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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #200 on: April 24, 2009, 01:13:04 AM »


That one day is about to come... Survivor's already meh... I quit watching the show since Romber destroyed the essence of winning in All Stars...



Don't diss the greatness of Romber  :jam:

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #201 on: April 24, 2009, 01:16:20 AM »


That one day is about to come... Survivor's already meh... I quit watching the show since Romber destroyed the essence of winning in All Stars...



Don't diss the greatness of Romber  :jam:

Oops... Sorry!  ;D Well, I liked them during the Race (moreso in All Stars) better than Survivor... Peace!  :lol:
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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #202 on: April 24, 2009, 04:01:41 AM »
Sorry puddin, but Romber = MEH. :meow: :funny:

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #203 on: April 24, 2009, 10:24:41 AM »


That one day is about to come... Survivor's already meh... I quit watching the show since Romber destroyed the essence of winning in All Stars...



Don't diss the greatness of Romber  :jam:
Romber was awesome in both Survivor and TAR. Plus, Amber remains hot to this day :tup:
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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #204 on: April 24, 2009, 03:06:55 PM »
Mooyou and Joab,

I am certainly no Romber fan. However, he is right in there with Zach and Colin as the greatest Amazing Racers ever. You may not like his style (I don't), but you can't argue with his results. Also, consider that a lot of the joie de vivre of AR11 left when Rob/Amber were eliminated on Isla Redonda. AR11 was definitely less fun to watch after that.


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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #205 on: April 27, 2009, 11:13:03 AM »
Well preliminary numbers are out.

Here are the results for CBS
60 minutes 10.38 million viewers 1.6 adults 18-49
TAR 10.38 million viewers 3.1 adults 18-49
Cold Case 10.48 million viewers 2.2 in adults 18-49
Unit 8.87 million viewers and a 2.0 in adults 18-49

TAR had full retention of 60 mminutes audience, and nearly doubled its all important demo results. 

It won the time period in viewers, a18-49, a 25-54 (don't know yet about 18-34 but probably not).

And Home Maker was new.

This is a great, great performance for CBS.


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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #206 on: April 27, 2009, 11:52:50 AM »
ditto!
04.27.2009 CBS STREAKS TO 9TH CONSECUTIVE SUNDAY WIN IN VIEWERS
"The Amazing Race" Finishes First in Viewers and Key Demos for the Fourth Straight Broadcast

 

CBS placed first on Sunday in viewers for the ninth consecutive week as THE AMAZING RACE 14 won its time period in viewers and key demographics for the fourth straight broadcast, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for April 26.

 

At 7:00 PM, 60 MINUTES was first in households (6.7/13), viewers (10.38m), second in adults 25-54 (2.3/08) and adults 18-49 (1.6/06). 

 

THE AMAZING RACE 14 was first for the fourth consecutive broadcast in households (6.0/10), viewers (10.29m), adults 25-54 (4.0/09) and adults 18-49 (3.1/09) from 8:00-9:00PM. 

 

At 9:00 PM, COLD CASE was second in households (6.5/10) and viewers (10.49m), while averaging a 3.2/07 in adults 25-54 and 2.2/05 in adults 18-49. 

 

At 10:00 PM, THE UNIT (5.6/09, 8.87m) averaged a 2.8/07 in adults 25-54 and 2.0/05 in adults 18-49.   

 

For the night, CBS was first in viewers (10.01m), tied for first in households (6.2/11, with ABC), second in adults 25-54 (3.1/08) and tied for second in adults 18-49 (2.2/06, with FOX).  CBS won nine consecutive Sundays in viewers.

 

Updated Sunday ratings will be available tomorrow.

 


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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #207 on: April 27, 2009, 12:17:11 PM »
And what is so amazing about this is that for the last couple weeks that been without additional help from overruns. 

In fact If it wasn't for the one episode that aired against the oscars we would have in total viewers more then Season 8, 9 , 11, and 13.

