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Re: BattleBots Return - And They're Powered by VEXpro!
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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296
You have to realize that Battlebots is playing the long game here. They only had 1 season to prove themselves, before they get possibly a longer contract. They selected robots with audience appeal to got the ratings up to allow season 2. Once the show is re-established I believe they will migrate towards battle-ready vs crowd appeal.
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I'm not sure if you are disagreeing with me or not, but I'm confident that if you ask television show producers whether they want crowd appeal or want battle-ready robots, they will say "both". I'm also confident that if they are forced to choose between the two, they will say "crowd-appeal".
Television makes money by entertaining the largest possible collection of viewers in their target demographics. They don't make money by recruiting battle-ready robots. When those two ideas overlap, that's good, and shows like BattleBots are born. When they don't overlap, one wins.
You have to remember to look through the correct end of the ABC telescope. It's the end labeled, "How to make money".
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Last edited by gblake : 27-07-2015 at 14:36.
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