For the week of June 23-29, Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen had the largest time-shifted audience with 1.978 million and the largest audience % gain by time-shifting (DVR viewing). Its audience increased by 29.0% over the 6.814 million that watched it Live giving it a Live+7 audience of 8.792 million.
Largest Time-Shifting Audiences for 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 | 8,792 | 6,814 | 1,978 | 29.0% |
| 2 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED | FOX | 9,123 | 7,266 | 1,857 | 25.6% |
| 3 | WIPEOUT | ABC | 10,773 | 9,143 | 1,630 | 17.8% |
| 4 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU | FOX | 9,329 | 7,830 | 1,499 | 19.1% |
| 5 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT | NBC | 12,309 | 11,101 | 1,208 | 10.9% |
| 6 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 7,944 | 6,894 | 1,050 | 15.2% |
| 7 | I SURVED-JAPANESE GM SHOW | ABC | 8,448 | 7,427 | 1,021 | 13.7% |
| 8 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 6,378 | 5,362 | 1,016 | 18.9% |
| 9 | MOLE, THE | ABC | 4,667 | 3,732 | 935 | 25.1% |
| 10 | LAST COMIC STANDING 6 | NBC | 5,770 | 4,877 | 893 | 18.3% |
| 11 | HOUSE-MON 9P | FOX | 7,903 | 7,201 | 702 | 9.7% |
| 12 | BABY BORROWERS | NBC | 8,275 | 7,582 | 693 | 9.1% |
| 13 | NASHVILLE STAR | NBC | 6,153 | 5,596 | 557 | 10.0% |
| 14 | CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD | NBC | 9,145 | 8,602 | 543 | 6.3% |
| 15 | HOPKINS | ABC | 6,250 | 5,743 | 507 | 8.8% |
| 16 | FEAR ITSELF | NBC | 4,799 | 4,298 | 501 | 11.7% |
| 17 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS | NBC | 5,201 | 4,716 | 485 | 10.3% |
| 18 | BONES-MON 8P | FOX | 6,681 | 6,221 | 460 | 7.4% |
| 19 | CELEBRITY CIRCUS | NBC | 5,802 | 5,359 | 443 | 8.3% |
| 20 | SUPERNANNY | ABC | 4,384 | 3,981 | 403 | 10.1% |
Greatest % Increase from Time-Shifting for 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 | 8,792 | 6,814 | 1,978 | 29.0% |
| 2 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED | FOX | 9,123 | 7,266 | 1,857 | 25.6% |
| 3 | MOLE, THE | ABC | 4,667 | 3,732 | 935 | 25.1% |
| 4 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU | FOX | 9,329 | 7,830 | 1,499 | 19.1% |
| 5 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 6,378 | 5,362 | 1,016 | 18.9% |
| 6 | LAST COMIC STANDING 6 | NBC | 5,770 | 4,877 | 893 | 18.3% |
| 7 | WIPEOUT | ABC | 10,773 | 9,143 | 1,630 | 17.8% |
| 8 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 7,944 | 6,894 | 1,050 | 15.2% |
| 9 | I SURVED-JAPANESE GM SHOW | ABC | 8,448 | 7,427 | 1,021 | 13.7% |
| 10 | FARMER WANTS A WIFE | CW | 2,647 | 2,353 | 294 | 12.5% |
| 11 | FEAR ITSELF | NBC | 4,799 | 4,298 | 501 | 11.7% |
| 12 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT | NBC | 12,309 | 11,101 | 1,208 | 10.9% |
| 13 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS | NBC | 5,201 | 4,716 | 485 | 10.3% |
| 14 | SUPERNANNY | ABC | 4,384 | 3,981 | 403 | 10.1% |
| 15 | NASHVILLE STAR | NBC | 6,153 | 5,596 | 557 | 10.0% |
| 16 | HOUSE-MON 9P | FOX | 7,903 | 7,201 | 702 | 9.7% |
| 17 | FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN | CW | 4,356 | 3,983 | 373 | 9.4% |
| 18 | WIFE SWAP | ABC | 4,560 | 4,174 | 386 | 9.2% |
| 19 | BABY BORROWERS | NBC | 8,275 | 7,582 | 693 | 9.1% |
| 20 | HOPKINS | ABC | 6,250 | 5,743 | 507 | 8.8% |
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). The absolute time-shifting table ranks which of the Top 150 broadcast shows [by Live+7 viewers] had the largest absolute number of 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.
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