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #208 on: April 27, 2009, 12:24:53 PM »
To keep the audience from 60 Minutes is extremely rare. To build on it for the next show is to borrow a word, amazing.

This cast has captured the imagination of the audience. Plus, last night was another suspenseful episode which helped. Two cycles. Two cycles. There has got to be two cycles. I want to see the Top 20. I would think CBS beat "Extreme Homemaker" like a drum last night.
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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #209 on: April 27, 2009, 12:26:40 PM »
And I checked with another source and my pifeedback does have the wrong viewer total for TAR, its 10.29 like Puddin shows on  CBS press release.

So just marginally lower then 60 minutes and Cold Case but significantly ahead in all demo groups.

With 18-34 numbers
60 minutes .9
TAR 2.1
Cold Case  1.1
Unit 1.2 (very surprised Unit does better then cold Case with the younger viewers)


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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #210 on: April 27, 2009, 12:29:33 PM »
That's minor audience erosion. Overall, a very good night for CBS.
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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #211 on: April 28, 2009, 01:50:14 PM »
CBS CAPTURES 8TH STRAIGHT WIN
CBS Continues as Only Network Up for the Season in all Key Measures

 

CBS Has 7 of the Week's Top 10 Scripted Programs Led by "CSI" and "Criminal Minds"

 

CBS Reality Hits Shine as "Survivor: Tocantins" and "The Amazing Race" Sweep Time Periods in all Key Measures


 

            CBS placed first in viewers for the eighth consecutive week (and 25 of 31 this season) and continues as the only network posting season-to-date gains in all key measures, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending April 26, week 31 of the 2008-2009 television season.

 

            CBS had seven of the top 10 scripted series - CSI, CRIMINAL MINDS 10:00 PM SPECIAL, NCIS 9:00 PM SPECIAL (R) (S), THE MENTALIST 10PM SPECIAL (R) (S), TWO AND A HALF MEN, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT and COLD CASE

 

            CBS's reality hits continued their time period supremacy as SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS swept its Thursday time slot and THE AMAZING RACE 14 won its time slot in viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 for the fourth consecutive broadcast.

 

            For the season, CBS is the only network posting year-to-year increases in all key measures:  +12% in viewers, +7% in adults 18-49 and +8% in adults 25-54.

 

            For the week in viewers:  CBS (9.21m), FOX (8.55m), ABC (8.10m) and NBC (6.03m).  Season-to-date, CBS is first in viewers (11.76m), ahead of FOX (9.69m), ABC (8.88m) and NBC (7.97m).

 

            For the week in households:  CBS (5.9/10), ABC (5.3/09), FOX (5.2/09) and NBC (3.9/07). In households, season-to-date, CBS is first (7.3/12), ahead of FOX (5.7/09), ABC (5.6/09) and NBC (4.9/08). 

 

For the week in key demographics: CBS was tied for second in adults 25-54 (3.0/08, with ABC) and averaged a 2.3/07 in adults 18-49.  Season-to-date, CBS is first in adults 25-54 (4.1/10, tie with FOX) and second in adults 18-49 (3.2/08).

 

CBS's Weekly Highlights: 

 

 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT was first in viewers (10.59m, +720,000 ahead of "Surviving Suburbia"), adults 25-54 (4.6/10) and adults 18-49 (3.8/09). 

 

 CRIMINAL MINDS 10:00 PM SPECIAL was first in households (8.9/15), viewers (13.72m), adults 25-54 (4.6/11) and adults 18-49 (3.5/10).  CRIMINAL MINDS 10PM SPECIAL beat the competition combined in households (vs. 7.5/12, +19%), viewers (vs. 10.83m, +27%), adults 25-54 (vs. 4.1/11, +12%) and adults 18-34 (vs. 3.2/09, +9%). 

 

 SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS was first in households (6.8/12), viewers (11.30m), adults 25-54 (4.5/13) and adults 18-49 (3.5/11). 

 

 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION was first in households (9.2/15), viewers (14.64m), second in both adults 25-54 (4.9/11) and adults 18-49 (3.7/09). 

