

In the 2018-19 season, two dozen series at least doubled their 18-49 ratings after seven days.Ĭ3 and C7 ratings: Arguably the most important ratings numbers that the public doesn’t usually see. Live-plus-7: The same as live-plus-3, extended to a full week. Fast nationals are generally pretty accurate for entertainment programs, with occasional small adjustments in the finals. They include both live viewing from the previous night and delayed viewing until 3 a.m.

Live-plus-same-day: The ratings that get reported each day, first as “fast nationals” in the morning and then as final numbers in the afternoon. They had been useful for gauging live events since they measure programs instead of just time periods. Metered market ratings only take measurements from 44 markets (56 previously) for households and 25 markets for adults 18-49, so they’re best considered as a first draft on how programming performed rather than definitive. Nielsen is planning to include out-of-home viewing in these numbers from now on (the first day of the new system didn’t go well), which means they’ll be released around midday now. Overnight metered market ratings: These are the first ratings released each morning - or they were, anyway, until Oct. Total viewers: Pretty self-explanatory - the average number of people watching a program in any given minute while it airs.
