Nielsen Ratings: Friday February 2, 2007 - 
by madeyoulaugh
What is it that makes America care about 1 vs 100 one day, and not the next? The man vs men show which was number one earlier this week was dominated on Friday night by Jennifer Love Boobits, GHOST WHISPERER
which drew a solid 10 share in the 8 oclock hour. While we are still waiting on last nights Superbowl ratings, we can be certain in drew in several gatrillion viewers which explains the 9 o'clocks ruler from Friday night THE SUPERBOWLS GREATEST COMMERCIALS 2007. NUMBERS pulled big ones at 10 beating out 20/20 and LAW & ORDER which appears to be stalling in its Friday night time slot.
For the complete Nielsen breakdown from Friday night, stick around after the jump . . .
How do I read these ratings?
A Nielsen rating may look like this:
8pm - NBC - TVgasm The TV Show - 10.0/18
Focus on the 10.0/18. The RATING, 10.0, on the left represents the actual number of households that watched a show. One rating point equals 1,102,000 households. The SHARE, 18, on the right represents the show's proportion of the total households watching television at that time.
For example, TVgasms TV Show has a 10 rating/18 share. That means 11,020,000 households are tuned in to the show and 18% of all the households with a TV turned on are watching that show.
Ratings and Share are customarily broken down for various DEMOs -- a demographic grouping of viewers, like 18-49 adults or 2-12 children or 18-34 women, etc. Advertisers, and therefore networks, covet the 18-49 adult demo, and so tend to concentrate on that number.
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