Comments on: Grey's Anatomy Has Most DVR Viewers, Office Has Greatest DVR Increase

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:48:57 +0000

I would think the Office numbers for DVR views could be easily linked to the fact that its on the same time as Greys and they share a viewing audience. If you want to watch both the same night you have to watch Greys live and then the recording of the Office…if you do it the other way around you are stuck with a 30 min gap while Greys finishes recording. The days of putting shows on at the same time to compete are all but forgotten.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:49:45 +0000

The writing for Grey’s Anatomy this season absolutely takes a back seat to no one- not even to the powerhouse scripts of Desperate Housewives. Inducing the fans of the show to rally around the hospital redemption crisis was genius. Adding “McArmy” dude was another stroke of genius as he is definitely going to be the impetus of major chaos and change for the better of the hospital. Having Izzie regain her moral fortitude, perfect. The lesbian love story neither added to nor took away from Grey’s as a whole. Therefore it was completely expendable. We look forward to seeing more great things from Grey’s Anatomy this Thursday.

By: Fin

Fin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:57:13 +0000

Heroes did awesome; could these count towards the episodes renew/cancel index? (as the companies make money out of some advertisement on it)

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:23:23 +0000

DD, Nielsen families have their DVR watching counted just as they have their Live show watching, either via the people meters which are in 12-17,000 homes currently. Networks likely monitor the DVR watching numbers, but our best information is that they are not relevant to the advertising revenue success of a show.

By: DD

DD — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:28:58 +0000

If this has been explained before, please forgive me…new girl here.

I want to understand how the DVR numbers work alongside the Nielsen numbers. Do the networks even count this data since most of us who record our shows to fast forward through commercials as opposed to watching live where we are forced to endure endless adds? Do they (The Networks)even realize that most of us use this opportunity to go to the bathroom or grab a snack and don’t even watch the adds anyway?

I just want to know how this all works. Thanks! I’m loving this site!

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[...] And what better way to induct the stats into the family than with a lot of drama. Six dramas, actually, as Grey’s Anatomy had the largest time-shifted audience for last week, followed by House, CSI and a host of other heavy shows. For a little levity, The Office had the biggest increase in DVR vieiwing. Check out the full top 20. [...]

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:54:03 +0000

Mike, Terminator didn’t air in the week this report covers.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:51:44 +0000

Corey – Did Terminator air this particular week ?

Private Practice is usually high up in the % increase, but it didn’t air during the week the data is for. Ditto Dirty Sexy Money.

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By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:39:07 +0000

Umm…I knew that. Sorry, my mind is still in flux over that ridiculously awesome episode of Sarah Connor last night.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:36:30 +0000

Corey, to quote Woody Paige, “you have to look at the schedule!”. Sarah Connor didn’t air on October 13 (the week referenced above).

By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:27:25 +0000

Sarah Connor has been in the top 5 for greatest % increase for a while now. Did it all of a sudden just drop out of the top 20? If so, that would seem kind of odd.

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:19:21 +0000

Awesome, thanks!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:05:30 +0000

FrankJ, We’ve been doing these posts for more than a year. Just click the “Top DVR Shows” category link above and you can go back in time and see them.

By: ABCFanatic

ABCFanatic — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:58:53 +0000

Grey Rocks

By: FrankJ

FrankJ — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:43:36 +0000

Chuck looks like it’s getting fairly consistent DVR viewership this season. Is there data showing what the show got last season?

By: Wes

Wes — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:43:08 +0000

I love Grey’s and record it every week..but i just read something on eonline that i think is a very poor decision on ABC’s part…supposedly they are de-gaying Grey’s lol, fired the actress who plays the newly outed lesbian character and changed the sexuality of a future guest star..i may stop watching, it makes no sense why they are doing this..read up on it here: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b66996_greys_degayed_brooke_smith_axed_melissa.html

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:02:12 +0000

Johnny, I’m sure it’s counted somewhere, by someone, but nothing that is currently reported regularly by anyone — not the networks (save perhaps NBC), and not the cable companies. The limited data we’ve seen thanks mostly to NBC suggests it is very small currently, even relative to DVR viewing, let alone live viewing.

By: Johnny Shoe

Johnny Shoe — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:48:37 +0000

Question: Does watching a show OnDemand count anywhere? I have COMCAST and always catch CSI & NCIS that way, so I can DVR or watch other shows.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:18:17 +0000

You know i hate to say this as its been brilliant this season but i think im resigned that this is PBs final season.

Still its goin on a high

By: the128boy

the128boy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:02:26 +0000

Bill, you gotta believe, man!

I have been with that show since day 1, and still remember watching the pilot for the first time. I now know 6 people close to me that watch the show, and I am single-handedly responsible for 4 of them! I am still a believer in word-of-mouth, to an extent. And this table is at least valuable as an added word-of-mouth measure. The more people that watch it, the more it spreads (hopefully)! lol, boy do I sound delusional, i know, i know

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:49:54 +0000

128boy, Hope springs eternal!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:48:46 +0000

If we did know that it was absolutely true, I’d have no problem with the absolute! I doubt the extended viewing is very meaningful but almost meaningless and entirely meaningless aren’t the same thing.

I look at CSI: Miami with only 500,000 of its 1.92 million DVR viewership occurring the same day and think a whole lot of the remainder probably occurs within the C+3 range, boosting C+3 numbers ever so slightly. I suspect (but lack the data to do the analysis) that his is the case with many of the 10pm shows where the % of same day DVR viewing is typically *much* lower than shows airing at 8p and 9p.

By: the128boy

the128boy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:47:11 +0000

Though it may not contribute to the show’s success, it’s comforting to a fan to see the office get % increases like that.

And you could at least *argue* that these numbers hold SOME sort of value. For instance, if this many people are watching The Office (even if it’s not live), i have that much greater a chance of running into someone else that also watches the show. And (as I have done with some of my friends) try and pursuade them to watch it live.

Now I know i’m only one fan, but my point is that the more people that see the show eventually (whether live or not) the greater the potential that some of them may eventually switch to live. Or perhaps even if these particular people never switch to live viewing, they may themselves bring in new viewers that watch live.

I guess all I’m saying is that this table is a measure of POTENTIAL success, but not necessarily the added value networks (and advertisers) would ideally want it to be.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:40:47 +0000

I have edited the text for those people, nameless they shall be, who may be allergic to absolutes.

Me? Black and white baby!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:34:04 +0000

entirely meaningless is so absolute! We do not *know* this to be the case. But we have enough data to support “almost entirely meaningless, and perhaps so close to entirely meaningless that you wouldn’t know the difference…”