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		<title>TV Continues To Dominate Consumer Media Usage</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/19/tv-continues-to-dominate-consumer-media-usage/34131</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[via Television Bureau of Advertising:

A18+ was the bases for estimates for newspapers, consumer books, consumer magazines, out-of-home, yellow pages, home video and in-flight entertainment.
P12+ was the bases for estimates for Total TV, radio, recorded music, movies in theaters, videogames, consumer Internet and mobile content.
(1) Total TV includes Network-affiliated stations, Independent and Public stations, and Basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday cable finals: World War II in HD  beats Curbed, Dexter, Prisoner and Californication</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/18/sunday-cable-finals-world-war-ii-in-hd-beats-curbed-dexter-prisoner-and-californication/33993</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/18/sunday-cable-finals-world-war-ii-in-hd-beats-curbed-dexter-prisoner-and-californication/33993#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m enjoying the third season of Californication more than that fourth season of Dexter and judging from the numbers, that puts me in very selective group (AKA so small  of a group that it&#8217;s almost nonexistent!).
I&#8217;m also enjoying this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm more than Dexter, but Dexter is attracting more viewers than it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise! Average TV Viewing Per Day Continues To Rise</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/10/surprise-average-tv-viewing-per-day-continues-to-rise/33162</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/10/surprise-average-tv-viewing-per-day-continues-to-rise/33162#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports of the demise of television watching continue to be premature. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How High Could World Series Ratings Go This Year?</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/26/how-high-could-world-series-ratings-go-this-year/31548</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/26/how-high-could-world-series-ratings-go-this-year/31548#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Yankees return to the <b><i>World Series</i></b> for the first time since 2003. Where can they take the ratings? [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Emmy Awards Ratings Slide As The Same Shows (&#8221;Nobody&#8221; Watches) Always Win</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/19/emmy-awards-ratings-slide-as-the-same-shows-nobody-watches-always-win/27727</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/19/emmy-awards-ratings-slide-as-the-same-shows-nobody-watches-always-win/27727#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it any surprise that <b><i>Emmy Awards</i></b> ratings keep falling?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>71</slash:comments>
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		<title>TV still most dominant source for local and national news; accuracy rating hits two decade low</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/14/tv-still-most-dominant-source-for-local-and-national-news-accuracy-rating-hits-two-decade-low/27043</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/14/tv-still-most-dominant-source-for-local-and-national-news-accuracy-rating-hits-two-decade-low/27043#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The public’s assessment of the accuracy of news is at its lowest levels in two decades according to the latest from Pew Research.
TV still dominant for news
Television was still the most dominant source for both national and local news.

The  most recent biennial media attitudes survey from The Pew Research Center for the People &#38; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telco TV Services Grow At the Expense of Cable Systems</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/09/telco-tv-services-grow-at-the-expense-of-cable-systems/26546</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/09/telco-tv-services-grow-at-the-expense-of-cable-systems/26546#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest TV provider breakdown from The Bridge show Telco TV services (Verizon FiOS, AT&#38;T U-verse) continuing to take share in the TV provider market primarily at the expense of traditional cable MSOs (Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, etc.), while satellite provider&#8217;s (DirecTV, DISH) share inches upwards.