 

 GHOST WHISPERER was first in households (6.1/12), viewers (9.23m), adults 25-54 (3.1/10) and adults 18-49 (2.2/08).

 

 FLASHPOINT was first in households (5.3/10), viewers (8.19m), adults 25-54 (2.2/07) and adults 18-49 (1.6/05). 

 

 NUMB3RS was first in households (5.8/10), viewers (8.82m), second in adults 25-54 (2.7/08, -0.1 behind ABC) and adults 18-49 (1.8/06). 

 

 THE AMAZING RACE 14 was first for the fourth consecutive broadcast in households (6.0/10), viewers (10.27m), adults 25-54 (4.1/11) and adults 18-49 (3.2/09). 

 

            CBS top programs of the week:  #5 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (an average of 14.64m viewers), #6 CRIMINAL MINDS 10PM SPECIAL (S) (13.72m), #9 NCIS 9PM SPECIAL (R) (S) (12.65m), #10 THE MENTALIST 10PM SPECIAL (R) (S) (12.46m), #11 TWO AND A HALF MEN (11.48m), #12 SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS (11.30m), #13 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (10.59m), #14 COLD CASE (10.57m), #15 60 MINUTES (10.52m), #17 THE AMAZING RACE 14 (10.27m), #20 CRIMINAL MINDS (R) (9.84m), #21 THE MENTALIST MONDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) (9.42m), #24 GHOST WHISPERER (9.23m), #26 THE UNIT (8.84m) and #27 NUMB3RS (8.82m).

 

 

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #31:

 

CBS - 22 hours

NBC - 22 hours

ABC - 22 hours

FOX - 15 hours

 

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME                                                                                     

Week #31 of 2008-09 Season (ending: 4/26/09)                                                                                             

                                                                                               

                        2008-09                       2007-08                                   

HOUSEHOLDS                                                                                             

                        Rtg       Sh                    Rtg       Sh                    Chg

CBS                 5.9       10                    6.0       10                    -2%

NBC                3.9       7                      4.6       8                      -15%

ABC                5.3       9                      5.9       10                    -10%

FOX                5.2       9                      5.6       9                      -7%

                                                                                                                                   

VIEWERS                                                                                           

                        (000)                            (000)                            Chg

CBS                 9,214                           9,270                           -1%

NBC                6,028                           6,963                           -13%

ABC                8,098                           9,087                           -11%

FOX                8,553                           9,166                           -7%

                                                                                               

A25-54                                                                                               

                        Rtg       Sh                    Rtg       Sh                    Chg

CBS                 3.0       8                      3.3       9                      -9%

NBC                2.4       6                      2.6       7                      -8%

ABC                3.0       8                      3.5       9                      -14%

FOX                3.6       9                      3.7       10                    -3%

                                                                                                                                   

A18-49                                                                                               

                        Rtg       Sh                    Rtg       Sh                    Chg

CBS                 2.3       7                      2.5       7                      -8%

NBC                2.0       6                      2.1       6                      -5%

ABC                2.4       7                      2.9       8                      -17%

FOX                3.0       9                      3.4       9                      -12%

                                                                                                                       

A18-34                                                                                               

                        Rtg       Sh                    Rtg       Sh                    Chg

CBS                 1.4       5                      1.7       5                      -18%

NBC                1.6       5                      1.5       5                      +7%

ABC                2.0       6                      2.2       7                      -9%

FOX                2.5       8                      3.0       9                      -17%

                                                                                                                                   

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME                                                                                     

                                                                                               

SEASON-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (09/22/08-04/26/09)                                                                                           

                        2008-09                       2007-08                                   

HOUSEHOLDS                                                                                             

                        Rtg       Sh                    Rtg       Sh                    Chg

CBS                 7.3       12                    6.7       11                    +9%

NBC                4.9       8                      5.3       9                      -8%

ABC                5.6       9                      5.9       10                    -5%

FOX                5.7       9                      6.6       11                    -14%

                                                                                                                                   

VIEWERS                                                                                           

                        (000)                            (000)                            Chg

CBS                 11,755                         10,468                         +12%

NBC                7,969                           8,316                           -4%

ABC                8,883                           9,180                           -3%

FOX                9,690                           11,272                         -14%

                                                                                                                                   

A25-54                                                                                               

                        Rtg       Sh                    Rtg       Sh                    Chg

CBS                 4.1       10                    3.8       9                      +8%

NBC                3.3       8                      3.3       8                      n.c.

