Comments on: Nielsen Ratings Saturday, August 16: All Beijing, All The Time… http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/17/nielsen-ratings-saturday-august-16-all-beijing-all-the-time/4711 Nielsen TV Show Ratings, Data and More Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:37:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: kc http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/17/nielsen-ratings-saturday-august-16-all-beijing-all-the-time/4711#comment-14432 kc Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:50:55 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4711#comment-14432 Call me crazy but I haven't watched 5 minutes of this stuff. Swimming? Come on. There are like a thousand different races. Someone is going to win a handful of medals no matter what. The other sports...beach volleyball, equestrian. kayaking. ZERO interest for me...The only thing I would watch is the track and everything is tape delayed. I already know who won 12 hours before NBC shows it so there is no way I am staying up until 11 pm to watch a 10, 20, 30 second race....But if you look at what else is on TV that probably explains the ratings. My TV has been off most of the summer..... Call me crazy but I haven't watched 5 minutes of this stuff. Swimming? Come on. There are like a thousand different races. Someone is going to win a handful of medals no matter what. The other sports…beach volleyball, equestrian. kayaking. ZERO interest for me…The only thing I would watch is the track and everything is tape delayed. I already know who won 12 hours before NBC shows it so there is no way I am staying up until 11 pm to watch a 10, 20, 30 second race….But if you look at what else is on TV that probably explains the ratings. My TV has been off most of the summer…..

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/17/nielsen-ratings-saturday-august-16-all-beijing-all-the-time/4711#comment-14374 Robert Seidman Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:43:15 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4711#comment-14374 A little more data on Saturday 11p-11:30p on NBC vis the NYT:<br><br>NBC said Saturday’s prime-time broadcast — featuring Mr. Phelps’s eighth gold medal win — was its most-viewed Saturday program in 18 years. From 11 to 11:30 p.m., when the Americans swam in their medal-winning medley relay, 39.9 million viewers were watching, according to Nielsen Media Research. A little more data on Saturday 11p-11:30p on NBC vis the NYT:

NBC said Saturday’s prime-time broadcast — featuring Mr. Phelps’s eighth gold medal win — was its most-viewed Saturday program in 18 years. From 11 to 11:30 p.m., when the Americans swam in their medal-winning medley relay, 39.9 million viewers were watching, according to Nielsen Media Research.

]]> By: TVaholic http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/08/17/nielsen-ratings-saturday-august-16-all-beijing-all-the-time/4711#comment-14372 TVaholic Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:13:12 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=4711#comment-14372 Anyone have data for the 11pm half our of the olympics?<br>I thought for sure Phelps would draw over 40 million. Anyone have data for the 11pm half our of the olympics?
I thought for sure Phelps would draw over 40 million.

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