It's a Tuesday night and that means anyone can win. Oh! That's right! But they barely won this time. FOX comes in first with American Idol having 9.7/28. I didn't watch it yet, and I am not going to watch the recorded either. Also, FOX had House coming in second with 9.0/23. Now, I like that show. Far behind in third was ABC’s Dancing with the Stars: Results having 4.2/11. And rounding out forth place was NBC’s Law and Order:SVU having 3.8/11.
My Two Cents:
The greatest speller in world in the hizzy. You would think that with the finalist stages getting closer, that the numbers would be dominant. Can't exactly figure that one out.
For the complete ratings from last night and who won the night (in key demos), stick around after the jump. . .
Nielsen Fast Nationals
From Tuesday, May 8, 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.