Nielsen Fast Nationals From Monday, May 14, 2007

And it’s another Monday and another day closer to Friday — the only day that counts. ABC ties in first with Dancing with the Stars having 5.7/14 and CBS’s King of Queens having the same. Not far behind in second was NBC’s Heroes having 5.4/13. And with a close forth place CBS’s CSI: Miami having 5.2/14.

My Two Cents:

For some reason, I could have sworn that I was at the track for a second. I wonder why? Hmmm! By the way, Happy belated Mother’s day to all of you — whether you’re a Mom or the child of a Mom — I guess that covers everyone. Call and tell your Mom that you love her one more time — it’s never enough.

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, May 14, 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.