500,000 Time-Shift Oprah, Watch After The Sun Goes Down
The Oprah Winfrey Show again tops the list for biggest % increase from time-shifting at 7.8%, and had the largest absolute audience size via DVR viewing at 500,000 for the week of May 19-25, 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 | 6,935 | 6,435 | 500 | 7.8% |
| 2 | DR. PHIL SHOW | CTD | 5,838 | 5,506 | 332 | 6.0% |
| 3 | TWO-HALF MEN | WB | 8,147 | 7,815 | 332 | 4.2% |
| 4 | JUDGE JUDY | CTD | 6,547 | 6,290 | 257 | 4.1% |
| 5 | FAMILY GUY-MF | 2/T | 6,556 | 6,377 | 179 | 2.8% |
| 6 | JEOPARDY | CTD | 9,005 | 8,833 | 172 | 1.9% |
| 7 | SEINFELD | SPT | 5,655 | 5,507 | 148 | 2.7% |
| 8 | GEORGE LOPEZ | WB | 4,447 | 4,314 | 133 | 3.1% |
| 9 | CSI MIAMI | CTD | 5,360 | 5,254 | 106 | 2.0% |
| 10 | KING OF QUEENS | SPT | 4,032 | 3,928 | 104 | 2.6% |
| 11 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | 10,595 | 10,501 | 94 | 0.9% |
| 12 | PEOPLE’S COURT | WB | 3,149 | 3,056 | 93 | 3.0% |
| 13 | FRIENDS | WB | 3,673 | 3,580 | 93 | 2.6% |
| 14 | LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY | DAD | 3,246 | 3,156 | 90 | 2.9% |
| 15 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT | CTD | 5,700 | 5,613 | 87 | 1.5% |
| 16 | SEINFELD-WKND | SPT | 3,927 | 3,850 | 77 | 2.0% |
| 17 | KING OF QUEENS-WKND | SPT | 3,399 | 3,327 | 72 | 2.2% |
| 18 | EVRY LVS RAYMOND | CTD | 4,941 | 4,870 | 71 | 1.5% |
| 19 | JUDGE JOE BROWN | CTD | 3,427 | 3,366 | 61 | 1.8% |
| 20 | LAW & ORDER:SVU | NBU | 3,896 | 3,835 | 61 | 1.6% |
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, ESP = ESPN, KIN = KingWorld, CTD = CBS Television Distribution.
Considering the large amount of Commercials aired during this show do you blame viewers for “Time-Shifting” it? It seems at times she is on for five minutes, then comes five minutes of Commercials, then five minutes of Oprah, then ANOTHER five minutes of Commercials…..
William, I cannot blame people for wanting to limit the amount of time they must view Oprah, for any reason