Podcast #942: TV Ratings a Different Look

TV Ratings a Different Look

Ever since we could remember Neilson has been the main way for networks to get their read on what America is watching. You would think by now with all the new technology that is available to us we would have a better method to rate what we watch. Enter the website TV Series Finale. The site was started in 2005 and was devoted to the last episodes of TV shows, It quickly morphed into a site that tracked if a show was renewed or canceled. In fact we use their info each year when we discuss the same topic with you.

On their website they have a Viewer Ranking for TV shows in the current season. So we thought it would be interesting to go through how TV Series Finale readers rated the current lineup of TV shows vs the Nielson ratings. Are their readers more in tune to what America is watching? This show will have a lot of numbers but we'll try to make it less boring.

The Top Ten

Name/Season/Rating/Viewers in Millions/Renewed or ending

1. The Resident (FOX) s3 9.63 3.972
2. Supernatural (CW) Final Season s15 9.63 1.118 E
3. Emergence (ABC) s1 9.61 2.706
4. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC) s1 9.61 2.047
5. Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (NBC) s1 9.61 3.656
6. Good Girls (NBC) s3 9.60 1.895
7. Chicago PD (NBC) s7 9.59 6.964 R
8. The Rookie (ABC) s2 9.59 4.091
9. Prodigal Son (FOX) s1 9.59 3.380
10. 9-1-1 (FOX) s3 9.58 6.738

The Bottom Ten

Name/Season/Rating/Viewers in Millions/Renewed or ending

1. Carol's Second Act (CBS) s1 8.25 4.985
2. Ellen's Game of Games (NBC) s3 8.25 4.763 R
3. America's Got Talent: The Champions (NBC) s2 8.22 7.274
4. Indebted (NBC) s1 8.21 1.612
5. Will & Grace (NBC) s11 8.05 2.250 E
6. Survivor (Fall) (CBS) s39 7.65 6.424 R
7. Dancing with the Stars (ABC) s28 7.55 6.737
8. The Bachelor (ABC) s24 6.96 6.398
9. The Conners (ABC) s2 6.92 5.723
10. Batwoman (CW) s1 6.18 1.074 R

How Did they Rank

Top Bottom

ABC 2 3

CBS 0 2

NBC 4 4

FOX 3 0

CW 1 1

Shows That We Watch

Name/Ranking/Rating/Viewers in Millions/Renewed or ending

Hawaii Five-0 (CBS) 12 9.57 7.085 E

Magnum PI (CBS) 17 9.52 6.530

Seal Team (CBS) 22 9.50 4.842

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) 23 9.50 2.050 R

God Friended Me (CBS) 27 9.47 6.241

Last Man Standing (FOX) 33 9.44 4.298

NCIS (CBS) 49 9.31 11.439