Online Nation
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Online Nation is an American
reality TV series that premiered on The CW
on September 23, 2007. Scouring the endless number of websites, blogs, and user-generated materials on the Internet, Online Nation featured everything and anything that has captured the attention of the online world. In addition, viewers were supposed to be able to communicate with each other live on the air. However, this function was never available, even though in the original promo for the show, it showed the capability. The show was produced by Room 403 Productions.
The show premiered on September 23 with the lowest ratings in the network's history, which could be blamed on the program being in one of the network's worst time slots and the network's lax promotion of the series. Only 994,000 viewers caught the premiere of the show.
On October 17, 2007, The CW canceled Online Nation,http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/james-hibberd/2007/10/cw_cancels_online_nation.php making it the second show to be canceled in the 2007-2008 television season.
The comedic duo who hosted the show, Rhett and Link
, responded quickly to the cancellation with an internet video.
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reality TV series that premiered on The CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
on September 23, 2007. Scouring the endless number of websites, blogs, and user-generated materials on the Internet, Online Nation featured everything and anything that has captured the attention of the online world. In addition, viewers were supposed to be able to communicate with each other live on the air. However, this function was never available, even though in the original promo for the show, it showed the capability. The show was produced by Room 403 Productions.
The show premiered on September 23 with the lowest ratings in the network's history, which could be blamed on the program being in one of the network's worst time slots and the network's lax promotion of the series. Only 994,000 viewers caught the premiere of the show.
On October 17, 2007, The CW canceled Online Nation,http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/james-hibberd/2007/10/cw_cancels_online_nation.php making it the second show to be canceled in the 2007-2008 television season.
The comedic duo who hosted the show, Rhett and Link
Rhett and Link
Rhett and Link are the comedy, filmmaking, musical and advertising duo of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. They star in the television show Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings on the Independent Film Channel. They are known for their videos, songs and commercials and are one of the most subscribed...
, responded quickly to the cancellation with an internet video.
Weekly ratings
| # | Air Date | Rating | Share | 18-49 (Rating/Share) | Viewers |
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| 1 | September 23, 2007 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3/1 | 994,000 |
| 2 | September 30, 2007 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.3/1 | 698,000 |
| 3 | October 7, 2007 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.3/1 | 762,000 |
| 4 | October 14, 2007 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2/1 | 593,000 |
Seasonal Ratings
Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of Online Nation on The CWThe CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
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| Season | Timeslot (EDT) | Series Premiere | Series Finale | TV Season | Rank | Viewers |
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| 1 | Sunday, 7:30 PM | September 23, 2007 | October 14, 2007 | 2007-2008 | 134/134 | 762,000 |