Statistics

Want to know how many characters are on air in a given year? Want to see how well your favourite TV station is doing? We have more stats for you!

It’s starting to look like 2020 will be a bloodbath for cancelled shows.

It’s difficult to guess at anything for the rest of 2020, but we can say that this season has started out strong.

Representation isn’t just how many characters are on air, but how many characters lead shows. The numbers aren’t good.

Starting in 2015, the number of queer female deaths on television, internationally, climbed to unexpected heights and started a movement.

Revisiting Nielsen data after six months, understanding what queer families watch proves to be dependant on the quality and content of what is provided.

Understanding the impact of canceled shows to characters on-air demonstrates a less close relation than one might expect.

The feature most asked for by data lovers and academics is finally here. That’s right, you can see what years a character was on air.

Taking another year in review, representation on television is starting to flatten out. And not in a good way.

The release of Nielsen data for queer viewers demonstrates that queer television is complex, diverse, and intersectional.

Have we oversaturated the market with scripted dramas, or is the ever increasing mountain of TV a good thing for diversity?

Understanding if representation is getting better depends a great deal on how many shows are representing us at all.