television ratings
Show popularity numbers
Television ratings measure audience size and composition for broadcast programming.
Networks and advertisers use ratings to determine advertising rates and programming decisions.
The Nielsen ratings system dominates U.S. television measurement, sampling households to estimate total viewership.
A show's ratings determine its survival: The series was canceled due to poor ratings.
Ratings may also refer to content advisories indicating age-appropriateness: TV-MA, TV-PG.
- NielsenTV ratings firm
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- dropFall or release
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Formal evaluations of works
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