11 Responses to “Top Syndicated Shows, Nov 19-25”

1. Joe Bua says:

   December 5, 2007 at 2:14 pm

   I find it very interesting whenever Wheel's Nielsen numbers come up how Sajak is so politically active yet that flies so under the radar.

   Have you read his Wikipedia page? He owns the parent company of Regnery Books, the people who published the Swift Boat attack book against John Kerry.

   I can't imagine that people would watch this show knowing he was involved in shredding a veteran's reputation.

   Maybe Sajak could do a special episode of Wheel where he puts the Abu Ghraib whistleblowers up on the wheel and spin them like it was the Spanish Inquisition! You know, for February sweeps!
2. Joe Bua says:

   December 5, 2007 at 12:14 pm

   I find it very interesting whenever Wheel’s Nielsen numbers come up how Sajak is so politically active yet that flies so under the radar.

   Have you read his Wikipedia page? He owns the parent company of Regnery Books, the people who published the Swift Boat attack book against John Kerry.

   I can’t imagine that people would watch this show knowing he was involved in shredding a veteran’s reputation.

   Maybe Sajak could do a special episode of Wheel where he puts the Abu Ghraib whistleblowers up on the wheel and spin them like it was the Spanish Inquisition! You know, for February sweeps!
3. Rena Moretti says:

   December 7, 2007 at 10:05 am

   How are those ratings calculated? Are they aggregates?
4. Bill Gorman says:

   December 7, 2007 at 11:03 am

   Rena,

   For the shows that run M-F, the viewership is the average for all 5 days, what the industry calls “collapsed” ratings. That's all we get for syndicated shows.

   For Hispanic Spanish broadcast shows we get both the “collapsed” ratings and the “strip” ratings, which gives a rating for each individual day. For that group, we have chosen to publish only the “strip” results, since those are most like all of our other ratings items.

   For Syndicated shows, we don't have the choice, the collapsed ratings are all we get.
5. Rena Moretti says:

   December 7, 2007 at 8:05 am

   How are those ratings calculated? Are they aggregates?
6. Bill Gorman says:

   December 7, 2007 at 9:03 am

   Rena,

   For the shows that run M-F, the viewership is the average for all 5 days, what the industry calls “collapsed” ratings. That’s all we get for syndicated shows.

   For Hispanic Spanish broadcast shows we get both the “collapsed” ratings and the “strip” ratings, which gives a rating for each individual day. For that group, we have chosen to publish only the “strip” results, since those are most like all of our other ratings items.

   For Syndicated shows, we don’t have the choice, the collapsed ratings are all we get.
7. Rena Moretti says:

   December 11, 2007 at 1:43 pm

   Dear Bill,

   Thanks for the info. How do they handle multiple airings on the same day? Do they average them too or do they add them up.

   In other words: are those ratings ratings per airing, ratings per day, or ratings per week?

   Thanks again for your help. I very much appreciate it.
8. Rena Moretti says:

   December 11, 2007 at 11:43 am

   Dear Bill,

   Thanks for the info. How do they handle multiple airings on the same day? Do they average them too or do they add them up.

   In other words: are those ratings ratings per airing, ratings per day, or ratings per week?

   Thanks again for your help. I very much appreciate it.
9. Bill Gorman says:

   December 11, 2007 at 3:23 pm

   Rena,

   Here's the answer directly from our friends at Nielsen.

   “All of Nielsen's national audience estimates are based on tuning to the average minute. So, the viewing for all minutes are summed together and divided by the number of minutes. As a result when you see a national rating it represents viewing during the average minute of the program whether it airs once or five times a week”
10. Bill Gorman says:

    December 11, 2007 at 1:23 pm

    Rena,

    Here’s the answer directly from our friends at Nielsen.

    “All of Nielsen’s national audience estimates are based on tuning to the average minute. So, the viewing for all minutes are summed together and divided by the number of minutes. As a result when you see a national rating it represents viewing during the average minute of the program whether it airs once or five times a week”