754,000 Time-shift Oprah And Skip The Sappiest Parts
The Oprah Winfrey Show tops the list for biggest % increase from time-shifting at 10.3%, quite a jump from recent levels in the mid-single digits, and had the largest absolute audience size via DVR viewing at 754,000 for the week of March 31 – April 6, 2008.
Top Time-shifted (DVR viewed) Syndicated TV Shows, March 31-April 6, 2008:
|
Rank |
Programs |
ORIG |
Persons Live+7 (000s) |
Persons Live (000s) |
Time-shifted Audience (000s) |
% increase from Live to Live+7 |
|
1 |
OPRAH WINFREY SHOW |
CTD |
8,088 |
7,334 |
754 |
10.3% |
|
2 |
TWO-HALF MEN |
WB |
8,782 |
8,377 |
405 |
4.8% |
|
3 |
DR. PHIL SHOW |
CTD |
6,152 |
5,858 |
294 |
5.0% |
|
4 |
JUDGE JUDY |
CTD |
6,803 |
6,544 |
259 |
4.0% |
|
5 |
JEOPARDY |
CTD |
9,512 |
9,314 |
198 |
2.1% |
|
6 |
TWO-HALF MEN WKND B |
WB |
3,788 |
3,612 |
176 |
4.9% |
|
7 |
CSI MIAMI |
CTD |
6,014 |
5,841 |
173 |
3.0% |
|
8 |
FAMILY GUY-MF |
2/T |
6,809 |
6,650 |
159 |
2.4% |
|
9 |
GEORGE LOPEZ WKND B |
WB |
3,735 |
3,592 |
143 |
4.0% |
|
10 |
SEINFELD-WKND |
SPT |
5,088 |
4,962 |
126 |
2.5% |
|
11 |
LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY |
DAD |
3,427 |
3,317 |
110 |
3.3% |
|
12 |
PEOPLE’S COURT |
WB |
3,448 |
3,338 |
110 |
3.3% |
|
13 |
SEINFELD |
SPT |
5,844 |
5,737 |
107 |
1.9% |
|
14 |
KING OF QUEENS |
SPT |
4,080 |
3,974 |
106 |
2.7% |
|
15 |
WHEEL OF FORTUNE |
CTD |
11,869 |
11,764 |
105 |
0.9% |
|
16 |
FRIENDS |
WB |
4,050 |
3,952 |
98 |
2.5% |
|
17 |
GEORGE LOPEZ |
WB |
4,765 |
4,682 |
83 |
1.8% |
|
18 |
INSIDE EDITION |
CTD |
4,174 |
4,110 |
64 |
1.6% |
|
19 |
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND |
CTD |
5,367 |
5,316 |
51 |
1.0% |
|
20 |
LAW & ORDER:SVU |
NBU |
4,534 |
4,485 |
49 |
1.1% |
Our Time-Shifting table indicates which of the Top 40 Syndicated shows for the week had the largest % increase in viewing between Live audience and Live+7 audience numbers from viewers watching shows later on their digital video recorders (DVRs) as well as the size of the audience that watched in the 7 days after the live show.
TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
DAD = Disney ABC Domestic Television, SPT= Sony Pictures Television, 2/T=Twentieth Television, C/P =CBS Paramount Television, ESP = ESPN, KIN = KingWorld, CTD = Columbia TriStar Domestic.
I would like to know how you arrive at the numbers for your “What You’re Watching On DVR’s” ratings, ie: do you send out surveys, call people, monitor DVR viewing somehow, etc.??
This is a very interesting subject to me, as I haven’t seen my “most-watched-on-DVR” program listed which, by the way, I’m sure that millions of others are watching the same show on their DVR’s as well.
Thank You.
Connie, we get effectively all our data from Nielsen Media, both directly and indirectly.
They measure what folks watch on their televisions live and with their DVRs both by electronic people meters (used in the largest TV markets) and paper diaries (in smaller markets).