Comments on: Nielsen Ratings June 9, 2008: Scripted Repeats Beat New Summer Reality

By: kathy griffins

kathy griffins — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:27:23 +0000

I wonder how America's Got Talent will do considering it was the top show last summer?!

By: kathy griffins

kathy griffins — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:27:23 +0000

I wonder how America's Got Talent will do considering it was the top show last summer?!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:51:07 +0000

Thanks

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:44:00 +0000

Sam, to add on to Bill’s explanation the 18-49 population is around 131 million people according to Nielsen, so 1% or a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demo would mean about 1.31 million 18-49 viewers.

Because there are more decimal places than we actually see (we only see 1) you can’t get to the exact number of 18-49 viewers by multiplying the 18-49 rating by 1.31, but you’ll be in the right neighborhood.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:44:00 +0000

Sam, to add on to Bill’s explanation the 18-49 population is around 131 million people according to Nielsen, so 1% or a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demo would mean about 1.31 million 18-49 viewers.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:30:49 +0000

Sam, the rating is the percentage of the total US TV owning adults 18-49 who watched the show, the share is the share of adults 18-49 watching TV during that period who watched the show. So, for the Mole 1.6% of all US TV adults 18-49 watched the show, and 5% of the adults 18-49 watching TV during that time period watched the show.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:25:49 +0000

how do you read the 18-49 Rating/Share

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:53:06 +0000

Given the quality of these reality shows, are we really surprised that more people want to watch reruns of scripted shows?

By: Guess Who

Guess Who — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:01:27 +0000

Why is THE MOLE still on? Shoot the mole and have it stuffed and mounted and be done with it.

Murkin Gladiators? Worse than the cheesy 80s version.

Nothing to watch Monday nights except House and Bones. Maybe they could merge the 2 shows and call it HOUSE OF BONES