In Plain Sight Has a 23.6% Increase and 1,132,000 DVR Viewers
For the week of May 26 – June 1, 2008, USA’s new drama In Plain Sight was the leading cable show for time-shifting with an increase of of 23.6% over its Live audience in its Live+7 viewing audience and an absolute time-shifted audience size of 1,132,000. Rounding out the top 10 were the 2 part A&E movie Andromeda Strain, 2 episodes of WWE Raw, 2 Lakers/Spurs NBA Playoff games and a pre-game and 2 episodes of NCIS.
Top 20 Most Time-shifted (DVR viewed) Cable Shows:
| Rank | Programs | Network | Persons Live+7 (000s) | Persons Live (000s) | Time-shifted Audience (000s) | % increase from Live to Live+7 |
| 1 | IN PLAIN SIGHT | USA | 5,923 | 4,791 | 1,132 | 23.6% |
| 2 | ANDROMEDA STRAIN PT1 | AEN | 5,121 | 4,482 | 639 | 14.3% |
| 3 | ANDROMEDA STRAIN PT. 2 | AEN | 5,238 | 4,721 | 517 | 11.0% |
| 4 | WWE RAW | USA | 4,426 | 4,033 | 393 | 9.7% |
| 5 | WWE RAW | USA | 4,554 | 4,212 | 342 | 8.1% |
| 6 | NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME | TNT | 3,519 | 3,181 | 338 | 10.6% |
| 7 | NBA PLAYOFFS (LAKERS/SPURS) | TNT | 7,276 | 6,962 | 314 | 4.5% |
| 8 | NBA PLAYOFFS (SPURS/LAKERS) | TNT | 6,813 | 6,582 | 231 | 3.5% |
| 9 | NCIS | USA | 3,246 | 3,022 | 224 | 7.4% |
| 10 | NCIS | USA | 3,263 | 3,052 | 211 | 6.9% |
| 11 | NCIS | USA | 3,410 | 3,210 | 200 | 6.2% |
| 12 | NBA CONF FNLS (CELTICS/PISTONS) | ESPN | 6,450 | 6,261 | 189 | 3.0% |
| 13 | INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS | TNT | 3,562 | 3,403 | 159 | 4.7% |
| 14 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 4,467 | 4,314 | 153 | 3.5% |
| 15 | MIGHTY B! | NICK | 3,177 | 3,026 | 151 | 5.0% |
| 16 | INSIDE THE NBA PLAYOFFS | TNT | 3,124 | 2,981 | 143 | 4.8% |
| 17 | BACK AT THE BARNYARD | NICK | 3,249 | 3,122 | 127 | 4.1% |
| 18 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 3,999 | 3,874 | 125 | 3.2% |
| 19 | NBA CONF FNLS (PISTONS/CELTICS) | ESPN | 6,450 | 6,331 | 119 | 1.9% |
| 20 | NBA PLAYOFFS PRE-GAME | TNT | 3,298 | 3,181 | 117 | 3.7% |
Our time-shifting chart ranks which of the Top 40 cable shows 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). We include both the absolute size of the time-shifted audience (and sort the chart by that metric), and the % increase over the Live viewing.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