ABC                3.4       8                      3.6       9                      -6%

FOX                4.1       10                    4.7       11                    -13%

                                                                                                                                   

A18-49                                                                                               

                        Rtg       Sh                    Rtg       Sh                    Chg

CBS                 3.2       8                      3.0       8                      +7%

NBC                2.8       8                      2.9       8                      -3%

ABC                2.9       8                      3.0       8                      -3%

FOX                3.6       10                    4.3       11                    -16%

                                                                                                                       

A18-34                                                                                               

                        Rtg       Sh                    Rtg       Sh                    Chg

CBS                 2.1       6                      2.1       6                      n.c.

NBC                2.4       7                      2.4       7                      n.c.

ABC                2.4       7                      2.4       7                      n.c.

FOX                3.2       10                    3.8       11                    -16%

                                               

National Nielsen Rank for Demographic: PER2+    for    4/20/2009  -  4/26/2009

 

                                                                                                            Persons 2+ (000)

1.         American Idol-Tuesday                                                            FOX    23963

2.         American Idol-Wednesday                                                       FOX    23947

3.         Dancing With The Stars                                                            ABC    20528

4.         Dancing With The Stars Results                                                ABC    14725

5.         CSI                                                                                          CBS     14639

6.         CRIMINAL MINDS 10PM-SPECIAL                       (S)       CBS     13723

7.         Desperate Housewives                                                 ABC    13642

8.         Grey's Anatomy-Thursday 9PM                                               ABC    13511

9.         NCIS 9PM-SPECIAL                                                 (R)(S)  CBS     12648

10.       THE MENTALIST-10PM SPECIAL                          (R)(S)  CBS     12456

11.       TWO AND A HALF MEN                                         (R)       CBS     11484

12.       SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS                                                    CBS     11303

13.       RULES OF ENGAGEMENT                                                  CBS     10588

14.       COLD CASE                                                                          CBS     10566

15.       60 MINUTES                                                                          CBS     10520

16.       24                                                                                            FOX    10341

17.       AMAZING RACE 14                                                              CBS     10268

18.       Fringe                                                                                       FOX    9895

19.       Surviving Suburbia                                                                    ABC    9869

20.       CRIMINAL MINDS                                                   (R)       CBS     9843

 

                                               

National Nielsen Rank for Demographic: A25-54    for    4/20/2009  -  4/26/2009                                           

 

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1.         American Idol-Wednesday                                                       FOX    10.2

2.         American Idol-Tuesday                                                            FOX    10.1

3.         Dancing With The Stars                                                            ABC    6.1

4.         Desperate Housewives                                                 ABC    5.6

5.         Grey's Anatomy-Thursday 9PM                                               ABC    5.5

6.         CSI                                                                                          CBS     4.9

7.         TWO AND A HALF MEN                                         (R)       CBS     4.8

8.         RULES OF ENGAGEMENT                                                  CBS     4.6

8.         CRIMINAL MINDS 10PM-SPECIAL                       (S)       CBS     4.6

10.       Fringe                                                                                       FOX    4.5

10.       SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS                                                    CBS     4.5

12.       Dancing With The Stars Results                                                ABC    4.3

13.       Biggest Loser 7                                                                        NBC    4.1

13.       24                                                                                            FOX    4.1

13.       AMAZING RACE 14                                                              CBS     4.1

16.       NCIS 9PM-SPECIAL                                                 (R)(S)  CBS     3.9

16.       THE MENTALIST-10PM SPECIAL                          (R)(S)  CBS     3.9

18.       Office                                                                                       NBC    3.8

18.       Apprentice 8                                                                            NBC    3.8

18.       Brothers & Sisters                                                                    ABC    3.8

18.       Private Practice                                                                        ABC    3.8

                                               

