Sorry this is late -- the quick and dirty. ABC has two shows that tie for first and second with National Bingo Night and America's Funniest Home Videos having 1.8/7 and for second place, the same two shows having 1.7/8 and 1.7/6. Three way tie for third: ABC's 20/20, NBC's Law & Order, CBS's Numbers all having 1.6/6.
For Saturday, CBS comes in first 48 Hours Mystery having 5.3/10. Also, CBS had 48 Hours Mystery coming in second with 4.5/9. ABC comes in third with the future prison inmates, I mean, the NBA Playoff: Game 3: Spurs at Jazz having 3.5/7.
For Sunday, FOX comes in first with Nascar Racing: Nextel Cup in Concord, N.C. having 3.1/10. Coming in second was FOX comes in second with Nascar Racing: Nextel Cup in Concord, N.C. having 2.8/10, as well. And coming in third, hey! Wait a minute! What's going on here -- FOX comes in third with Nascar Racing: Nextel Cup in Concord, N.C. having 2.6/11
For the complete ratings from last night and who won the night (in key demos), stick around after the jump. . .
Nielsen Fast Nationals
From Friday, May 25, 2007
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Who Won The Night
Nielsen Fast Nationals
From Saturday, May 26, 2007
* Signifies repeat
Who Won The Night
Nielsen Fast Nationals
From Sunday, May 27, 2007
* Signifies repeat
Who Won The Night
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.