Nielsen Fast Nationals From Tuesday, June 5, 2007

And it’s another Tuesday of ratings. NBC comes in first and second with America’s Got Talent having 4.5/12. Coming in third was NBC’s Deal or No Deal (special) having 3.0/10. And with a close forth place, Fox’s House having 2.5/7.

Sorry that I’ve been so short in reporting the stats and I haven’t brought my “A” game in the humor department, but it’s because I’m working on a lot of programming that should make MadeYouLaugh very happy. Give me a couple of weeks or so and I’ll be back.

Or you’ll never hear from me — one of the two.

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

Nielsen Fast Nationals

From Tuesday, June 5, 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.