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		<title>Nielsen Three Screen Report: video consumption continues to increase</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/02/nielsen-three-screen-report-video-consumption-continues-to-increase/26053</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/02/nielsen-three-screen-report-video-consumption-continues-to-increase/26053#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New TV Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[via Nielsen Wire:
Three Screen Report: Media Consumption and Multi-tasking Continue to Increase Across TV, Internet, and Mobile
Americans are increasing their overall media consumption, and media multi-tasking is part of the equation, according to new data from The Nielsen Company’s most recent Three Screen Report. During 2nd Quarter 2009, the number of people watching mobile video [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>TV Audience increases are smallest in 10 years</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/28/tv-audience-increases-are-smallest-in-10-years/25613</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/28/tv-audience-increases-are-smallest-in-10-years/25613#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Seidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Nielsen Wire:
For the 2009-2010 broadcast season Nielsen estimates that the total number of television households within the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) will be 114.9 million. This is an increase of 400,000 homes from last year and the smallest increase in the last 10 years. Nielsen also estimates that the number of Persons age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 80&#8217;s Were the Decade Of The Cable Guy</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/26/the-80s-were-the-decade-of-the-cable-guy/23599</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/26/the-80s-were-the-decade-of-the-cable-guy/23599#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 80's really were the decade of the cable guy, few people were wired in 1980, by 1990 more than half the population was. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Despite Internet Video, DVDs, And Predictions Of Doom, TV Viewing Keeps Increasing</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/23/despite-internet-video-dvds-and-predictions-of-doom-tv-viewing-keeps-increasing/23478</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/23/despite-internet-video-dvds-and-predictions-of-doom-tv-viewing-keeps-increasing/23478#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We seem to have constant discussions underway in our comments about how TV watching is doomed, a relic, being overwhelmed by the internet, DVDs, computer games, the next latest and greatest thing. Trouble is, it's just not true. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>More US TV Sets vs. People, The Trends That Made It Happen</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/21/more-us-tv-sets-vs-people-the-trends-that-made-it-happen/23261</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/21/more-us-tv-sets-vs-people-the-trends-that-made-it-happen/23261#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke with Michael Starr at the NY Post today about my earlier item on the fact that there are now more TV sets in the US than there are people.
He asked me what I thought had caused that to happen. In the moment, I didn&#8217;t have anything worked out nicely to support my guess, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The United States Of Television: More TV Sets Than People</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/20/the-united-state-of-television-more-tv-sets-than-people/23093</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/20/the-united-state-of-television-more-tv-sets-than-people/23093#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are now more TV sets in the US than people. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who Are The 10.4% of US TV Households With HD TVs But No HD Programming?</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/06/who-are-the-10-4-of-us-tv-households-with-hd-tvs-but-no-hd-programming/22374</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/07/06/who-are-the-10-4-of-us-tv-households-with-hd-tvs-but-no-hd-programming/22374#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Reference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The gap between households owning HD sets (46.3%) and actually receiving HD programming (35.9%) isn't new, and it has shrunk a bit since 2008, but it still is somewhat surprising to me.[...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Teens TV Usage Up Too, Like Everybody Else</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/25/teens-tv-usage-up-too-like-everybody-else/21425</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/25/teens-tv-usage-up-too-like-everybody-else/21425#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study out today from Nielsen contradicts our many commenters of the &#8220;nobody under XX watches TV anymore anyway&#8221; persuasion.
Teens overall TV use has been growing slowly (up 6% in the last 5 years). But within that trend, broadcast TV use has been on the decline, and cable TV use has been on the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>US Open Golf Tournament Ratings, 1971-2008</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/15/us-open-golf-ratings-1971-2008-2/20743</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/15/us-open-golf-ratings-1971-2008-2/20743#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Reference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Sports]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Tiger Woods Is In Contention, TV Ratings Soar

The spike in 2008 was driven by Tiger Woods&#8217; exciting tie on the final hole of regulation and then 18 hole playoff victory, with a broken leg. How high could TV ratings go this year?
Full 1971-2008 US Open Golf TV Ratings Detail:







Year
Viewers
HH Rating
Share
Telecasts
Network
Winner


1971

6.4
25
2
ABC
Lee Trevino


1972

9.1
28
2
ABC
Jack Nicklaus


1973

9.0
30
2
ABC
Johnny Miller


1974

7.3
25
2
ABC
Hale Irwin


1975

6.8
23
3
ABC
Lou [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cable And Satellite TV Subscriber Numbers, Q1 2009</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/08/cable-and-satellite-tv-subscriber-numbers-q1-2009/20282</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/08/cable-and-satellite-tv-subscriber-numbers-q1-2009/20282#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Satellite TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don&#8217;t focus much on the business of cable and satellite TV providers, but here&#8217;s a nice chart from mediabiz.com of cable and satellite subscriber numbers at the end of Q1, 2009. Click on the image for a full-sized verson.




