We reported earlier that Jessica Jones had ratings of just under 5 million viewers in the 18-49 demographic, according to a sample collected by NBC.
Turns out that was wrong, maybe.
Netflix has come out against NBC’s numbers, saying that they are completely inaccurate. Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer at Netflix, seemed to be throwing quite the sarcasm towards NBC as he commented on the claims. “There’s a couple mysteries at play for me. Why would NBC use their lunch slot to talk about our ratings? Maybe because it’s more fun than talking about NBC ratings.”
He then went on to say that demographics don’t even matter to a subscription-based streaming service, and that comparing Netflix to a network television channel was a useless endeavor. “Somewhere in the world, every second of every day, someone is pressing start on a Netflix original,” is what he had to say.
As is often the case with Netflix, we don’t know the true number of viewers. But we apparently know that the NBC number is very wrong, and probably much lower than reality.
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