How are TV ratings determined?
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In the several of the top markets in America, people volunteer to have meters attached to their TV sets. These meters take note of what people are watching, and are capable of delivering ratings overnight, adn these numbers can be used to make guesses for what the nation is watching. But that's only the top markets. All of the markets take a diary sample four months a year, in February, May, July and November. People volunteer to write down their shows for a week in a special diary supplied by Nielsen Media Research. Those numbers are then crunched so we can see what is happening in every city in America.
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tv's and computer screens are measured by the number of inches on the diagnol. so height and weight may vary.
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You must first write a script or a pilot and submit that to the major networks for their review. It's a pretty tough process.
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I do not believe they do.  Normally they use Neilsen Ratings.\n\nNielsen Television Ratings statistics are gathered in two ways: one is by extensive use of surveys, where viewers in various demographics are asked to keep a written record (called a diary) of what shows they watch at what times. The other is by the use of a limited number of Nielsen Boxes, which are small computers hooked up to a television in a home, which electronically records its activities and transmits them nightly to Nielsen. These Nielsen Boxes allow market researchers to study television viewing habits on a minute to minute basis, seeing at exactly what moment a viewer changed channels or turned off their TV. Additional use of direct reporting devices (called people meters) allow the company to gather overnight statistics in specific geographic areas.
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I have no idea, must have been something with the ratings ...
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I don't know that an average can be determined.  No matter what the appearance seems on the TV, these people are ALL performers.  They may have similar functions as real bailiffs and judges, they may even have experience in those jobs, but pay for television performers is based on individual contracts, worked out between the performers and the producers of the show.\n\nFactors determining the pay rate can be things like the show's popularity, market, longevity IN the program and even past experience.\n\nIt may be fairly easy to figure out averages in pay for REAL bailiffs and judges, since these things are a matter of public record.  But for show business types, these matters can be legally kept in confidence.
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Go to TVGuide.com, click on listings, then listings grid. From there put in your location and poof...there's your tv listing.
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It all depends on the channel and its popularity.  The actual cost is directly related to the number of estimated viewers at that particular time.
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These ratings are based on privately funded polls.  They have to ask you, you can't volunteer an opinion.  It's a random thing.  You can increase your odds of being asked if you are a registered voter.
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HBO. Channel # depends on your cable or satellite provider.
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http://www.nppl.tv/rankings.htm
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Usually, they site that information according to a large group of people under observation. They take the number of their 'watched' households viewing certain shows and calculate the general numbers according to the percentage of their test families.\nOr, at least, that's what I've heard.
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you can usually go to the website of whatever network they are on and find out scheduling...I.E. check episode listings, they usually have a brief paragraph telling what the show is about and you should be able to recognize if it's the show you want to see from reading that.
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T.v broadcasters get thier money by advertising so when they get alot of ratings the more people view thier adverts  so that is how they get thier money.
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People generally make an estimate.\n\nWise people will check their judgements.
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something called the "Nielsen ratings" or something to that effect. what they do is choose families with different backgrounds and family sizes, they connect their t.v. to a box that tells the big wigs what people are watching.  they figure with a large enough sample size they can figure out with in reason what percentage of Americans are watching what.
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Not according to big media who asks a small audience and uses the results from such polls as the whole, nationwide truth.\n\nHere are some samples from the biggest networks:\n\nFox News Channel:\nApprove: 39%\nDisapprove: 51%\nUndecided: 10%\nhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144315,00.html#1\n\nCNN:\nApprove: 36%\nDisapprove: 60%\nUndecided: 4%\nhttp://edition.cnn.com/interactive/allpolitics/0510/bush.approval.ratings/frameset.exclude.html\n\nABC News: \nApprove: 42%\nDisapprove: 56%\nUndecided: 2%\nhttp://edition.cnn.com/interactive/allpolitics/0510/bush.approval.ratings/frameset.exclude.html\n\nCBS News: \nApprove: 34%\nDisapprove: 59%\nUndecided: 6%\nhttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/27/opinion/polls/main1350874.shtml\n\nNETWORKS COMBINED: \nAPPROVE: 37.75%\nDISAPPROVE: 56.50%\nUNDECIDED: 5.50%\n\n\n*Note: These are the latest available polls from the networks and so are varied in results. They range in date from Jan. 12 to March 26.