Remember, this [and our other timeshifting charts] are 2 weeks behind our other ratings charts.
As the summer season grows to a close, Big Brother continues to hold the top 3 spots as the most timeshifted broadcast primetime show, but The Office moves ahead of The Biggest Loser to take #5. NBC and CBS both put 7 in the top 20, Fox 4, and ABC 2.
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Among shows in the Top 100 audience size for Live+7 viewers.
Our Timeshifting calculations measure which shows had the largest % increase in viewing between Live audience and Live+7 audience numbers from viewers watching shows later on their digital video recorders (DVRs).
Full Top 20 Most Timeshifted Broadcast Shows list:
| RANK | PROGRAMS | NET | Persons Live+7 (million) | Persons Live (million) | Difference (thousand) | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Brother 8-TUE | CBS | 8.36 | 7.21 | 1,155 | 16.0% |
| 2 | Big Brother 8-THU | CBS | 9.11 | 7.91 | 1,200 | 15.2% |
| 3 | LAST COMIC STANDING 5 | NBC | 6.70 | 6.09 | 607 | 10.0% |
| 4 | Big Brother 8-SUN | CBS | 7.22 | 6.71 | 514 | 7.7% |
| 5 | OFFICE 9/13 | NBC | 3.98 | 3.70 | 279 | 7.5% |
| 6 | SMARTER THAN 5TH FRI-8P | FOX | 5.18 | 4.82 | 362 | 7.5% |
| 7 | Biggest Loser 4 | NBC | 8.07 | 7.51 | 561 | 7.5% |
| 8 | MEDIUM-SAT | NBC | 3.16 | 2.98 | 171 | 6.0% |
| 9 | EMMY AWARDS(S) | FOX | 13.1 | 12.4 | 697 | 5.6% |
| 10 | Dateline NBC-MON | NBC | 5.60 | 5.32 | 280 | 5.3% |
| 11 | 30 Rock | NBC | 4.08 | 3.88 | 202 | 5.2% |
| 12 | COPS | FOX | 5.14 | 4.90 | 242 | 4.9% |
| 13 | NASCAR IN PRIMETIME | ABC | 2.79 | 2.66 | 131 | 5.0% |
| 14 | NUMB3RS | CBS | 5.37 | 5.13 | 248 | 4.8% |
| 15 | FAT MARCH | ABC | 4.91 | 4.69 | 224 | 5.0% |
| 16 | How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 5.49 | 5.25 | 240 | 4.6% |
| 17 | OLD CHRISTINE | CBS | 5.93 | 5.69 | 248 | 4.4% |
| 18 | MY NAME IS EARL | NBC | 5.11 | 4.91 | 209 | 4.3% |
| 19 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 10.23 | 9.82 | 409 | 4.2% |
| 20 | BONES SP-9/11 8PM | FOX | 5.51 | 5.30 | 208 | 3.9% |
