mrassbillygunn
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Nov 20, 2012 17:56:32 GMT -5
Id like to know how the ratings work and how they are broken down into simple terms. Can someone explain please what for example a 3.1 rating would mean?
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Post by Zeke on Nov 20, 2012 19:09:40 GMT -5
I think it means 3.1 million viewers, but I'm most likely wrong.
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Post by J12 on Nov 20, 2012 20:31:29 GMT -5
In general, ratings are calculated using two methods of measurement - ratings points and shares.
Ratings indicate the percentage of all households in the U.S. with televisions that are tuned to a given station during a given time slot. This is total population, and includes homes that may not have their TVs on at all.
Shares indicate the number of households tuned to a given station during a given time slot of TVs that are on at that time.
Simply put:
Rating: Percentage of Americans with televisions watching your program
Shares: Percentage of Americans who are currently watching TV and watching your program
So, for example, these are just random numbers.
If WWE were to receive a 3.1/7 share, that means that 3.1% of households in America with at least one television are watching WWE at that given time, and 7% of American households currently watching TV are watching WWE at that given time.
Of course, the ratings are further broken down by demographic, geography, etc, so it's all quite diluted, and none of it is exact, because they're taking from an extremely small sample size.
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Post by highland1983 on Nov 20, 2012 22:07:30 GMT -5
Explain where do babies come from?
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Post by Next Man’s Yeeter on Nov 20, 2012 22:18:22 GMT -5
I think it means 3.1 million viewers, but I'm most likely wrong. Yes, you are wrong. As explained above, the number is the percentage of households watching, not the number of households watching. For example, the last Raw of October drew a 2.94 rating, which equated to 4.1 million viewers. |
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