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Zero. Point. Zero.

By Brent Furdyk, Editor, TV Week | Nov 3, 2009
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Not only is "Zero.point.zero" the grade-point average of Bluto Blutarsky in "Animal House," it's also the ratings figure for the debut of Emmy-winning comedy "30 Rock" in Germany.

New German niche channel ZDFNero had made Tina Fey's acclaimed comedy the flagship offering in its recent launch, but apparently miscalculated how well the show would play with Deutschland viewers, who ignored the show completely. In fact, the show pulled a 0.0 ratings, meaning less than 5,000 people nationwide tuned in — ouch!

I guess German viewers prefer to watch such celebrated German comedies as, um, well, there must be at least one, right?

Anyhow, don't expect the mayor of Berlin to award Tina Fey the key to the city anytime soon.
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