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TMC
01-29-2023, 11:03 PM
, but became successful outside of the target demographic? For example, there’s a whole twitter thread (https://twitter.com/ajclassic/status/1328033103202414594?s=20&t=05xXitdMhm5jO36URUVnpg) on Everybody Hates Chris, its impact its Brazil, and how so many Brazilians resonate (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff) with the show.

Also, Baywatch's demographics were aparently, 65% women (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baywatch#History).

The audience was 65 percent female,[11] with its number one audience being women aged 18 to 34. Speaking in 2001, Schwartz explained that, after doing focus groups on Baywatch for about five years, they learned that the show appealed to this demographic because "most of [its] lead characters were strong, independent women who were heroic, who were saving lives, who were equal to men".[12]

howilu
01-30-2023, 10:28 AM
I read that when the original version of Dark Shadows aired on ABC, 90% of the viewing audience was teenagers.