# Anyone watching Running Wilde? Anyone? At all? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927 "2010-10-21T20:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/41 "2010-10-25T22:08:32Z")
I think GOB made reference to small horses in the out-of-sequence second episode, which could have been a funny call-forward (reverse call-back?) if I’m remembering correctly. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/42 "2010-10-25T23:13:41Z")
**D\_Odds** , you need to be watching it now, so that it continues! If they don’t have viewers now, they won’t in the future. Saw the 5th episode last night. Enjoyed it the most of all 5 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/43 "2010-10-25T23:22:38Z")
Merged duplicate threads. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/44 "2010-10-25T23:30:41Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > **D\_Odds** , you need to be watching it now, so that it continues! If they don’t have viewers now, they won’t in the future. Unless he’s participating in the Neilson ratings survey, it doesn’t make lick of difference if he watches or waits - there’s no mechanism in place to measure the viewing habits of people who don’t opt in to those. However, I suppose there _is_ a small chance that programmers may monitor internet forums and make decisions based on how many people make comments like “I’d rather drink a quart of bleach than watch the rest of the episodes they have in the can for this stinker.” (I would never say something like that, of course. I’m Canadian, we use the metric system.) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/45 "2010-10-25T23:40:13Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Unless he’s participating in the Neilson ratings survey, it doesn’t make lick of difference if he watches or waits - there’s no mechanism in place to measure the viewing habits of people who don’t opt in to those. I am not a Neilsen household. I found neither this nor Raising Hope funny, and unlike Nikita, there is no Maggie Q (or fond memories of the USA Nikita series) to keep pulling me back in despite my neutral feelings for the show. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/46 "2010-10-26T13:42:50Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Unless he’s participating in the Neilson ratings survey, it doesn’t make lick of difference if he watches or waits - there’s no mechanism in place to measure the viewing habits of people who don’t opt in to those. If he has a DVR, his viewing is monitored. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/47 "2010-10-26T15:21:41Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Unless he’s participating in the Neilson ratings survey, it doesn’t make lick of difference if he watches or waits - there’s no mechanism in place to measure the viewing habits of people who don’t opt in to those. > > However, I suppose there _is_ a small chance that programmers may monitor internet forums and make decisions based on how many people make comments like “I’d rather drink a quart of bleach than watch the rest of the episodes they have in the can for this stinker.” (I would never say something like that, of course. I’m Canadian, we use the metric system.) Will Arnett says they check social media, it wouldn’t be a stretch that they check messageboards either. I assume they track via Hulu as well, and if people are catching up that’s the most likely way to do it (or via DVR, also monitored). > [@emacknight](#): > > And when he shows up with a tiny horse and proclaims, “they get more expensive the smaller they get.” This had me in fits. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/48 "2010-10-26T15:26:24Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > [Tiny horse] had me in fits. I can admit that this bit was priceless. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/49 "2010-10-26T18:29:11Z")
I like The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret on IFC a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Rattlehead02](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rattlehead02/32/3944_2.png) [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/50 "2010-10-27T18:53:54Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > I like The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret on IFC a lot better. Agreed. I think by the time it ends it will make Michael Scott in The Office pale in comparison as far as cringe-worthy awkwardness goes. And I love Todd’s assistant, or whatever. He’s such a dick, but the kind of dick that’d be fun to have a few beers with. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927/51 "2010-11-06T20:21:53Z")
Okay, anyone on the fence at all about Running Wilde, you gotta watch some of the clips. [Here](http://www.fox.com/runningwilde/videos/96619485001/cats?sortby=date&bctag=interview) (if it’s not a direct link, select ths “Cats” clip" with Mitch Hurwitz and Will Arnett talking about cats. The “Migo” and “Steven Wilde” clips are pretty good too. ETA: These don’t really have spoilers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-running-wilde-anyone-at-all/557927.md?page=2)