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The Sked: Factoids from Nielsen’s “Universe Estimates”

> This season there are 289.7 million viewers living in 114.7 million TV households in the United States, as estimated by Nielsen. If you believe these yearly estimates (and you must if you want to trust the ratings each ...

by Mitch Metcalf

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The Box Office Year in Review

>We have been covering the sagging box office in 2011 throughout the year, and now that we have official numbers through Sunday, the year has closed down 3% from 2010. But the year is much more interesting when breaking i...

by Mitch Salem

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The Sked: Declining Network Ratings — How Bad Are They?

>For the past several weeks, “season low” and “down sharply from last year” have been repeated phrases in our daily ratings posts, mostly for broadcast network programs but also for cable programs, as we...

by Mitch Metcalf

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The Sked: Ratings Obsession — What Does a Tenth of a Rating Point Really Mean?

>When the television ratings come in each morning, there is often a lot of attention paid to a rating that might be up only one tenth of a rating point from the prior week or the prior year. (More recently, most ratings i...

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Box Office Year to Date: 2013 Remains On Its Sluggish Track

Ten weeks into 2013, the North American box office continues to track as a B-level year (nearly identical to 2008 and 2011), well below recent A-level years (2009, 2010 and 2012). To date, 2013 totals $1.528 billion for wide-...

by Mitch Metcalf

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The Sked: Factoids from Nielsen’s “Universe Estimates”

The Box Office Year in Review

The Sked: Declining Network Ratings — How Bad Are They?

The Sked: Ratings Obsession — What Does a Tenth of a Rating Point Really Mean?

Box Office Year to Date: 2013 Remains On Its Sluggish Track

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