The ratings business doesn't stop for any day. FOX comes in first with American Idol having 11.1/27. My God! Can you believe this? Now that's what they call down in the southern regions of the United States as
"a take-you-out-behind-the-wood-shed-country-ass-whooping!" I don't like the show, but a whoopin is a whoopin. Far behind in second was ABC’s Lost having 5.3/14. And with a close third place, CBS’s Criminal Minds having 3.9/10. Not far behind in forth was a tie between FOX’s Bones having 3.8/11 and CBS’s The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular (special) having 3.8/11.
My Two Cents:
It's only going to get worst for those, like myself, that can't stand American Idol. It's not that it's a bad concept, it's just that I find it hard to believe that this is best talent in all of America. Please! Great karaoke singers, though.
For the complete ratings from last night and who won the night (in key demos), stick around after the jump. . .
Nielsen Fast Nationals
From Wednesday, May 16, 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.