Broadcast Networks Ratings Thread

**rockymtnhigh** · 10-20-2006 02:26 PM

I thought I would take the initiative and create a thread to record daily broadcast network ratings. Since we know that those blasted ratings determine whether or not our favorite shows last, it provides good information. Sean has been providing a lot of this info for the first part of the season, but he has been strangely absent from the board for a few weeks (I do hope he is on some extended cruise or vacation somewhere warm and return to us soon! ) So, I figured I would try to pick up the slack for a bit....

Let me know if you find this stuff useful. With that, here are Thursday's ratings:

Ratings for Thursday October 19
From
Zap2it

CBS earned a 10.1 rating/16 share among households for the night, followed closely by ABC, 9.7/15, and FOX, 9.3/14. NBC took fourth with a 6.8/10, and The CW trailed at 2.4/4.

ABC once again won the top spot among adults 18-49 with a 5.8 rating. CBS took second with a 5.4. FOX, 4.5, beat out NBC, 4.1, for third. The CW came in at 1.7.

Specifics:

8pm -- ABC's "Ugly Betty" and CBS' "Survivor: Cook Islands" tied for first in households at 8.9/14

9pm - "Grey's Anatomy," 14.3/21. CBS finished second with "CSI," 12.5/18

10pm - Fox Baseball first; CBS' "Shark" and NBC's "ER" tied for second at 9.0/14, with CBS having slightly more total viewers and NBC ahead in adults 18-49. "Six Degrees" drew a 6.0/10 on ABC.

**BlackHitachi** · 10-20-2006 08:10 PM

I like this rating thread like you said always good to know how your favorite shows did. I wish i new how to read them but like them all the same.

**rockymtnhigh** · 10-20-2006 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by BlackHitachi

I like this rating thread like you said always good to know how your favorite shows did. I wish i new how to read them but like them all the same.

There are guides on how to interpret them; when I have a chance this weekend, I will put up a summary on how to make sense of them; although the most important thing is the bigger the number, the better the show is doing!

As my second-favorite android once said.. "One is glad to be of service!"

**rockymtnhigh** · 10-20-2006 09:06 PM

Ok... as is often the case, wikipedia had a decent article explaining what the Nielsen ratings mean.

Wikipedia referentie-link

Nielsen Ratings

Nielsen Television Ratings are reported by ranking the percentage for each show of all viewers watching television at a given time. As of 2005, there are an estimated 110.2 million television households in the USA. A single national ratings point represents 1%, or 1,102,000 households for the 2005-06 season. Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to a specific program. These numbers are usually reported as (ratings points/share). For example, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 9.2/15 during its broadcast, meaning 9.2%, or 10,138,400 households on average were tuned in at any given moment. Additionally, 15% of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into this program. Nielsen re-estimates the number of households each August for the upcoming television season.

So... using their example 9.2/15....

9.2/15 = %-of-households tuned in / %-of-all televisions in use.

9.2/15 = Household-rating / House-hold share

If you read it a few times, it makes sense. But the simple thing is: the bigger the number, the better.

EDIT: Updated 2006 numbers: 111,348,110 television households in the U.S. so 1% of that equals 1,113,481 households.
There are an estimated 130.6 million adults between the ages of 18 and 49 in the U.S. so 1% of that equals 1.31 million people.

**BlackHitachi** · 10-21-2006 01:20 AM

OMG thank you and you are right it is easy!!

**rockymtnhigh** · 10-21-2006 01:45 PM

From
Zap2it

CBS and NBC engaged in a tight ratings race Friday, with CBS narrowly winning the overall battle and NBC taking the adults 18-49 crown.

For the night, CBS averaged a 7.2 rating/13 share, just beating NBC's 7.0/13 (the two networks were by about 100,000 viewers). ABC took third with a 4.4/8. The CW, 2.7/5, topped FOX, 2.4/4, for fourth.

NBC earned a 3.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic to edge CBS, which came in at 3.1. None of the other three networks did much, with ABC third at 1.8, followed by The CW, 1.5, and FOX, 1.4.

Specifics:

8pm -- "Deal or No Deal" first for NBC with a 7.0/13. CBS' "Ghost Whisperer" finished second with a 6.7/12.

9pm - CBS' "Close to Home" 7.3/13, NBC's "1 vs. 100," 7.2/13, had more total viewers (11.9 million to 11.15 million). "Men in Trees" 4.4/8 for ABC.

10pm - Numb3rs" first at 7.8/14 for CBS "Law & Order" second at 6.7/12, ABC' 20/20 third at 5.3/10.

PS I need to create a simple table to present this in. Look for it with the next edition on Tuesday... I am only reporting 1-3 rankings; Zap2it's link also includes 4th and 5th (CW and Fox in all three of these examples).

**rockymtnhigh** · 10-23-2006 03:33 PM

Sunday, October 22, 2006

(abbreviated... little time today)

Overall: Fox, thanks to World Series and Late-ending NFl games. 10.2 /16

7pm - 1) FOX 9.6/16 sports; 2) CBS - 60 Min. 8.1/14; 3) ABC "America's Funniest Home Videos," 5.5/9.

8pm - Baseball...

9pm - ABC Desperate Housewives 12.4/18

Summarized from Zap2it

**rockymtnhigh** · 10-24-2006 05:17 PM

Monday, October 23, 2006

Highlight from Zap2it: “"CSI: Miami" put CBS on top of the overall ratings Monday, but the best showing yet by "Heroes" gave NBC the No. 1 ranking among adults 18-49.

CBS averaged an 8.8 rating/13 share for the evening to beat out NBC's 7.8/12. ABC finished third in households with a 5.0/8, although FOX, 4.7/7, had a small edge in total viewers. The CW earned a 1.9/3.”

8pm #1 nbc: Deal or No Deal," 9.7/15

9pm
#1 cbs: Two and a Half Men/ New Christine, 9.8/14, 8.8/12
# 2 nbc: Heroes, 8.6/12
#3 abc: The bachelor-Rome
#4 FOX: Justice 4.2/8

10pm
#1 CBS – CSI: Miami, 11.4/18
#2 NBC – Studio 60, 5.1/8
#3 ABC – What About Brian, 4.4/7

**gbjbany** · 10-24-2006 05:30 PM

ok so i need to ask another stupid question.

Where do they get the numbers from ? is it based on a phone interview or do identified people send in results each day or something else.
I guess im trying to get to how they profile the votes/estimates. Or is it something else entirely.

Cos frankly i or my wife watch almost none, except csi of any of the top 3's.

**mike1973** · 10-24-2006 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by gbjbany

ok so i need to ask another stupid question.

Where do they get the numbers from ? is it based on a phone interview or do identified people send in results each day or something else.
I guess im trying to get to how they profile the votes/estimates. Or is it something else entirely.

Cos frankly i or my wife watch almost none, except csi of any of the top3's.

Yea, I was wondering that too. I remember hearing of "Neilson Boxes" thatg worked off a phone line and basicly phoned home every night but I have never seen one or known anyone with one! Now you have Tivos that send in viewing habits and such I just have no idea how they average it all!

Mike