Nielsen Fast Nationals From Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Sorry for being late on this, but I’m still trying to automate a lot of processes and modules on the backend of the server while it’s live. Hope nothing to drastic occurred — smiley face — this will be quick. FOX comes in first with American Idol having 13.3/32. They also take second place in the 8 o’clock hour with 10.6/30. Is it finally over. Far behind in third was ABC’s Lost having 6.6/18, which also took forth place in the 9 o’clock hour with 5.2/12. And that’s it, sorry for the wait.

My Two Cents:

Madeyoulaugh should be happy with all the automated processes that I’m creating, but being late will give something to stay grumpy about. I’m sure he knows, that I know that he’s reading this — smiley face.

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

Nielsen Fast Nationals

From Wednesday, May 23, 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.