TV ratings
Broadcast popularity scores
TV ratings measure audience size and demographics for television programs.
Networks and advertisers use ratings to determine a show's success and set advertising rates.
The term also refers to content advisories indicating age-appropriateness: The show carries a TV-MA rating for mature audiences.
High ratings keep shows on the air; low ratings get them canceled.
- commercialsPaid promotional broadcasts
- age groupsCohorts defined by birth years
- Nielsen ratingsTelevision viewership statistics
- prime timeEvening TV's busiest window
- must-see TVProgramming too good to miss
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