24's Jack Bauer can't stop a nuke, nor can he stop the the explosive power behind THE GOLDEN GLOBES which won the night....all night. 24 had a respectable second place finish, unfortunately if Jack finishes second. . . that means the terrorists win. Despite THE GOLDEN GLOBES and 24, other shows faired well, all things considered, THE CLASS pulled a solid 2.7/6 on a night against two juggernauts as did CSI: MIAMI which took home an 9 share in the prime-time time final hour.
for complete Neilsen ratings on Monday 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.