For the week of June 9-15, Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen topped al broadcast shows in audience % gain by time-shifting (DVR viewing). Its audience increased by 25.8% over the 7.681 million that watched it Live giving it a Live+7 audience of 9.660 million.
However, with far fewer new episodes airing during broadcast prime-time in the summer, the top 20 % time-shifting list is a lot easier to reach with numbers that woudn’t come close during the main broadcast season.
Fox lead all networks with 7 of the top 20 time-shifted shows on a % basis.
Top 20 Most % Time-shifted Broadcast TV Shows:
| Rank | Programs | Network | Persons Live+7 (000s) | Persons Live (000s) | Time-shifted Audience (000s) | % increase from Live to Live+7 |
| 1 | HELL’S KITCHEN | FOX | 9,660 | 7,681 | 1,979 | 25.8% |
| 2 | SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE-WED | FOX | 9,899 | 7,922 | 1,977 | 25.0% |
| 3 | SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE-THU | FOX | 8,898 | 7,235 | 1,663 | 23.0% |
| 4 | THE MOLE | ABC | 4,437 | 3,623 | 814 | 22.5% |
| 5 | THE BACHELORETTE | ABC | 6,806 | 5,576 | 1,230 | 22.1% |
| 6 | LAST COMIC STANDING | NBC | 4,470 | 3,690 | 780 | 21.1% |
| 7 | MEN IN TREES | ABC | 5,081 | 4,240 | 841 | 19.8% |
| 8 | MOMENT OF TRUTH | FOX | 6,560 | 5,648 | 912 | 16.1% |
| 9 | FEAR ITSELF | NBC | 5,287 | 4,691 | 596 | 12.7% |
| 10 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS | NBC | 5,847 | 5,300 | 547 | 10.3% |
| 11 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 7,538 | 6,838 | 700 | 10.2% |
| 12 | ONE TREE HILL | CW | 886 | 808 | 78 | 9.7% |
| 13 | FARMER WANTS A WIFE | CW | 2,134 | 1,947 | 187 | 9.6% |
| 14 | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 9P 6/15 | NBC | 4,860 | 4,479 | 381 | 8.5% |
| 15 | REAPER | CW | 1,319 | 1,221 | 98 | 8.0% |
| 16 | HOUSE | FOX | 8,230 | 7,643 | 587 | 7.7% |
| 17 | FAMILY GUY | FOX | 5,261 | 4,902 | 359 | 7.3% |
| 18 | GOSSIP GIRL | CW | 1,136 | 1,060 | 76 | 7.2% |
| 19 | BEAUTY AND THE GEEK-2-ENC | CW | 1,205 | 1,128 | 77 | 6.8% |
| 20 | BONES | FOX | 7,682 | 7,210 | 472 | 6.5% |
The % Time-shifting table ranks which of the Top 150 broadcast shows [by Live+7 viewers] 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).
Definitions:
Overnights: Local metered-market ratings service of Nielsen Station Index (NSI) in which household ratings and shares are provided to clients the morning following the day or evening of telecast.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
LIVE: The number that watched a program while it was broadcast.
LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day the program was broadcast.
LIVE+7: The number watched while a program was broadcast or via DVR within 7 days of original broadcast.
For more information see Numbers 101.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
