Nielson Ratings Overnights — April 30, 2007

Another manic Monday as the song goes, ABC comes in first with Dancing with the stars having 5.5/14. NBC had Heroes coming in second with 5.4/13. Not far behind in third was CBS’s CSI:Miami having 5.2/14. And rounding out forth place was ABC’s Dancing with the stars in the eight o’clock hour having 4.7/13

My Two Cents:

I know I promised to watch CSI:Miami and I wasn’t able to last night. I will set my DVR to record it from now on and I’ll give you my impressions of the show since Kim Delaney has left.

For the complete ratings from last night and who won the night (in key demos), stick around after the jump. . .

Nielsen Fast Nationals

From Monday, April 30, 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.