Finale ratings

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Crazydog

Friday, December 14, 2001 - 01:51 pm Click here to edit this post
According to E Online, last night's finale had a preliminary 8.3 rating / 16 share, its series high. I've never understood what this means, just obviously the higher the number the more viewers. Exactly what does this mean, and is this a good number?

Wilsonatmd

Friday, December 14, 2001 - 02:26 pm Click here to edit this post
It's not bad. Basically each rating point stands for a little over 1 million viewers. So the 8.3 means 8.3 million people watched it. the 16 share means that 16% of the people who were watching TV at the time were watching that show. It placed 2nd for the timeslot, about 4 million views behind NBC's shows. The numbers aren't as high as CSI normally does in that slot, but it's a solid number.