Comments on: Season To Date Top Broadcast Shows though May 18 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/21/season-to-date-top-broadcast-shows-though-may-18/3862/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/21/season-to-date-top-broadcast-shows-though-may-18/3862/comment-page-1/#comment-258592 Dave Thu, 22 May 2008 22:18:00 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=3862#comment-258592 Based soley on "new episodes" CSI is only behind American Idol and Dancing with the Stars in total viewers. The "Show Data" info on the right side of the website shows it's new episode average viewership is ahead of Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy in total viewers average. Based soley on “new episodes” CSI is only behind American Idol and Dancing with the Stars in total viewers. The “Show Data” info on the right side of the website shows it's new episode average viewership is ahead of Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy in total viewers average.

]]> By: Dave http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/21/season-to-date-top-broadcast-shows-though-may-18/3862/comment-page-1/#comment-15003 Dave Thu, 22 May 2008 17:18:00 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=3862#comment-15003 Based soley on "new episodes" CSI is only behind American Idol and Dancing with the Stars in total viewers. The "Show Data" info on the right side of the website shows it's new episode average viewership is ahead of Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy in total viewers average. Based soley on “new episodes” CSI is only behind American Idol and Dancing with the Stars in total viewers. The “Show Data” info on the right side of the website shows it's new episode average viewership is ahead of Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy in total viewers average.

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/21/season-to-date-top-broadcast-shows-though-may-18/3862/comment-page-1/#comment-15002 Robert Seidman Wed, 21 May 2008 22:41:49 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=3862#comment-15002 Tom, sadly there is no easy answer to your question. In the case of reality shows and sports, definitely not. In the case of other shows, sometimes and sometimes not. It gets down to whether the networks marked the airing as "special". When they are designated "special" (as every repeat of Grey's Anatomy that ran on a Friday was marked, for example, but not every repeat on a Thursday) Nielsen does not count the data in the seasonal averages for the shows. <br><br>I'm 100% sure that some reruns of Grey's and CSI, for example, are in the numbers above. Which ones and when would be a tremendous amount of work for us to track, so we don't and just report what Nielsen reports :-) Tom, sadly there is no easy answer to your question. In the case of reality shows and sports, definitely not. In the case of other shows, sometimes and sometimes not. It gets down to whether the networks marked the airing as “special”. When they are designated “special” (as every repeat of Grey's Anatomy that ran on a Friday was marked, for example, but not every repeat on a Thursday) Nielsen does not count the data in the seasonal averages for the shows.

I'm 100% sure that some reruns of Grey's and CSI, for example, are in the numbers above. Which ones and when would be a tremendous amount of work for us to track, so we don't and just report what Nielsen reports :-)

]]> By: tom http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/05/21/season-to-date-top-broadcast-shows-though-may-18/3862/comment-page-1/#comment-13615 tom Wed, 21 May 2008 22:31:13 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=3862#comment-13615 does this include reruns or only new episodes? does this include reruns or only new episodes?

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