So You Think You Can Dance Has Largest % Increase From DVR Viewing
For the week of June 30 – July 6, Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen had the largest time-shifted audience (DVR viewing) with 1.855 million.
Thursday’s airing of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance had the largest % audience increase from DVR viewing with 27.5% over the 6.068 million that watched it Live giving it a Live+7 audience of 7.739 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 | 9,004 | 7,149 | 1,855 | 25.9% |
| 2 | SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE-WED | FOX | 9,564 | 7,742 | 1,822 | 23.5% |
| 3 | SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE-THU | FOX | 7,739 | 6,068 | 1,671 | 27.5% |
| 4 | WIPEOUT | ABC | 10,144 | 8,610 | 1,534 | 17.8% |
| 5 | I SURVED-JAPANESE GM SHOW | ABC | 6,970 | 5,735 | 1,235 | 21.5% |
| 6 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT | NBC | 12,747 | 11,586 | 1,161 | 10.0% |
| 7 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 7,594 | 6,460 | 1,134 | 17.6% |
| 8 | BACHELORETTE-6/30(S) | ABC | 7,829 | 6,755 | 1,074 | 15.9% |
| 9 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 5,257 | 4,271 | 986 | 23.1% |
| 10 | MOLE, THE | ABC | 4,315 | 3,479 | 836 | 24.0% |
| 11 | BABY BORROWERS | NBC | 7,173 | 6,390 | 783 | 12.3% |
| 12 | LAST COMIC STANDING 6 | NBC | 5,220 | 4,439 | 781 | 17.6% |
| 13 | HOUSE-MON 9P | FOX | 8,373 | 7,653 | 720 | 9.4% |
| 14 | MOMENT OF TRUTH | FOX | 5,050 | 4,385 | 665 | 15.2% |
| 15 | BONES-MON 8P | FOX | 7,014 | 6,424 | 590 | 9.2% |
| 16 | HOPKINS | ABC | 5,109 | 4,577 | 532 | 11.6% |
| 17 | NASHVILLE STAR | NBC | 5,842 | 5,319 | 523 | 9.8% |
| 18 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS | NBC | 5,085 | 4,578 | 507 | 11.1% |
| 19 | FEAR ITSELF | NBC | 4,830 | 4,339 | 491 | 11.3% |
| 20 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 9,333 | 8,870 | 463 | 5.2% |
The absolute time-shifting audience size 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)
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 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU | FOX | 7,739 | 6,068 | 1,671 | 27.5% |
| 2 | HELL’S KITCHEN | FOX | 9,004 | 7,149 | 1,855 | 25.9% |
| 3 | MOLE, THE | ABC | 4,315 | 3,479 | 836 | 24.0% |
| 4 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED | FOX | 9,564 | 7,742 | 1,822 | 23.5% |
| 5 | SWINGTOWN | CBS | 5,257 | 4,271 | 986 | 23.1% |
| 6 | I SURVED-JAPANESE GM SHOW | ABC | 6,970 | 5,735 | 1,235 | 21.5% |
| 7 | WIPEOUT | ABC | 10,144 | 8,610 | 1,534 | 17.8% |
| 8 | LAST COMIC STANDING 6 | NBC | 5,220 | 4,439 | 781 | 17.6% |
| 9 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 7,594 | 6,460 | 1,134 | 17.6% |
| 10 | BACHELORETTE-6/30(S) | ABC | 7,829 | 6,755 | 1,074 | 15.9% |
| 11 | MOMENT OF TRUTH | FOX | 5,050 | 4,385 | 665 | 15.2% |
| 12 | FRI NIGHT SMACKDOWN-7/4(S) | CW | 3,185 | 2,769 | 416 | 15.0% |
| 13 | BABY BORROWERS | NBC | 7,173 | 6,390 | 783 | 12.3% |
| 14 | HOPKINS | ABC | 5,109 | 4,577 | 532 | 11.6% |
| 15 | FEAR ITSELF | NBC | 4,830 | 4,339 | 491 | 11.3% |
| 16 | AMERICAN GLADIATORS | NBC | 5,085 | 4,578 | 507 | 11.1% |
| 17 | REAPER | CW | 1,295 | 1,172 | 123 | 10.5% |
| 18 | 20/20-7/4(S) | ABC | 3,806 | 3,450 | 356 | 10.3% |
| 19 | AMERICA’S GOT TALENT | NBC | 12,747 | 11,586 | 1,161 | 10.0% |
| 20 | NASHVILLE STAR | NBC | 5,842 | 5,319 | 523 | 9.8% |
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).
Definitions:
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.
Will the missing weeks of this chart be made up once Bill returns from holiday?
I'm pretty sure, but not 100% that he'll go back and the missing weeks rather than just picking up with the week when he gets back.