Rotten Tomatoes, owned by Warner Bros., is a website
where users can look up films from all over the globe and find various
information on a movie like what it is about and who is starring in it. The most
memorable thing about this site, however, is the ratings. Each movie has two
ratings, one given by critics (called the “Tomatometer”) and one given by
audience members. Today, Sept. 17, Rotten Tomatoes launched a new division called
“TV Zone” for television shows.
Since TV shows
have an entirely different distribution than movies, the set up of “TV Zone”
will be slightly different from the normal Rotten Tomatoes people are used to. Instead of looking up one solitary item such
as Game of Thrones and finding one
rating for the entire show, there will be links to different seasons and each
season will have a rating of its own. Another thing that is different about the
rating system is that at this moment audience ratings are not being shown, only
critic’s ratings on the Tomatometer.
Rotten Tomatoes’
information and ratings on movies date quite a few decades back, but this will
not be the case for “TV Zone”. It will have cast information, episode recaps,
and ratings for shows that have aired on primetime television only in the last
four years, excluding reality TV. These can be seen under, but not limited to,
its three main sections: “Tonight’s Premieres”, “New Episodes”, and “Certified
Fresh TV”.
This launch of “TV
Zone” is beta, which means there will be many changes to come based on the
feedback from users and adjustments to any glitches that may occur, but so far,
so good.
Check out Rotten Tomatoes and “TV Zone” by clicking the picture below.
