How the hell do people calculate TV rating??
 

Anyone wondered how TV channels know hoe many people watch their shows? Like they would say 13.5 mill people watch a specific show last nigh. How the hell do they go about getting that #? Its not like there is a stats system or something. :question

Nielson Ratings System.

but nowadays most people have digital cable boxes and that could be used also.

They call people and ask and some sat and cable boxes track your channel usage.

Aw i see, cool. :thumbsup

There is a period every season when some users get paid by filling form of their everyday tv use too. At least it's like that in canada.

Bastards.

*There are an estimated 110.2 million television households in the USA. A single ratings point represents 1%, or 1,102,000 households for the 2005-06 season. Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to a specific program.

You are mad at that? :1orglaugh

I think they track it so that they can drop channels that people dont watch and replace them with better channels. If it wasnt for that we would end up with crappy channels.

They use math

statistics to be specific

Thanks for the info. Been so ignorant about this thing.. :(

some conduct surveys to rate their tv shows.

they don't
its a marketing conspiracy

In Australia, you can get a box that monitors your tv usage.
Neat.

The govt bugged our tvs!