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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Torrance" data-source="post: 73423" data-attributes="member: 719">Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts, as the saying goes. HTGAWM was ranked #30 in season 1 with 11.4 million viewers average, then dropped a little to #32 in season 2 with 10.26 million (although rankings matter more than numbers as the viewing public shrinks) and had a dramatic drop to #44 and 7.91 million viewers in season 3. Scandal dropped even more precipitously. Its high was season 4 with 12.66 million (ranked at # 8) and it ended season 6 with 8.16 million at #39. By comparison, Grey's finished season 13 at #19 and 10.88 million. It was #21 before, and #31 before that. Season 11 was when Cristina Yang left and Derek was killed off. Some viewers left, but the show used the losses as forward momentum in storytelling and the result is quite amazing--what show picks up speed again and goes up the ratings in years 12 and 13? And it ranks even higher in the coveted 18-49 group advertisers love. Grey's anchors the night for the other two shows as it is the lead in, not the other way around.   Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that Grey's is the best show out there, but again, there are lessons to be learned from its longevity and especially its ability to rejuvenate itself creatively through the losses while staying true to the core of what it is.</blockquote>

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