Oprah Winfrey Show Leads Syndicated DVR Viewing
May 14th, 2008 by Bill Gorman616,000 Time-Shift Oprah To Enjoy In the Future

The Oprah Winfrey Show tops the list for biggest % increase from time-shifting at 10.1%, and had the largest absolute audience size via DVR viewing at 616,000 for the week of April 21-27, 2008.
Top Time-Shifted Syndicated Shows
|
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 |
6,736 |
6,120 |
616 |
10.1% |
|
2 |
DR. PHIL SHOW |
CTD |
6,409 |
6,000 |
409 |
6.8% |
|
3 |
TWO-HALF MEN |
WB |
7,856 |
7,561 |
295 |
3.9% |
|
4 |
JUDGE JUDY |
CTD |
6,632 |
6,345 |
287 |
4.5% |
|
5 |
JEOPARDY |
CTD |
9,082 |
8,886 |
196 |
2.2% |
|
6 |
SEINFELD |
SPT |
5,324 |
5,165 |
159 |
3.1% |
|
7 |
FAMILY GUY-MF |
2/T |
6,736 |
6,587 |
149 |
2.3% |
|
8 |
KING OF QUEENS |
SPT |
3,740 |
3,608 |
132 |
3.7% |
|
9 |
SEINFELD-WEEKEND |
SPT |
5,407 |
5,277 |
130 |
2.5% |
|
10 |
TWO-HALF MEN WEEKEND B |
WB |
3,740 |
3,617 |
123 |
3.4% |
|
11 |
KING OF QUEENS-WEEKEND |
SPT |
3,943 |
3,821 |
122 |
3.2% |
|
12 |
GEORGE LOPEZ |
WB |
4,720 |
4,604 |
116 |
2.5% |
|
13 |
FRIENDS |
WB |
3,662 |
3,555 |
107 |
3.0% |
|
14 |
CSI MIAMI |
CTD |
6,058 |
5,952 |
106 |
1.8% |
|
15 |
GEORGE LOPEZ WEEKEND B |
WB |
3,217 |
3,116 |
101 |
3.2% |
|
16 |
LAW & ORDER:SVU |
NBU |
4,251 |
4,154 |
97 |
2.3% |
|
17 |
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT |
CTD |
6,023 |
5,929 |
94 |
1.6% |
|
18 |
LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY |
DAD |
3,267 |
3,182 |
85 |
2.7% |
|
19 |
WHEEL OF FORTUNE |
CTD |
11,150 |
11,076 |
74 |
0.7% |
|
20 |
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT WEEKEND |
CTD |
3,571 |
3,504 |
67 |
1.9% |
Our Syndicated Time-Shifting table indicates which of the Top 25 Syndicated shows had the largest absolute DVR audience (audience that watched in the 7 days after the live show) as well as the largest % increase in viewing between Live audience and Live+7 audience numbers from viewers watching shows later on their digital video recorders (DVRs).
For syndicated shows which air on multiple days, the viewership shown is the average of all telecasts.
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.










