Audience evidenceThe verdict — who this is for, by the receipts

Made first for young women 1

Joan of Arcadia's audience scores lean most toward young women at 67 of 100, with comparable appeal to older women 1. Its overall reach is rated mainstream — mainstream, general-audience reach 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers below the baseline for Black and Hispanic 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 2 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.

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    Audience scoreyoung women 67 of 100 is the top quadrant, with older women 62 close behind.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated mainstream.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 31, Hispanic 33.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 2 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do things. Unsure of what God wants, and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively begins to follow God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a "normal" teen-aged existence.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Women
Mainstream

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
38
Young Women
67
Older Men
34
Older Women
62
Advocacy2
Entertainment

Audience Representation

White
78
Black
31
Hispanic
33
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
48
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0
Score version: v1Data confidence: 100%How are scores calculated?

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