And don't forget that TV ratings are bullshit. They only track what a small number of people watch, and then extrapolate that to the whole country.
Around 20,000 households are included in a "representative" sample for the national ratings estimates. That's out of a very rough estimate of 121 million homes for a sample size of 0.000165%
And then of course you just have to take their word for it that there's no manipulation on top of that.
And don't forget that TV ratings are bullshit. They only track what a small number of people watch, and then extrapolate that to the whole country.
Around 20,000 households are included in a "representative" sample for the national ratings estimates. That's out of a very rough estimate of 121 million homes for a sample size of 0.000165%
And then of course you just have to take their word for it that there's no manipulation on top of that.
I totally agree. Same with radio ratings. All designed to suck money out of clueless advertisers. Pissing money into the ether.