Comments on: Broadcast Nielsen Ratings w/e Feb 3: Fox Breaks Records

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:07:54 +0000

a 15.7/24 means 15.7% of all households (as you guessed) and 24% of all the households that had their tvs turned on at that time.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:07:54 +0000

a 15.7/24 means 15.7% of all households (as you guessed) and 24% of all the households that had their tvs turned on at that time.

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:54:41 +0000

How do I interpret American Idol’s Nielsen rating of 15.7/23? I’m thinking that the 15.7 is the % of households that tuned in, but what is the 23?

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:54:41 +0000

How do I interpret American Idol's Nielsen rating of 15.7/23? I'm thinking that the 15.7 is the % of households that tuned in, but what is the 23?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:56:51 +0000

Jaemes, you have a good feel. Last year for the same week Idol did HH Ratings of 18.6 and 18.0 with viewers of 33.65 million and 31.85 million. Down over SIXTEEN % on a viewers basis vs. last year.

Update: not that we didn’t know already, but it’s definitely a trend. In the HH rating info for last night’s (2/5) AI it was down 16% vs. last year on a ratings basis. But interestingly, for the entire night vs last year, according to Marc Berman, Fox was only down 13% ABC down 24%, NBC down 30%, CW 37% and CBS 44%. Though these comparisons are bad likely because of all the Super Tuesday coverage.

I’d rather be Fox.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:56:51 +0000

Jaemes, you have a good feel. Last year for the same week Idol did HH Ratings of 18.6 and 18.0 with viewers of 33.65 million and 31.85 million. Down over SIXTEEN % on a viewers basis vs. last year.

Update: not that we didn't know already, but it's definitely a trend. In the HH rating info for last night's (2/5) AI it was down 16% vs. last year on a ratings basis. But interestingly, for the entire night vs last year, according to Marc Berman, Fox was only down 13% ABC down 24%, NBC down 30%, CW 37% and CBS 44%. Though these comparisons are bad likely because of all the Super Tuesday coverage.

I'd rather be Fox.

By: jaems

jaems — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:35:22 +0000

Is seems like the numbers for Idol are down. If they are, how much are they down from last season?

By: jaems

jaems — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:35:22 +0000

Is seems like the numbers for Idol are down. If they are, how much are they down from last season?

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:25:19 +0000

Christian, they most certainly will, they took the lead as of this week.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:25:19 +0000

Christian, they most certainly will, they took the lead as of this week.

By: Christian H

Christian H — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:01:30 +0000

Good Lord…what a week for FOX! Could they possibly win in total viewership over CBS by the finish of the season? I think it is quite possible…

By: Christian H

Christian H — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:01:30 +0000

Good Lord…what a week for FOX! Could they possibly win in total viewership over CBS by the finish of the season? I think it is quite possible…