Comments on: Nielsen Ratings Tuesday June 24: Summer Reality Rules

By: Rob D

Rob D — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:14:12 +0000

Thanks Robert, they are just trying to mislead the public though. American Idol usually is honest when they tell how many viewers watched. People who don't follow tv ratings will think that AGT is as popular as American Idol.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:38:08 +0000

Rob D, no. They are saying 24 million discrete individuals watch SOME of the show. The numbers we report are the average viewers across the show's entire duration. Which is a very different number than peak viewing, or total number of people who watched any portion of the show.

By: Rob D

Rob D — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:32:31 +0000

Actually Kayarn, I'm pretty sure Arrested Development was on a couple of times after an American Idol results show on Wednesday and got like 11 million viewers. Since it lost probably 15 milion viewers off it's lead in, I do see your point. On a side note, I hate when networks lie about how many people watched their show. At the beginning of America's Got Talent, they said that 24 million people watched last week. Are they saying that the 12 million who watched from 9-10 turned off the show and they got 12 million completely different pepole from 10-11, lol.

By: here i am

here i am — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:10:24 +0000

thanks!

By: kayarn

kayarn — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:23:15 +0000

more people watched both wipeout and japanese game show than have ever watched an episode of arrested development, 30 rock or friday night lights.

thats it, i quit.