Two and A Half Men takes the top syndicated time-shifted crown again with the largest absolute audience size via DVR viewing with 244,000 for the week of June 30 – July 6, 2008. Without A Trace had the largest % audience increase over it’s Live viewing with 4.9%.
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 | TWO-HALF MEN | WB | 6,093 | 5,849 | 244 | 4.2% |
| 2 | FAMILY GUY-MF | 2/T | 5,818 | 5,582 | 236 | 4.2% |
| 3 | JUDGE JUDY | CTD | 5,885 | 5,677 | 208 | 3.7% |
| 4 | CENTURY PREMIERE | 2/T | 5,857 | 5,651 | 206 | 3.6% |
| 5 | OPRAH WINFREY SHOW | CTD | 4,811 | 4,617 | 194 | 4.2% |
| 6 | JEOPARDY | CTD | 7,596 | 7,415 | 181 | 2.4% |
| 7 | TWO-HALF MEN WKND B | WB | 4,037 | 3,857 | 180 | 4.7% |
| 8 | CSI MIAMI | CTD | 4,898 | 4,752 | 146 | 3.1% |
| 9 | WITHOUT A TRACE | WB | 3,051 | 2,909 | 142 | 4.9% |
| 10 | GEORGE LOPEZ | WB | 4,390 | 4,253 | 137 | 3.2% |
| 11 | DR. PHIL SHOW | CTD | 4,532 | 4,396 | 136 | 3.1% |
| 12 | KING OF QUEENS | SPT | 3,584 | 3,458 | 126 | 3.6% |
| 13 | FRIENDS | WB | 3,795 | 3,672 | 123 | 3.3% |
| 14 | KING OF QUEENS-WKND | SPT | 3,905 | 3,800 | 105 | 2.8% |
| 15 | LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY | DAD | 3,312 | 3,219 | 93 | 2.9% |
| 16 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT | CTD | 4,552 | 4,460 | 92 | 2.1% |
| 17 | SEINFELD-WKND | SPT | 5,007 | 4,929 | 78 | 1.6% |
| 18 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE | CTD | 9,109 | 9,032 | 77 | 0.9% |
| 19 | SEINFELD | SPT | 4,789 | 4,727 | 62 | 1.3% |
| 20 | LAW & ORDER:SVU | NBU | 4,094 | 4,038 | 56 | 1.4% |
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.