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		<title>NHL Stanley Cup Finals TV Ratings, 1995-2008</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/22/nhl-stanley-cup-finals-tv-ratings-1995-2008/19333</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/22/nhl-stanley-cup-finals-tv-ratings-1995-2008/19333#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 18:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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Last years Pittsburgh Penguins v. Detroit Redwings marquis &#8220;Original 6&#8243; match up produced the best NHL Stanley Cup Finals ratings in 6 years, breaking the recent sharp downward trend. That matchup would happen again this season, and a six or seven game series could provide another uptick.
Full Data for NHL Stanley Cup Finals Ratings, 1995-2008
















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		<title>NBA Finals TV Ratings, 1974-2008</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/22/nba-finals-tv-ratings-1974-2008/19324</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/22/nba-finals-tv-ratings-1974-2008/19324#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 17:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Ratings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Quick, guess which year was Michael Jordan&#8217;s last in the NBA Finals?
Marketed far more on the power of individual stars than any other US team sport, NBA basketball suffers the most when it lacks those charismatic stars in postseason play.
1987-1989 were the end of the Magic Johnson/Larry Bird era. 1990 saw an interim year and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kentucky Derby TV Ratings</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/01/kentucky-derby-tv-ratings/17848</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/01/kentucky-derby-tv-ratings/17848#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 19:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long term decline in Kentucky Derby ratings was reversed sharply when NBC took over the broadcast in 2001. While the decline in TV ratings for "championship" sports events is pretty typical, the reversal of such is quite rare. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Top 100 Rated TV Shows Of All Time</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/21/top-100-rated-tv-shows-of-all-time/14922</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/21/top-100-rated-tv-shows-of-all-time/14922#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Top 100 Rated US TV Telecasts of All Time. Enjoy![...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>67</slash:comments>
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		<title>State of The Union Address TV Ratings</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/26/state-of-the-union-address-tv-ratings/13569</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/26/state-of-the-union-address-tv-ratings/13569#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama's first <strong><em>State of the Union </em><span style="font-weight: normal;">Address</span></strong> on Tuesday averaged 52.373 million viewers across broadcast and cable networks. That puts it 4th for the Presidential addresses since 1993 behind[...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>NASCAR Daytona 500 TV Ratings</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/24/nascar-daytona-500-tv-ratings/13371</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/24/nascar-daytona-500-tv-ratings/13371#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
While the trend for NASCAR&#8217;s Daytona 500 TV ratings had been positive since the early 90&#8217;s, unlike many other big sporting events besides the Super Bowl, the past three years have seen a downward reversal to that trend. At 15.954 million average viewers, the rained out 2009 race had the lowest viewership since 2000.
Daytona 500 Historical TV [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Academy Awards Show Ratings</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/17/academy-awards-show-ratings/12818</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/17/academy-awards-show-ratings/12818#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TV Ratings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The <strong><em>Academy Awards</em></strong> (now <strong><em>The Oscars</em></strong>) show is still one of the biggest ratings events in television, and its ratings had held up far better than most long running events until the turn of the 21st century. But a variety of changes in the last 10 years seem to have taken their toll,[...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Debunking of the &#8220;Couric Ratings Up&#8221; Myth</title>
		<link>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/12/more-debunking-of-the-couric-ratings-up-myth/12731</link>
		<comments>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/12/more-debunking-of-the-couric-ratings-up-myth/12731#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Gorman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evening News TV Ratings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert correctly tagged the myth of <a title="Permanent Link to MYTH: &#60;i&#62;&#60;b&#62;CBS Evening News with Katie Couric’s&#60;/b&#62;&#60;/i&#62; ratings have greatly improved" rel="bookmark" href="http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/08/myth-cbs-evening-news-with-katie-courics-ratings-have-greatly-improved/12401"><em><strong>CBS Evening News with Katie Couric’s</strong></em> ratings have greatly improved</a>, but I wanted to follow up with a table and a chart with some seasonal data[...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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