I'm trying to find them, but I heard on the Herd that the ratings for the Colts and Jets was a 28 and the Vikings and Saints was a 33.1. HUGE ratings

Doubt they've actually been released/published yet.

Doesn't surprise me though. There isn't much on TV these days and with the economy being shit....people stay at home and watch what they can.

Yeah I can't find them anywhere. those numbers are ridiculous.

I don't even understand what those numbers mean.

28/33.1 out of what?

I'm not sure, I think it's 28 and 33 million TV sets tuned into them. It could also be a % of TV's tuned it.

I heard both games had the highest ratings of a Championship Game Weekend in 16 years. But no actual numbers.

28 is a share number...the share of total TV households in the U.S.

As of September 1, 2009, there are an estimated 114.9 million television households in the United States.

A rating is the number of TV sets tuned into the channel/program. In this day and age Nielson ratings assume that every household in the USZ own a TV, so the ratings are basically how many million TVs are viewing in the USA.

A Share (which is what networks actually refer to when they talk about whose winning the ratings war fro primetime) is how many TV sets are watching a given channel/show that are IN USE. So you could have a rating of like 15 but your share could be like 40%.

So my guess is those numbers are NOT the ratings but are actually the share numbers. That was way to high for a rating...imo.

TV ratings for sporting events are actually very hard to do. I remember a few years ago the ratings for the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament were low, however, sports bars reported and increase in volume during that weekend from previous years, meaning a lot of people were watching the games in sports bars, so you actually had more people watching the games than what the numbers showed. I think that the Super Bowl estimate is probably low every year as well. With so many people attending Super Bowl parties it's possible to have 5 or more households all in one location being counted as one, which makes it look as if less people are watching the game than there actually are.

Dumbass thread...why in the F'n Universe could you possibly care what the Ratings or the Shares were for these games? Your job behind the counter at Speedway in no way shape or form is impacted by acquiring this knowledge j-crazy. That said the Saints / Vikes game was great football.

^swing and a miss.

I don't care about the numbers, but the highest ratings I've ever heard of were like 18's and they were for Title games, like World Series Games or the SB itself.

Not to mention ad revenue is one of the biggest impacts we have on the market/economy. Higher ratings mean more revenue from ads, mean better economy.

I mean, that is a stretch to some extent. But it is true in the end.

I was just thinking that this could be a huge year for the superbowl.

krambman wrote: TV ratings for sporting events are actually very hard to do. I remember a few years ago the ratings for the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament were low, however, sports bars reported and increase in volume during that weekend from previous years, meaning a lot of people were watching the games in sports bars, so you actually had more people watching the games than what the numbers showed. I think that the Super Bowl estimate is probably low every year as well. With so many people attending Super Bowl parties it's possible to have 5 or more households all in one location being counted as one, which makes it look as if less people are watching the game than there actually are.

This is very true. Nielson actually came up with a device that would mark what you were watching/listening to (radio and TV)....but it didnt (or hasnt yet) caught on. A device you basically just put in your pocket and it tracks the frequency. Plus you have logs/journals.

The TVs that are hooked up to Nielson are the ones that get a little skewed because of sport "parties". But at the same time MOST people who are counted into the ratings are part of the system and are part of the estimate. So they are still being counted assuming the people who are reporting back to Nielson are not attending a SB/sport party and are actually using their own TV.

Info on the NFC:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/25/tv-ratings-nfc-championship-brings-fox-monster-ratings/39967

AFC:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/25/colts-jets-has-highest-afc-championship-household-tv-rating-in-16-years/40075

j_crazy wrote: ^swing and a miss.

I don't care about the numbers, but the highest ratings I've ever heard of were like 18's and they were for Title games, like World Series Games or the SB itself.

Actually, the World Series doesn't get numbers anywhere close to the Super Bowl. The only time the WS get's big numbers is when the Yankees are in it, but even then they aren't huge. The OSU/USC game this year which was on ESPN even came close to WS or NBA finals numbers.

Laley23 wrote:

krambman wrote: TV ratings for sporting events are actually very hard to do. I remember a few years ago the ratings for the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament were low, however, sports bars reported and increase in volume during that weekend from previous years, meaning a lot of people were watching the games in sports bars, so you actually had more people watching the games than what the numbers showed. I think that the Super Bowl estimate is probably low every year as well. With so many people attending Super Bowl parties it's possible to have 5 or more households all in one location being counted as one, which makes it look as if less people are watching the game than there actually are.

This is very true. Nielson actually came up with a device that would mark what you were watching/listening to (radio and TV)....but it didnt (or hasnt yet) caught on. A device you basically just put in your pocket and it tracks the frequency. Plus you have logs/journals.

The TVs that are hooked up to Nielson are the ones that get a little skewed because of sport "parties". But at the same time MOST people who are counted into the ratings are part of the system and are part of the estimate. So they are still being counted assuming the people who are reporting back to Nielson are not attending a SB/sport party and are actually using their own TV.

Yeah, the share % is usually pretty accurate because anyone who is at a Super Bowl party would have their TV turned off, so it may still be a lower percentage than if everyone watched the Super Bowl at home, but it's probably not that far off. It's the total number of viewers that's probably skewed on the low end.

If 52 million is correct, that puts it right around the Friends finale and the Survivor Season 1 finale in terms of viewership (top 20 of the past 10 years). Last year's SB pulled in estimates 98.7 million, 65 share.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/01/tv-ratings-saints-first-nfc-championship-huge-for-fox.html

7 p.m.
FOX: NFL playoff -- Saints/Vikings (54 million viewers, 28.3/43 households)
CBS: "60 Minutes" (7 million viewers, 4.6/7)
ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos" rerun (5.9 million, 3.6/5)
NBC: "Dateline" (3.4 million, 2.4/4)


Brett Favre equals ratings. He participated in the 4 highest rated games of the year I am pretty sure.

I'm so glad he lost.