.
Even so, The Good Wound had a lot of buzz ahead of time because the previews at the end of Earthlings showed that Kyle was going to be in it with Sarah. Everyone was intrigued and speculating all through the winter break. So it's kind of irrelevant if anyone even liked it after the fact. If they didn't tune in to find out whether Kyle was real or not, I don't think they were coming back regardless.
It's not like the entire season sucked and then suddenly got good at the end. Those final 3 eps had extra wow to them, but that's typical of every show on TV (or at least they all try to do that). You always build up excitement as you roll into your finale.
When you take a show and move it to a bad slot, you pare the viewership down from people who like it to just the core followers. So what I guess Fox gambled on is that the vast majority of viewers on Monday nights were core followers. Clearly they were wrong on that.
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If all the Monday viewers had followed it to Fridays, we'd still be on the air. But they didn't. And if they didn't care about it enough to follow after the first 13, I don't see how anything being done differently in episode 14 was going to change that.
Even so, The Good Wound had a lot of buzz ahead of time because the previews at the end of Earthlings showed that Kyle was going to be in it with Sarah. Everyone was intrigued and speculating all through the winter break. So it's kind of irrelevant if anyone even liked it after the fact. If they didn't tune in to find out whether Kyle was real or not, I don't think they were coming back regardless.
It's not like the entire season sucked and then suddenly got good at the end. Those final 3 eps had extra wow to them, but that's typical of every show on TV (or at least they all try to do that). You always build up excitement as you roll into your finale.
When you take a show and move it to a bad slot, you pare the viewership down from people who like it to just the core followers. So what I guess Fox gambled on is that the vast majority of viewers on Monday nights were core followers. Clearly they were wrong on that.