National Nielsen Rank for Demographic: A18-49    for    4/20/2009  -  4/26/2009

 

                                                                                                            Adults 18-49 Rating

1.         American Idol-Wednesday                                                       FOX    8.3

2.         American Idol-Tuesday                                                            FOX    8.2

3.         Grey's Anatomy-Thursday 9PM                                               ABC    5.0

4.         Desperate Housewives                                                 ABC    4.7

4.         Dancing With The Stars                                                            ABC    4.7

6.         TWO AND A HALF MEN                                         (R)       CBS     3.9

6.         Fringe                                                                                       FOX    3.9

8.         RULES OF ENGAGEMENT                                                  CBS     3.8

8.         Office                                                                                       NBC    3.8

10.       Biggest Loser 7                                                                        NBC    3.7

10.       CSI                                                                                          CBS     3.7

12.       SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS                                                    CBS     3.5

12.       CRIMINAL MINDS 10PM-SPECIAL                       (S)       CBS     3.5

14.       Family Guy                                                                               FOX    3.4

15.       Private Practice                                                                        ABC    3.3

16.       Dancing With The Stars Results                                                ABC    3.2

16.       24                                                                                            FOX    3.2

16.       AMAZING RACE 14                                                              CBS     3.2

19.       30 Rock                                                                                   NBC    3.1

19.       Brothers & Sisters                                                                    ABC    3.1

19.       Apprentice 8                                                                            NBC    3.1

19.       Heroes                                                                                     NBC    3.1

 

 

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #212 on: April 28, 2009, 02:31:14 PM »
Nice, very nice.

Dear CBS,

Give me my two damn cycles next year!!!!

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #213 on: April 28, 2009, 02:36:07 PM »
CBS Sunday finals courtesy of TravisYanan @ pifeedback.com:

60 Minutes
- 10.520 million viewers
- 6.8/13 HH
- 1.5/5 A18-49

The Amazing Race
- 10.268 million viewers
- 6.0/10 HH
- 3.2/9 A18-89

Cold Case
- 10.566 million viewers
- 6.5/10 HH
- 2.1/5 A18-49

The Unit
- 8.839 million viewers
- 5.5/9 HH
- 2.0/5 A18-49

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #214 on: April 28, 2009, 02:43:00 PM »
A 53% demo growth our of 60 Minutes is pretty amazing.

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #215 on: May 06, 2009, 08:53:03 AM »
Anybody know how ep 11 did?? ???
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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #216 on: May 06, 2009, 08:57:48 AM »
I can get it. I know mswood has been busy.
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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #217 on: May 06, 2009, 09:00:21 AM »
Well, this is why we don't have the ratings:

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Problems at Nielsen over the weekend have caused the delay of overnight ratings for both Sunday, May 4 and Monday, May 5. The delays are also affecting weekly ratings for the week of April 27 to May 3.

Currently there is no word on when the numbers will become available, but we will post stories for both nights as soon as they do.

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #218 on: May 06, 2009, 09:48:21 AM »
Yeah I have been checking since Monday morning and still no news.  And we since htey don't have the overnight ratings for Tuesday I am guessing still more delays.

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #219 on: May 06, 2009, 11:10:55 AM »
Networks are mad at Nielsen:

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TV Networks Frustrated By Lengthy Ratings Delay
By Brian Stelter

How many viewers watched “Chuck” on Monday night? It’s not a meaningless question; NBC is deciding in the next two weeks whether to renew the show, and fans have mounted a dramatic campaign to show their support.

But the nation’s television networks have not received the ratings for “Chuck” or for any other show since Saturday. Nielsen Media Research, in the midst of a systems breakdown, has failed to deliver ratings for four days in a row, and the networks are increasingly impatient.

