So You Think You Can Dance Has Largest % Increase From DVR Viewing
For the week of June 30 - July 6, Fox's Hell's Kitchen had the largest time-shifted audience (DVR viewing) with 1.855 million.
Thursday's airing of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance had the largest % audience increase from DVR viewing with 27.5% over the 6.068 million that watched it Live giving it a Live+7 audience of 7.739 million.
Largest Time-Shifting Audiences for Broadcast TV Shows:
| Rank | Programs | Network | Persons Live+7 (000s) | Persons Live (000s) | Time-shifted Audience (000s) | % increase from Live to Live+7 |
| 1 | HELL'S KITCHEN | FOX | 9,004 | 7,149 | 1,855 | 25.9% |
| 2 | SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE-WED | FOX | 9,564 | 7,742 | 1,822 | 23.5% |
| 3 | SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE-THU | FOX | 7,739 | 6,068 | 1,671 | 27.5% |
| 4 | Wipeout | ABC | 10,144 | 8,610 | 1,534 | 17.8% |
| 5 | I SURVED-JAPANESE GM SHOW | ABC | 6,970 | 5,735 | 1,235 | 21.5% |
| 6 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT | NBC | 12,747 | 11,586 | 1,161 | 10.0% |
| 7 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 7,594 | 6,460 | 1,134 | 17.6% |
| 8 | BACHELORETTE-6/30(S) | ABC | 7,829 | 6,755 | 1,074 | 15.9% |
| 9 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 5,257 | 4,271 | 986 | 23.1% |
| 10 | MOLE, THE | ABC | 4,315 | 3,479 | 836 | 24.0% |
| 11 | BABY BORROWERS | NBC | 7,173 | 6,390 | 783 | 12.3% |
| 12 | LAST COMIC STANDING 6 | NBC | 5,220 | 4,439 | 781 | 17.6% |
| 13 | HOUSE-MON 9P | FOX | 8,373 | 7,653 | 720 | 9.4% |
| 14 | MOMENT OF TRUTH | FOX | 5,050 | 4,385 | 665 | 15.2% |
| 15 | Bones-MON 8P | FOX | 7,014 | 6,424 | 590 | 9.2% |
| 16 | HOPKINS | ABC | 5,109 | 4,577 | 532 | 11.6% |
| 17 | NASHVILLE STAR | NBC | 5,842 | 5,319 | 523 | 9.8% |
| 18 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS | NBC | 5,085 | 4,578 | 507 | 11.1% |
| 19 | FEAR ITSELF | NBC | 4,830 | 4,339 | 491 | 11.3% |
| 20 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 9,333 | 8,870 | 463 | 5.2% |
The absolute time-shifting audience size table ranks which of the Top 150 broadcast shows [by Live+7 viewers] had the largest absolute number of viewers watching shows later on their digital video recorders (DVRs)
Greatest % Increase from Time-Shifting for Broadcast TV Shows:
| Rank | Programs | Network | Persons Live+7 (000s) | Persons Live (000s) | Time-shifted Audience (000s) | % increase from Live to Live+7 |
| 1 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU | FOX | 7,739 | 6,068 | 1,671 | 27.5% |
| 2 | HELL'S KITCHEN | FOX | 9,004 | 7,149 | 1,855 | 25.9% |
| 3 | MOLE, THE | ABC | 4,315 | 3,479 | 836 | 24.0% |
| 4 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED | FOX | 9,564 | 7,742 | 1,822 | 23.5% |
| 5 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 5,257 | 4,271 | 986 | 23.1% |
| 6 | I SURVED-JAPANESE GM SHOW | ABC | 6,970 | 5,735 | 1,235 | 21.5% |
| 7 | Wipeout | ABC | 10,144 | 8,610 | 1,534 | 17.8% |
| 8 | LAST COMIC STANDING 6 | NBC | 5,220 | 4,439 | 781 | 17.6% |
| 9 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 7,594 | 6,460 | 1,134 | 17.6% |
| 10 | BACHELORETTE-6/30(S) | ABC | 7,829 | 6,755 | 1,074 | 15.9% |
| 11 | MOMENT OF TRUTH | FOX | 5,050 | 4,385 | 665 | 15.2% |
| 12 | FRI NIGHT Smackdown-7/4(S) | CW | 3,185 | 2,769 | 416 | 15.0% |
| 13 | BABY BORROWERS | NBC | 7,173 | 6,390 | 783 | 12.3% |
| 14 | HOPKINS | ABC | 5,109 | 4,577 | 532 | 11.6% |
| 15 | FEAR ITSELF | NBC | 4,830 | 4,339 | 491 | 11.3% |
| 16 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS | NBC | 5,085 | 4,578 | 507 | 11.1% |
| 17 | REAPER | CW | 1,295 | 1,172 | 123 | 10.5% |
| 18 | 20/20-7/4(S) | ABC | 3,806 | 3,450 | 356 | 10.3% |
| 19 | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT | NBC | 12,747 | 11,586 | 1,161 | 10.0% |
| 20 | NASHVILLE STAR | NBC | 5,842 | 5,319 | 523 | 9.8% |
The % Time-shifting table ranks which of the Top 150 broadcast shows [by Live+7 viewers] 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).
Definitions:
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
LIVE: The number that watched a program while it was broadcast.
LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day the program was broadcast.
LIVE+7: The number watched while a program was broadcast or via DVR within 7 days of original broadcast.
For more information see Numbers 101.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.






Will the missing weeks of this chart be made up once Bill returns from holiday?
I'm pretty sure, but not 100% that he'll go back and the missing weeks rather than just picking up with the week when he gets back.
Will the missing weeks of this chart be made up once Bill returns from holiday?
I'm pretty sure, but not 100% that he'll go back and the missing weeks rather than just picking up with the week when he gets back.