The Hills Largest Timeshifted Audience, Highest % Increase
For the week of November 12-18, MTV's The Hills returns at the top of the cable timeshifting list with an increase of 23.5% over its Live audience in its Live+7 viewing audience. It also had the largest number of timeshifted viewers (886,000) of any cable show.
MTV's Shot at Love: Tila Tequil was also a cable timeshifting standout for an 8.7% increase over is Live audience, but the Nickelodeon movie, SpongeBob: Atlantis Squarepantis had the second greatest timeshifted audience at 706,000.
Top 20 Most Timeshifted Cable Shows, November 12-18:
| Rank | Programs | Network | Persons Live+7 (million) | Persons Live (million) | Timeshifted Audience (000s) | % Increase over Live |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE HILLS | MTV | 4.66 | 3.77 | 886 | 23.5% |
| 2 | SHOT AT LOVE: TILA TEQUIL | MTV | 3.78 | 3.48 | 303 | 8.7% |
| 3 | SpongeBob ATLANTIS PANTIS | NICK | 9.22 | 8.52 | 706 | 8.3% |
| 4 | WWE Raw | USA | 5.26 | 4.96 | 302 | 6.1% |
| 5 | WWE Raw | USA | 5.14 | 4.85 | 287 | 5.9% |
| 6 | Hannah Montana 11/12 | DSNY | 4.19 | 4.00 | 194 | 4.9% |
| 7 | ZOEY 101 | NICK | 3.32 | 3.18 | 140 | 4.4% |
| 8 | ADV OF SHARK BOY & LAVA G | DSNY | 3.74 | 3.58 | 155 | 4.3% |
| 9 | PRINCESS DIARIES 2 | DSNY | 3.79 | 3.67 | 122 | 3.3% |
| 10 | BEHIND THE PANTIS | NICK | 5.84 | 5.67 | 170 | 3.0% |
| 11 | SpongeBob THE MOVIE | NICK | 4.02 | 3.91 | 116 | 3.0% |
| 12 | SpongeBob ATLANTIS PANTIS | NICK | 5.24 | 5.09 | 151 | 3.0% |
| 13 | SpongeBob THE MOVIE | NICK | 4.10 | 4.01 | 94 | 2.3% |
| 14 | SR/NV DEM PRES DEBATE 11/15 | CNN | 4.05 | 3.95 | 92 | 2.3% |
| 15 | SpongeBob | NICK | 5.37 | 5.26 | 112 | 2.1% |
| 16 | BACK AT THE BARNYARD | NICK | 4.31 | 4.22 | 89 | 2.1% |
| 17 | SpongeBob ATLANTIS PANTIS | NICK | 3.83 | 3.75 | 78 | 2.1% |
| 18 | SpongeBob | NICK | 3.68 | 3.61 | 74 | 2.1% |
| 19 | NFL REGULAR SEASON (49ERS/SEAHAWKS) | ESPN | 8.97 | 8.80 | 167 | 1.9% |
| 20 | SpongeBob | NICK | 4.87 | 4.79 | 79 | 1.7% |
Our Timeshifting chart ranks which of the Top 40 cable 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) as well as indicating the size of the audience that watched in the 7 days after the live show aired.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2007 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
