Comments on: This Season vs. Last Season TV Ratings Through May 11 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/15/this-season-vs-last-season-tv-ratings-through-may-11/3777/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:55:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/15/this-season-vs-last-season-tv-ratings-through-may-11/3777/comment-page-1/#comment-265867 Bill Gorman Fri, 16 May 2008 09:51:27 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/15/this-season-vs-last-season-tv-ratings-through-may-11/3777#comment-265867 Doug, you are correct about the Super Bowl, best I can do with the data we have is remove the entire Super Bowl week from both Fox and CBS STD numbers.<br><br>If we remove the results of the entire Super Bowl week from each network, Fox would be down about 3% compared to last season, still the best among the networks in our chart, and CBS would be down about 13%, which would give it a worse year over year performance than ABC and NBC. Doug, you are correct about the Super Bowl, best I can do with the data we have is remove the entire Super Bowl week from both Fox and CBS STD numbers.

If we remove the results of the entire Super Bowl week from each network, Fox would be down about 3% compared to last season, still the best among the networks in our chart, and CBS would be down about 13%, which would give it a worse year over year performance than ABC and NBC.

]]> By: Doug http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/15/this-season-vs-last-season-tv-ratings-through-may-11/3777/comment-page-1/#comment-265868 Doug Fri, 16 May 2008 09:39:55 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/15/this-season-vs-last-season-tv-ratings-through-may-11/3777#comment-265868 Fox, of course, got the Super Bowl boost and CBS lost it, which accounts for some of their respective increases and declines. ABC and NBC's number are actually kind of impressive considering the DVR increase in the sample. NBC's not so much because both this season and last it was airing a mix-match of reality series (thus not so effected by the strike), but with ABC's DVR-heavy series being knocked out for a good portion of the season, an 8% decline is just as good as being even. Fox, of course, got the Super Bowl boost and CBS lost it, which accounts for some of their respective increases and declines. ABC and NBC's number are actually kind of impressive considering the DVR increase in the sample. NBC's not so much because both this season and last it was airing a mix-match of reality series (thus not so effected by the strike), but with ABC's DVR-heavy series being knocked out for a good portion of the season, an 8% decline is just as good as being even.

]]> By: Bill Gorman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/15/this-season-vs-last-season-tv-ratings-through-may-11/3777/comment-page-1/#comment-14301 Bill Gorman Fri, 16 May 2008 04:51:27 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/15/this-season-vs-last-season-tv-ratings-through-may-11/3777#comment-14301 Doug, you are correct about the Super Bowl, best I can do with the data we have is remove the entire Super Bowl week from both Fox and CBS STD numbers.<br><br>If we remove the results of the entire Super Bowl week from each network, Fox would be down about 3% compared to last season, still the best among the networks in our chart, and CBS would be down about 13%, which would give it a worse year over year performance than ABC and NBC. Doug, you are correct about the Super Bowl, best I can do with the data we have is remove the entire Super Bowl week from both Fox and CBS STD numbers.

If we remove the results of the entire Super Bowl week from each network, Fox would be down about 3% compared to last season, still the best among the networks in our chart, and CBS would be down about 13%, which would give it a worse year over year performance than ABC and NBC.

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