Comments on: Nielsen Ratings Sun May 4: ABC Wins As Housewives Crush Field

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:17:39 +0000

It was a few years ago that I last saw the figure for 18-49s. And I didn't really look at the actual rating too much. Confusion all around – sorry!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:54:16 +0000

Doug is correct more or less though I have a slightly different number and a different explanation.

An 18-49 ratings point = 1 % of the Nielsen Universe Estimate for that population (which I have at 131.5 million, so one percent = 1.315 million) . In this case each 1/10th of a point equals roughly 131,500. FG had roughly 1.2 million more 18-49 viewers than The Simpsons. I say roughly because Nielsen uses rounding too, so there's no way to get exactly to viewers from the ratings points but it's close enough.

The second number, share, represents the share of people in that demographic with their TVs turned on who were watching that program. The Simpsons had 9% of all 18-49 year olds who were watching TV at that time. Family Guy had 10% of all 18-49 year olds who were watching TV when it was on.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:17:39 +0000

It was a few years ago that I last saw the figure for 18-49s. And I didn't really look at the actual rating too much. Confusion all around – sorry!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:54:16 +0000

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:22:54 +0000

An adults 18-49 ratings point = 1.34 million viewers. So, with a 3.0 rating, The Simpsons had 4.02 million viewers in the 18-49 bracket. With a 3.0/10, 3.0 represents the total % of 18-49 households in the country watching The Simpsons, while the 10 represents the % of 18-49ers watching tv in that timeslot tuned into the show.

Say, for instance, that there are 100 18-49 households in a given sample. A 3.0/10 means that 3 of those households were watching The Simpsons. But since there were only 30 households with their televisions turned on at the time, TS won 10% of the total available audience.

By: Jenny G.

Jenny G. — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:27:00 +0000

Family Guy gets 1.5 million more viewers, but what does it mean when it gets 3.9/10 compared to The Simpsons 3.0/9? Is it that 3.9 million viewers are between 18-49 of the 10 million available in that age group? I’ve been to Nielson’s home page, but still don’t get it… OH and HAPPY CINCO de MAYO to you guys… yeah I’m a lil’ buzzzzzzzed…

By: Jenny G.

Jenny G. — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:27:00 +0000

By: Jenny G.

Jenny G. — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:27:00 +0000

By: dave

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:36:00 +0000

Reruns of the office aren’t likely to do well against Fox’s cartoon block. Oh, NBC how little you try.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:36:00 +0000

Reruns of the office aren’t likely to do well against Fox’s cartoon block. Oh, NBC how little you try.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:14:00 +0000

And from the horse’s mouth (sort of):

http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20080505000000-updates45nbcprim.html

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:11:45 +0000

Andrea, you are correct.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dis...

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:09:48 +0000

I just read that NBC is pulling Psych and Monk from the schedule and replacing them with reruns of The Office.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:05:00 +0000

Is that cancellation official (as it is for Life is Wild?) if so, please provide a link! I think it’s definitely cancelled though as one of the actors on AIA (Adhir Kalyan who plays Raja) signed on for a recurring role on Nip/Tuck a week or two ago…

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:59:00 +0000

AIA is only still on to use up its available new episodes. It won’t be coming back.

By: Guess Who

Guess Who — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:34:08 +0000

Why is ALIENS IN AMERICA still on? Its awful and the ratings show it. Then again CW is a network thats gone down the tubes so they probably dont care about low ratings. They cancelled Veronica Mars for junk like that?

By: dave

dave — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:28:00 +0000

wow dateline doesn’t even put up a fight against 60 minutes.

Fox’s cartoons are popular online too. Family Guy is HULU’s 3rd most popular program for the past week. Simpsons 4th; American Dad 7th; and King of the Hill 17th.

I think Dexters rating would be a lot higher if it wasn’t the censored version of the show. I know thats why I don’t watch.

Monk and Pysch pull in better numbers on cable.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:29:00 +0000

Not to go all Seinfeld-ian on you, but it’s not you, it’s me!

Fixed.

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:24:07 +0000

Is it just me or does 2.8 in the demo seem really high for Monk?

By: qazwsx

qazwsx — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:08:26 +0000

I am so excited for DH and Brothers and Sisters Emmy voters Take notes

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:06:46 +0000

Family Guy was hilarious last night. Top 10 episode of all time!

By: Elyk988

Elyk988 — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:58:00 +0000

Fox just can’t get their animation numbers to beat CBS or ABC ever. Very disappointing.

By: Patty95

Patty95 — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:48:05 +0000

Wow, DH is up again … maybe last episode will average 17 million viewers And I hope that finale get 18-19.