Nielsen Fast Nationals From Fri-Sun, May 11-13, 2007

Another weekend has past and here are the results. CBS comes in first, second and third with Ghost Whisperer having 2.8/11. CBS’s Close to Home having 2.6/9 and CBS’s Numbers having 2.5/8. And rounding out forth place was NBC’s Law and Order having 2.4/8.

For Saturday, CBS comes in first 48 Hours Mystery having 2.1/7. ABC had NBA Playoff (Special) coming in second with 1.8/6. CBS and NBC tied for third with CSI: Miami and Law and Order: SVU having 1.6/6.

For Sunday, ABC comes in first with Desperate Housewives having 6.2/16. CBS had Survivor: Fiji coming in second and third with 5.1/13 and Survivor: Fiji Reunion (special) having 4.7/12. ABC’s America’s Funniest Home Videos coming in fifth with 2.6/10.

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 11, 2007

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Who Won The Night

Nielsen Fast Nationals

From Saturday, May 12, 2007

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Who Won The Night

Nielsen Fast Nationals

From Sunday, May 13, 2007

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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.