Nielsen ratings have been wrong...

[RedMichael]

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2014/10/8554365/nielsen-says-it-has-issued-faulty-ratings-data-march

So the Nielsen ratings are what the US television industry goes by to see how many people are watching what shows and what the demographics are. This is important because this is mainly what advertisers go by when buying time. It is also how actors negotiate salaries, how networks decide what shows stay or go, etc etc.


As I read this, the thought popped in my head: The ratings were wrong starting in March...Robin Williams' show ended in late April, and it took a month before it was cancelled. The shows cancellation was the last major news story regarding Robin before his suicide. It is hard for me to separate the show's cancellation and his eventual suicide.

What if they go back and find that the ratings were better for this show? That would be insane.

So I made this thread for anyone's thoughts on this, or what the skewed ratings could mean for past ratings, or why we let something that could be faulty have so much control over our programming.

[missing transmission]

So is this why they don't show "Kenan & Kel" anymore?

[pate]

Wait a sec, they were airing new episodes of Mork & Mindy as soon as last year?

Mind blown!

(too soon?)

[Juan]

The Nielsen headquarters in Florida is just down the street from the Scientology headquarters.  There are no coincedences.

[RedMichael]

I thought the replies were funny 

[FightTheFuture]

Perhaps my favorite show is doing better than I suspected!

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

I had a friend who was a "Nielsen household."  He told them that his TV was left behind by a former girlfriend and he never watched it, but they told him it was okay, just part of the sampling.

He never turned on the TV from the time they installed the Nielsen hardware until he moved.