Two and A Half Men again had the largest absolute audience size via DVR viewing with 268,000 for the week of June 23-29, 2008. The Oprah Winfrey Show perhaps on the road back to DVR dominance had the largest % audience increase over it’s Live viewing with 5.1%.
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 | FAMILY GUY-MF | 2/T | 6,193 | 5,925 | 268 | 4.5% |
| 2 | TWO-HALF MEN | WB | 7,014 | 6,750 | 264 | 3.9% |
| 3 | OPRAH WINFREY SHOW | CTD | 5,420 | 5,158 | 262 | 5.1% |
| 4 | JEOPARDY | CTD | 8,140 | 7,926 | 214 | 2.7% |
| 5 | JUDGE JUDY | CTD | 6,217 | 6,015 | 202 | 3.4% |
| 6 | LAW & ORDER:SVU | NBU | 4,279 | 4,102 | 177 | 4.3% |
| 7 | GEORGE LOPEZ | WB | 4,518 | 4,343 | 175 | 4.0% |
| 8 | KING OF QUEENS-WKND | SPT | 3,776 | 3,602 | 174 | 4.8% |
| 9 | CSI MIAMI | CTD | 5,146 | 5,010 | 136 | 2.7% |
| 10 | DR. PHIL SHOW | CTD | 4,722 | 4,590 | 132 | 2.9% |
| 11 | FRIENDS | WB | 3,876 | 3,753 | 123 | 3.3% |
| 12 | PEOPLE’S COURT | WB | 3,269 | 3,146 | 123 | 3.9% |
| 13 | SEINFELD | SPT | 4,885 | 4,776 | 109 | 2.3% |
| 14 | LIST OF A LIFETIME 6 | NBU | 4,783 | 4,687 | 96 | 2.0% |
| 15 | KING OF QUEENS | SPT | 3,897 | 3,820 | 77 | 2.0% |
| 16 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | 9,653 | 9,577 | 76 | 0.8% |
| 17 | BUENA VISTA VI | DAD | 3,805 | 3,730 | 75 | 2.0% |
| 18 | INSIDE EDITION | CTD | 3,847 | 3,775 | 72 | 1.9% |
| 19 | EVRY LVS RAYMOND | CTD | 4,477 | 4,409 | 68 | 1.5% |
| 20 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT | CTD | 5,367 | 5,305 | 62 | 1.2% |
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.
