Ratings Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by Warhorse

It is. I personally don't know any Nielsen member, never have either. I find it odd, that a select group of people have the power to dictate what I watch. I wish they would make it mandatory that all TV households that have a cable box or satellite, have a device that lets several marketing agents know which shows are being watched. I think it's not such a great idea to have only one company monopolyzing the industry. How do we know that the bigger networks aren't paying them on the side to lie about the ratings?

Another great way to see how well a show is doing, through the sales on Itunes and Amazon. Netflix alone was the reason why Fox brought back 24 for half a season due to the show doing so well on there. Now Heroes looks to be another show coming back thanks to Netflix.

Vince Gilligan has credited Netflix for Breaking Bad's survival (thank you!) and the spike in its popularity towards the end. Apparently, Netflix is helping out a lot of good shows. I totally agree that the Nielson ratings method is lame. And we had a box for awhile.