Have I ever presented a programme I don't watch? Well, I've done loads of programmes that no one else watched!
'Married with Children,' we were good until the fifth or sixth season, and then we limped into the 11th season.
All my shows airing on different channels have been the top shows.
If you're on social media as a performer you can tell. If you don't get any Tweets you know it's bombed. I can pretty much gauge how it's doing by comparing the reception to shows I've done that have actual ratings.
I think '24' is a more mature audience, whereas 'Heroes' is a little bit younger. But I have to say, neither one is child friendly. My daughter doesn't get to watch either show!
People get nervous when things move to Friday. Friday has become a landscape where shows just don't do very well as business for the network.
Rooney, of course, he believes that he is the reason that people stick around all the way through the show. They'll put up with anything, you know, in order to get to Rooney, and that's why we're at number 16 or 14 or whatever.
It's still word of mouth that is going to make or break a show, and while critics can't help a show, they can hurt it.
Towards the end, there weren't that many people watching 'Glee.' So I don't know how many people would then watch a spinoff. We're off the air for a reason.
