How do TV networks find out their ratings?

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How to TV networks figure out ratings?

I always hear on TV 'This is the highest rating show' and I hear places that a particular show has the 2nd highest ratings for people watching it. So how do TV stations ...show more

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Tv viewing figures come from BARB,( Broadcasters Audience Research Board) They have 5,100 homes across...

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Where can you find Nielsen Ratings for TV shows?

I'm interested in what the Nielsen Ratings are for SurvivorMan, and compair them to Man vs Wild, does anyone know where I can find the information online?

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http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/ top 10 shows only http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/to…

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Where can I find guidelines for TV ratings in the US?

I'm interested in, specifically, what warrants ratings like TV-PG & TV-14 -- and, moreso, in what would be required for their sub-ratings, like D (for suggestive dialogue), L (for language), S (for sexual content) and V (for violence). For example...

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TV Parental Guidelines http://www.tvguidelines.org/ratings.htm A search for more information on this...

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How do we find out TRP ratings of TV programs?

Is there any site which offers to share the TRP ratings info? Or shud i call some company? I want to know the TRP ratings of some progs in NDTV

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Television rating Point- TRP Television rating Point- TRP is the criterion that indicates the popularity...

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TV Ratings How does it work?

I was recently trying to seach the net for Supernatural tv ratings in the uk, I wanted to check that if moving from itv2 to living managed to get more or less ratings, I could only find the usa ratings. Then I started wondering how they can actually...

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They don't know for sure, TV ratings are just an estimate. A select number of people (families) participate...

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Do any large TV networks broadcast live online?

I haven't been able to find any regular networks, such as ABC, that broadcast their regular programming live. I don't have a TV, usually I check up on "my shows" the next day on sites like Hulu, but I am curious if any of the big networks can...

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No they don't. They usually put their episodes on their website the day after though They want people...

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Where can I find TV ratings by geographic area?

I have found ratings that aggregate the whole country (estimated number of viewers per show).  Where can I get more granular data? I often hear things like "top rated in so-and-so age group" but where can I find that data? Most of all, I'm...

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Obviously because Neilsen makes money on this data, that is their reason for existence.  Why would they...

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Why do TV networks care more about having an unrealistic cast of minorities more than their ratings ?

Most TV shows really suck and many have terrible ratings... Ratings use to matter in Television and now, all that seems to matter is that a show includes " the smart black guy ...show more

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It's very misleading to us foreigners. I grew up watching American TV shows full of multicultural casts...

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Where can I find a list of the top 100 TV series by ratings for 2010?

I am working on a blog post for which I would need to get a list of the top 100 TV series (or a subset, ie. top 50, top 25, or top 10) in the US for the whole of 2010. So far, all the lists I've found only have data either for the day or week.

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http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/...

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