Nielsen Wire » The Office http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Super Bowl Preview: Growing Crowds For TV And Web Ads http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/super-bowl-preview-growing-crowds-for-tv-and-web-ads/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/super-bowl-preview-growing-crowds-for-tv-and-web-ads/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:39:54 +0000 Nielsen Wire http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=7653 Last year’s matchup between the Patriots and the Giants was viewed by a record 97.5 million people in the U.S. As expected, the Super Bowl was the most-watched TV broadcast in 2008. Networks broadcasting the Super Bowl often use the game as a lead-in for one of their regular shows. This year, NBC will broadcast a one-hour episode of The Office. Last year, 29.1 million viewers stuck around after the game to watch an episode of House on FOX.

Year Super Bowl
Avg. viewers
in millions		 Show After Game
Avg. viewers
in millions
2008 FOX – 97.5 House – 29.1
2007 CBS – 93.1 Criminal Minds – 26.1
2006 ABC – 90.7 Grey’s Anatomy – 21.0
2005 FOX – 86.1 The Simpsons – 23.1
2004 CBS – 89.8 Survivor All-Stars – 33.5
© 2009 The Nielsen Company

The TV To Web Handoff

Additionally, Super Bowl advertisers saw a 24 percent jump in Web traffic the day after last year’s Super Bowl. The Pepsi commercial featuring Justin Timberlake gathered the most Internet buzz. One-third of online conversations about the Super Bowl the day of and the day after last year’s game were driven by Super Bowl advertising. The most-discussed ad online with 6.7% buzz volume was Pepsi’s spot with Timberlake, followed by the E*TRADE baby ad (5.2%) and Audi’s “Godfather” spoof (4.4%).

Read Nielsen’s complete pre-Super Bowl report

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/super-bowl-preview-growing-crowds-for-tv-and-web-ads/feed/ 8 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, October 30, 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-30-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-30-2008/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:00:02 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=3997 CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, October 30, 2008.

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was sandwiched in between the two, in second place.

The season premiere of NBC’s “30 Rock” also made the top 10.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 CSI CBS 19,098,000
2 GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM ABC 15,319,000
3 SURVIVOR: GABON CBS 13,015,000
4 ELEVENTH HOUR CBS 11,248,000
5 OFFICE NBC 9,514,000
6 E.R. NBC 9,192,000
7 30 ROCK NBC 8,663,000
8 UGLY BETTY ABC 8,550,000
9 LIFE ON MARS ABC 8,139,000
10 MY NAME IS EARL NBC 6,269,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (October 30, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 14.5 million viewers, while ABC took second place with just over 10.7 million average viewers. NBC and Univision claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8 million and 4.5 million average viewers, respectively. The CW and FOX followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 3.9 million and 3.7 million average viewers, respectively.

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-october-30-2008/feed/ 0