Intro to Nielsen Ratings: History, Death of TV, Timeslots, Networks, Averages

This week, I'm unveiling a project I've been picking away at for months, an expanded version of my old Intro to Nielsen Ratings post. The three-part series began with the most basic factual info on how Nielsen ratings work and definitions of common terms. Last time, a deep look into the rationale behind the use of Live + Same Day and adults 18-49 ratings. Today, we wrap it up with a random grab bag of explanations behind some of this site's other tendencies.

As on the old post, please let me know if there's anything I should add, clarify or correct in these posts. I just want to get everything right.

Intro to Nielsen Ratings: Demos and DVRs

This week, I'm unveiling a project I've been picking away at for months, an expanded version of my old Intro to Nielsen Ratings post. The three-part series began with the most basic factual info on how Nielsen ratings work and definitions of common terms. Today, we plow forward with the reasoning behind this site's reliance on Live + Same Day and adults 18-49 ratings.

As on the old post, please let me know if there's anything I should add, clarify or correct in these posts. I just want to get everything right.

Intro to Nielsen Ratings: Basics and Definitions

This week, I'm unveiling a project I've been picking away at for months, an expanded version of my old Intro to Nielsen Ratings post. The three-part series begins today with the most basic factual info on how Nielsen ratings work and definitions of common terms. The next two parts, coming later this week, are more philosophical/opinionated, detailing the reasons why this particular site uses the numbers it uses.

As on the old post, please let me know if there's anything I should add, clarify or correct in these posts. I just want to get everything right.

Intro to Nielsen Ratings

INTRO TO NIELSEN RATINGS

Last updated: 8/12/2011. As I said when I first wrote this, please let me know if you find anything that's unclear or incomplete or incorrect. I'd like this to lay pretty much all the necessary groundwork you need to start looking at TV ratings, and I could very well have left out something big!