Nielsen Fast Nationals From Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Tuesday night’s ratings. NBC comes in first, second and third with Singing Bee (Premiere) having 5.0/14 — are you kidding me — America’s Got Talent having 4.6/13 and Law and Order: SVU having 3.1/9. You could consider FOX’s MLB All Star Game (Special) having 3.8/11 as coming in third, but since performance inhancing drugs may be in question here, then we will never truly know whether these ratings are a true reflection of those who actually watched or not. It’s juiced I tell you and that includes the viewers.

A bunch of numbers and words, but no charts just after the jump. . .

Tuesday July 10, 2007
8:00ABC * According to Jim (Special) 1.4/5
CBS * NCIS 2.1/7
NBC America’s Got Talent 3.0/10
FOX MLB All Star Game: Pregame Show (Special) 2.9/10
CW * Gilmore Girls 0.6/2
MyN Crazy in Alabama

8:30ABC * According to Jim 1.6/5
CBS * NCIS 2.2/7
NBC America’s Got Talent 3.7/11
FOX MLB All Star Game (Special) 3.6/11
CW * Gilmore Girls 0.6/2
MyN Crazy in Alabama

9:00ABC Shaq’s Big Challenge 1.4/4
CBS Big Brother 8 2.6/7
NBC America’s Got Talent 4.6/13
FOX MLB All Star Game (Special) 3.8/11
CW * Veronica Mars 0.5/1
MyN Crazy in Alabama

9:30ABC Shaq’s Big Challenge 1.6/4
CBS Big Brother 8 2.5/7
NBC Singing Bee (Premiere) 5.0/14
FOX MLB All Star Game (Special) 3.6/10
CW * Veronica Mars 0.5/1
MyN Crazy in Alabama

10:00ABC Primetime: Family Secrets 2.5/7
CBS Pirate Master (Premiere) 1.5/4
NBC * Law and Order: SVU 3.1/9

10:30ABC Primetime: Family Secrets 2.3/7
CBS Pirate Master (Premiere) 1.6/5
NBC * Law and Order: SVU 2.9/9

Nielsen Fast Nationals

From Tuesday, July 10, 2007

* Signifies repeat

Who Won The Night

Rember this isn’t a chart

ABC 1.8/5
CBS 2.1/6
NBC 3.7/11
FOX 3.6/11
CW 0.5/2
MyN

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.