EPIC FU once a week or twice a week? looking for your feedback!
The MIX community is always the first and best place Zadi and I can go to get feedback about the show.
Recently we've been talking about ways we can make Tuesday and Thursday shows different enough from each other that it's easy to recognize what will be on each day. For example, right now we do the Artist of the Week on Tuesday and the FU of the Week on Thursday.
But in discussing more ways to differentiate the days, we were looking at some of the viewership numbers around the two shows. Tuesday shows get as many views as Thursday shows, even though Thursday shows are actually up for twice as long (4 days versus 2 days for Tuesday).
This got us thinking -- would it be better to create one show per week and just pack it full of all the stuff we do on both days?
It wouldn't look that different from what we do now, but it would be longer. We'd be able to do more news, spend a little more time with our interviews, and have both an Artist of the Week and a FU of the Week, play flash games, do Campfires, the works.
What do you guys think? Is a once-a-week 9-10 minute show better than twice a week for 5-6 minutes each? Which would you prefer and why?
Recently we've been talking about ways we can make Tuesday and Thursday shows different enough from each other that it's easy to recognize what will be on each day. For example, right now we do the Artist of the Week on Tuesday and the FU of the Week on Thursday.
But in discussing more ways to differentiate the days, we were looking at some of the viewership numbers around the two shows. Tuesday shows get as many views as Thursday shows, even though Thursday shows are actually up for twice as long (4 days versus 2 days for Tuesday).
This got us thinking -- would it be better to create one show per week and just pack it full of all the stuff we do on both days?
It wouldn't look that different from what we do now, but it would be longer. We'd be able to do more news, spend a little more time with our interviews, and have both an Artist of the Week and a FU of the Week, play flash games, do Campfires, the works.
What do you guys think? Is a once-a-week 9-10 minute show better than twice a week for 5-6 minutes each? Which would you prefer and why?
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Permalink Reply by MosesMonster on -
Why only ten minutes? If you have the extra time, couldn't you easily do 15, adding more footage of interviews and coverage? I can only imagine how hard it is to edit video in such a short amount of time. Is that the hold back?
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Permalink Reply by excalipoor on -
So, I guess this is final, once a week thing. If the new 10 minute show is not good at all, you gotta shave your goatee and stuff. Oh wait, u shaved it already. =p
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Permalink Reply by Matt Gowdy on -
And see how long it takes them to fall into a stress induced coma?
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Permalink Reply by Joe on -
I think you guys should take it as a compliment that both episodes get the same number of hits despite the Thursday show being up longer. I'm no viewer trend-watching specialist, but this says to me that even when people miss the Tuesday show they're going back to watch it, meaning that you have a very loyal fanbase that watches all your shows.
I think definitely you should experiment with the format, as that can only create a better show. But I need my Fu, and the current format works fine for me, as I don't normally watch the Thursday episode until Friday, which further spreads my Fu.
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Permalink Reply by Yanaaboo on -
I'm into the twice a week shows. If you could make both days 10mins that would be great. Lol but if its too much stick with what works. I started watching yall right b4 the break through youtube. Once I found out I could get it better through apple's podcasts its been bliss ever since. Yall make my Tuesdays and Thursday complete :-)
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Permalink Reply by Matthew on -
I can't really decide.... I do like two episodes each week because, the things you talk about are perhaps more up to date. Instead of packing it all in one for the whole week. You have a chance to let things develop during the week or cover changes that may happen.
Don't get me wrong, I'll take my epic fu no matter the form..
hope it helps a bit,
Matthew.
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Permalink Reply by Joseph Patton on -
Something about the short and sweet shows keep me coming back for more. I think the current setup is a better idea, and I caught on to the Tuesday/Thursday differential a long time ago. Since I know how good the show is, I'd stay to watch the 10 minutes episodes, but I doubt that it would attract me if I didn't know what it was already. Plus, the shorter the episodes, the easier it is to keep track of all the stuff on the show.
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Permalink Reply by Laurence on -
Now that the show is definitley going once a week, I have a thought with respect to the new schedule, How many artists are you going to feature per episode in the once weekly format? is this going to still be 2 per episode or will there be a couple of extra "shit we like" bits to make up for them?
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Permalink Reply by J.J on -
Also I don't when the decision of changing to once a week was made, but many of the Other rev3 shows are still promoting Epic Fu as twice a week. At least this weeks Diggnation and Tekzilla. Just to let you know so people won't get confused.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Woolf on
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yeah, they got the promo copy for epic fu like a day or two before we all (meaning us + rev3) agreed to try going to back to once a week again. ah, well...
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