Raw rating lowest since July 2012

[DAMN iNATOR]

Originally Posted by The CyNick And the number did go up. Maybe the number would have been even lower without those guys. No way to know. The system is very flawed in that a small number of people deciding to not watch RAW has an impact. Even assuming the number is a real reflection of actual viewership, it doesn't tell what the people who were watching RAW are now watching and doesn't tell you if people who don't watch RAW every week we're aware these guys would be on the show.

It does indeed have an impact, but it's so miniscule that it's a point not really worth even arguing/making. Nielsen measures show ratings not just hour by hour, every 30 mins., every 15 mins., every 10 mins. No. nowadays in the 21st Century they measure minute-by-minute, sometimes second-by-second.This ensures as accurate a ratings databsse as is possible.

Ask someone who knows. My father and I wrre a Nielsen household within the past year-3 years, and we got those facts along with our "viewing journals" for logging what we watched and when/how kong, etc. It is indeed very serious business.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

[The CyNick]

Originally Posted by DAMN iNATOR It does indeed have an impact, but it's so miniscule that it's a point not really worth even arguing/making. Nielsen measures show ratings not just hour by hour, every 30 mins., every 15 mins., every 10 mins. No. nowadays in the 21st Century they measure minute-by-minute, sometimes second-by-second.This ensures as accurate a ratings databsse as is possible. Ask someone who knows. My father and I wrre a Nielsen household within the past year-3 years, and we got those facts along with our "viewing journals" for logging what we watched and when/how kong, etc. It is indeed very serious business.

I understand how the system works.

My point is its very flawed.

You say it ensures as accurate a database as possible. Completely untrue. The technology exists to measure what everyone watches. But nobody wants to pay for that. So they created a flawed system when 1 person with a Nielsen box represents X number of households. When you do the math of how many people need to change the channel to represent a ratings point change, you can see how it is easy to get swings in viewership.