Norwegian TV Series Analysis & Report
Freelance Project
Description
This project analyzes over 700 Norwegian TV series to explore what defines success and which genres are worth future investment. I built interactive Tableau dashboards to evaluate IMDb ratings, audience engagement, award-winning ratios, and production trends, helping content creators make data-informed decisions.
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A major TV broadcaster in Norway wanted to understand two key things:
Q1: What makes a Norwegian TV series successful?
Q2: What genres should we invest in next?
They provided a dataset containing series-level information such as:
• IMDb ratings and votes
• Genres, release years, and awards
• Partial crew data and production volume by year
The challenge was to uncover insights that combine viewer perception, audience size, and industry recognition, while also showing how genre trends evolved over time.
Phase 1: Defining Success Through Ratings & Reach
This dashboard analyzes viewer satisfaction (IMDb ratings) and audience reach (vote counts) to define what makes a series successful.
It reveals that highly rated series are often niche and not widely watched, while popular ones don’t always receive strong ratings.
Visuals include:
•Average rating by genre
•Scatter plot of vote count vs rating
•Genre-based color breakdown for quick comparison
Insight: Truly successful series combine both high quality and strong audience engagement. Genres like Drama and Comedy are common but average; Music and War rank higher in ratings despite low volume.
Phase 2: Uncovering Trends for Future Investment
This dashboard focuses on industry recognition and production growth to highlight which genres show the most promise.
Award-winning ratios and time-based trends help pinpoint where future resources should go.
Visuals include:
•Award-winning series ratio by genre
•Awarded series over time
•Genre production trends over time
Insight: Drama and Crime are top candidates for investment due to consistent growth and strong critical reception. Reality-TV and Talk-Show, despite growing in production, show weak performance in both ratings and awards.
