Chapter 11: Ratings

A week later, Perry sat in a chair in front of the producer, John Gray. "So, do you have it?"

"I have six lawsuits going on and an FCC investigation. That is what I have," snapped the older man. He was sweating and kept reaching for a folder on his desk before pulling away.

"Yeah, but they still let it air."

"They let it because I had to bribe someone a million dollars to put it on the feed. Most of the show got cut off at the stations though."

Perry shrugged and sipped his coffee. "Yeah, but you had pay-per-view sites up and running. You were thinking about moving the show to the Internet anyways. Screw the FCC."

The producer sighed. "Yeah."

"So do you have it?"

"You cost me a lot of money."

With a smile, Perry shrugged. "Really? How much in advertising have you gotten?"

John looked away for a moment. He worked his jaw for a moment. "Fifteen million yesterday. I have close to a hundred million from this week alone."

"So ten million goes to the lawsuits, who cares. Now the question is, do you have the ratings?"

Reluctantly, the man pulled out a pad of paper and pushed it over.

Perry grabbed it and looked for his show. It was the first item on the page. Ninety-eight percent market share. He had the highest number of viewers ever. He set it down and smiled. "Let me tell you about the next one...."

The End