Nielsen Overnights From Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I know that some of you will find it difficult to believe but FOX comes in first with American Idol having 11.8/29. I know, I was shocked as well. Who would have thought. ABC had Lost coming in a close second with 5.1/14. Hey! Wait a second, that’s not close. Anyways! CBS’s CSI:NY having 3.2/9 . Not far behind in forth was CBS’s Criminal Minds having 2.8/7.

My Two Cents:

What can I say. I personally believe that America has greater talent that anything that I have seen on Idol, but what do I know. I just have to report what others view as being great. Take the money and run as Steve Miller once said, Woody Allen later on would use that line to make a great movie.

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

Nielsen Fast Nationals

From Thursday, April 25, 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.