317,000 Time-Shift Two And A Half Men, Ponder Sheen Ironies
In the first week in a long while, Two and A Half Men takes the top syndicated time-shifted crown away from the Oprah Winfrey Show and tops the list for the largest absolute audience size via DVR viewing with 317,000 for the week of May 26 – June 1, 2008. Judge Judy had the largest % audience increase over it’s Live viewing with 4.7%.
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 | TWO-HALF MEN | WB | 7,419 | 7,102 | 317 | 4.5% |
| 2 | JUDGE JUDY | CTD | 5,935 | 5,668 | 267 | 4.7% |
| 3 | DR. PHIL SHOW | CTD | 4,882 | 4,616 | 266 | 5.8% |
| 4 | JEOPARDY | CTD | 8,817 | 8,592 | 225 | 2.6% |
| 5 | FAMILY GUY-MF | 2/T | 6,350 | 6,137 | 213 | 3.5% |
| 6 | OPRAH WINFREY SHOW | CTD | 5,045 | 4,848 | 197 | 4.1% |
| 7 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND B | WB | 3,980 | 3,808 | 172 | 4.5% |
| 8 | GEORGE LOPEZ | WB | 4,310 | 4,160 | 150 | 3.6% |
| 9 | KING OF QUEENS | SPT | 4,060 | 3,920 | 140 | 3.6% |
| 10 | CENTURY PREMIERE | 2/T | 4,522 | 4,386 | 136 | 3.1% |
| 11 | SEINFELD-WKND | SPT | 4,538 | 4,421 | 117 | 2.6% |
| 12 | SEINFELD | SPT | 4,834 | 4,728 | 106 | 2.2% |
| 13 | LAW & ORDER:SVU | NBU | 4,280 | 4,174 | 106 | 2.5% |
| 14 | LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY | DAD | 3,336 | 3,239 | 97 | 3.0% |
| 15 | KING OF QUEENS-WKND | SPT | 3,688 | 3,595 | 93 | 2.6% |
| 16 | FRIENDS | WB | 3,650 | 3,563 | 87 | 2.4% |
| 17 | BUENA VISTA V | DAD | 3,985 | 3,916 | 69 | 1.8% |
| 18 | EVRY LVS RAYMOND | CTD | 4,731 | 4,665 | 66 | 1.4% |
| 19 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT | CTD | 5,266 | 5,201 | 65 | 1.2% |
| 20 | CSI MIAMI | CTD | 5,045 | 4,981 | 64 | 1.3% |
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.