Without the overnight ratings that decide the fates of shows, producers and sometimes executives, the networks are flying blind only days before they make pivotal decisions about next season’s schedules. Imagine running a movie theater without knowing how many tickets are being sold.

Nielsen attributed the delay to unspecified “server issues.” The overnight ratings for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday are delayed, as well as the broader TV rankings for last week.

“Since it’s necessary to release the data in sequence, we must process Sunday’s TV ratings prior to the release of any days this week,” the company said in a statement. “We’re working around the clock to get the TV ratings back on schedule.”

The company told its clients Wednesday morning that it is reviewing “all metered sample data for Sunday, May 3.”

Ratings delays have been a point of frustration between Nielsen and the networks in the past. In Feb. 2008 Nielsen acknowledged the disappointment in its performance and promised to improve. The New York Times’ Bill Carter reported at the time:
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    The clients do not have a great deal of sympathy for Nielsen’s problems mainly because they have a lot of money riding on the numbers that Nielsen provides. “There is so much revenue involved, over which we have no quality control,” said Alan Wurtzel, the president of research for NBC. “We don’t just use this data for analytical purposes. This is the currency of the business.”

    The television business has about $60 billion a year in advertising revenue that is based on the ratings provided by Nielsen.

    The fact that the numbers are frequently delayed is frustrating, executives at several television companies said, because daily meetings and some decisions are based on getting the information when promised.

Separately, Nielsen last week informed TV networks that it had recognized an undercount among users of its people meters, a device for measuring ratings. Members of the Nielsen panel are supposed to press buttons on the people meter when they start and stop watching TV.

Nielsen said “an in-house study showed 8 percent more people were watching TV in Nielsen households than had been measured” by the meters, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Journal added: “Nielsen says it is continuing its research quarterly and is working on ways of improving people-meter accuracy, including better instruction of participants.”

Source - http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/tv-networks-frustrated-by-lengthy-ratings-delay/?src=twt&twt=tvdecoder
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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #220 on: May 06, 2009, 11:13:00 AM »
That explains it thanks guys. I was looking/googling and notta Wow!  :knuckles:

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #221 on: May 06, 2009, 11:20:13 AM »
Word has it that ratings for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will not be available until the end of the week. Oh, I can hear glass breaking at Nina Tassler's office.  :hides :hides :hides :hides :hides :hides :hides :hides :hides :hides

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #222 on: May 06, 2009, 06:05:55 PM »
Ratings are out for May 3rd

Here is CBS results

60 Minutes
- 12.312 million viewers
- 7.8/15 HH
- 2.0/7 A18-49

The Amazing Race
- 10.843 million viewers
- 6.0/10 HH
- 3.2/9 A18-49

Cold Case
- 12.461 million viewers
- 7.5/12 HH
- 2.9/8 A18-49

The Unit
- 9.971 million viewers
- 5.9/10 HH
- 2.4/6 A18-49

TAR one the hour in Total Viewers, adults 18-49, and adults 25-54.

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #223 on: May 06, 2009, 06:53:53 PM »
Thanks mswood  :jumpy:

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Re: Amazing Race 14 Ratings
« Reply #224 on: May 06, 2009, 08:43:39 PM »
Fox, CBS power primetime race
At CBS, "Two and a Half Men" (4.9/12 in 18-49, 14.16m) ranked fourth for the frame, as the net's Monday comedy block remains potent. Also, reality vets "Survivor" (3.6/11, 11.73m) and "Amazing Race" (3.2/9, 10.84m) led their hours, and Tuesday crime dramas "NCIS" (3.5/10, 16.70m) and "The Mentalist" (3.7/9, 17.11m) continue to be solid, with the latter standing as the week's most-watched scripted program overall.

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Net's Sunday is drooping, though "Desperate Housewives" (4.4/11, 13.48m) was again the night's top show. Lead-in "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (2.7/8, 9.18m) was low as well, and was topped in 18-49 by both CBS' "Amazing Race" and Fox's toon laffers.


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