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Superbowl XLV sets new American viewing record

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Chamillitary Click:
That game deserved the ratings.

Shallow:

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--- Quote from: Javier on February 07, 2011, 04:07:54 PM ---They probably figure out the average amount of people that watch the game per TV Set. 

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how?

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It's all based on the same thing polls are based on. Only so many people have Nielsen boxes and they each represents demographics in each area. In the end it's just a guess based on some math and stats. No one can say for sure what the real number was. But I think we can all agree that it would have been over 500 million in the US alone if Brady was playing it this year. 200 million people would have legally immigrated just to tune into him on US soil.

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I know how only so many people have Nielsen boxes. What Im saying is, how are they able to determine how many people are watching per house? Some people watch by themselves...while others have 20 people over.

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They probably base it on the Nielsen houses that night that weren't even on and said this many people must be at other people's houses. Maybe call a few box holders. Shit like that. It's really a joke if you see the whole thing broken down, but it's the only way Networks have to raise the price of commercials.

Javier:
The people that are randomly selected to be part of the Nielsen thing have to send in reports on what they watched.  I assume for the Super Bowl, they have say how many people will be watching it or watched it in their home.  Get an average, and blow it up nationwide.

.:DaYg0sTyLz:.:

--- Quote from: Javier on February 07, 2011, 07:57:40 PM ---The people that are randomly selected to be part of the Nielsen thing have to send in reports on what they watched.  I assume for the Super Bowl, they have say how many people will be watching it or watched it in their home.  Get an average, and blow it up nationwide.

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Just sounds SO inaccurate. The numbers could easily be off by a few million lol. With people watching at others houses, people at sports bars, etc.

Shallow:

--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on February 08, 2011, 10:18:46 AM ---
--- Quote from: Javier on February 07, 2011, 07:57:40 PM ---The people that are randomly selected to be part of the Nielsen thing have to send in reports on what they watched.  I assume for the Super Bowl, they have say how many people will be watching it or watched it in their home.  Get an average, and blow it up nationwide.

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Just sounds SO inaccurate. The numbers could easily be off by a few million lol. With people watching at others houses, people at sports bars, etc.

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Could be off by more than a few, but that's the best system they got right now and it decides how the money goes, so whatever.

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