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Nielsen Ratings for
Buffy: Summer 2002


National Ratings for Summer 2002

Notes:

1. Starting August 26, 2002, each ratings point represents 1,067,000 households or one percent of the nation's estimated 106.7 million television households. So, for example, a rating of 3.4 means that an average of approximately (3.4 x 1,067,000) = 3,627,800 households were watching Buffy. Before August 26, 2002, each ratings point represented 1,055,000 households or one percent of an estimated 105.5 million television households.

2. In the fourth column is the episode's rank among all prime time network shows for the week. For example, 93/112 means that particular episode of Buffy was in 93rd place out of the 112 network prime time shows that week. In the last column is the episode's rank among UPN network shows for the week. For example, 3/10 means that particular episode of Buffy placed 3rd out of the 10 programs on UPN that week. A "(t)" indicates a tie for that position.

3. There is additional information in a second table. The third column of that second table contains the same national household rating as in the first table, but that is followed by the share, both of which are averaged for the entire hour of the episode. Share represents the percentage of households actually watching TV at the time that were in fact watching Buffy. The last two columns contain separate ratings and share for both the first half hour and second half hour of the episode.

4. If you want to compare Buffy's ratings with those of other shows, check out the latest list of national Nielsen ratings from the San Jose Mercury News.

5. If you want insight into the way that Nielsen ratings are obtained, here is an article entitled What TV Ratings Really Mean from the official site of Nielsen Media Research.

DateEpisodeNational RatingRank: All Prime Time Shows Rank: All UPN Shows
September 17, 2002Grave (repeat)1.799/1199/10
September 10, 2002Two To Go (repeat)1.593/110 (t)8/9
September 10, 2002Villains (repeat)1.788/110 (t)7/9
September 3, 2002Seeing Red (repeat)1.697/130 (t)7/11 (t)
August 27, 2002Entropy (repeat)1.5101/134 (t)7/11 (t)
August 20, 2002Normal Again (repeat)1.3113/135 (t)9/10
August 13, 2002Older And Far Away (2nd repeat)1.3107/136 (t)8/10 (t)
August 6, 2002Dead Things (2nd repeat)1.3113/140 (t)8/11 (t)
July 30, 2002Gone (2nd repeat)1.4108/141 (t)7/11
July 24, 2002Doublemeat Palace (2nd repeat)0.9125/140 (t)9/11 (t)
July 23, 2002Wrecked (2nd repeat)1.3110/140 (t)8/11 (t)
July 17, 2002Smashed (2nd repeat)0.9118/135 (t)9/10
July 16, 2002Hell's Bells (repeat)1.1109/135 (t)8/10
July 10, 2002Tabula Rasa (2nd repeat)1.1102/130 (t)8/10
July 9, 2002As You Were (repeat)1.298/130 (t)7/10
July 3, 2002Life Serial (2nd repeat)0.8112/130 (t)9/10 (t)
July 2, 2002Once More, With Feeling (2nd repeat)1.594/130 (t)7/10
June 25, 2002All The Way (2nd repeat)1.696/134 (t)7/11
June 18, 2002Flooded (2nd repeat)1.3100/130 (t)7/11 (t)
June 11, 2002After Life (2nd repeat)1.298/124 (t)8/11 (t)
June 4, 2002Bargaining (Part 2) (2nd repeat)1.3107/133 (t)8/11
May 28, 2002Bargaining (Part 1) (2nd repeat)1.4101/126 (t)9/11


DateEpisodeEntire Hour Rating/ShareFirst Half-Hour Rating/ShareSecond Half-Hour Rating/Share
September 17, 2002Grave (repeat)1.7/31.6/31.8/3
September 10, 2002Two To Go (repeat)1.5/21.5/21.5/2
September 10, 2002Villains (repeat)1.7/31.7/31.7/3
September 3, 2002Seeing Red (repeat)1.6/31.6/31.6/3
August 27, 2002Entropy (repeat)1.5/31.6/31.5/3
August 20, 2002Normal Again (repeat)1.3/21.4/31.2/2
August 13, 2002Older And Far Away (2nd repeat)1.3/21.3/31.3/2
August 6, 2002Dead Things (2nd repeat)1.3/21.3/31.3/2
July 30, 2002Gone (2nd repeat)1.4/31.3/31.4/2
July 24, 2002Doublemeat Palace (2nd repeat)0.9/20.9/20.8/1
July 23, 2002Wrecked (2nd repeat)1.3/21.3/21.3/2
July 17, 2002Smashed (2nd repeat)0.9/20.9/21.0/2
July 16, 2002Hell's Bells (repeat)1.1/21.1/21.1/2
July 10, 2002Tabula Rasa (2nd repeat)1.1/21.0/21.2/2
July 9, 2002As You Were (repeat)1.2/21.2/21.3/2
July 3, 2002Life Serial (2nd repeat)0.8/20.9/20.8/1
July 2, 2002Once More, With Feeling (2nd repeat)1.5/31.5/31.4/3
June 25, 2002All The Way (2nd repeat)1.6----
June 18, 2002Flooded (2nd repeat)1.3/21.3/31.2/2
June 11, 2002After Life (2nd repeat)1.2/21.2/21.2/2
June 4, 2002Bargaining (Part 2) (2nd repeat)1.3/21.3/21.3/2
May 28, 2002Bargaining (Part 1) (2nd repeat)1.4/21.5/31.3/2


Overnight Ratings for Summer 2002

Notes:

1. The following table contains the overnight household ratings that are based on results from viewing in some of the largest television markets, not the nation as a whole. This means that they cannot be directly compared to the national ratings above. Here is a list of the overnight markets.

2. Buffy's overnight ratings tend to be higher than its corresponding national ratings for a couple of reasons. UPN reaches a higher percentage of households in these larger markets than in the nation as a whole because UPN lacks affiliates in some of the smaller markets. In addition, Buffy just tends to do better in these larger, urban markets.

3. Each overnight ratings point represents 717,311 households or one percent of the estimated 71,731,090 TV households in the 53 overnight markets. Share is the percentage of households in these markets actually watching TV at the time that were in fact watching Buffy.

4. Zap2it has changed their site so old overnight ratings pages are removed after a few weeks, so it doesn't pay anymore to link to their site. Overnight ratings for Buffy are now taken from the Futon Critic Buffy season ratings page linked on the date next to each program below. In cases where I believe the Futon Critic overnights aren't correct or are missing, I've left the values as taken originally from Zap2it.

DateEpisode
Overnight Rating/Share
September 17, 2002Grave (repeat)2.6/4
September 10, 2002Two To Go (repeat)2.5/4
September 10, 2002Villains (repeat)2.5/4
September 3, 2002Seeing Red (repeat)2.3/3
August 27, 2002Entropy (repeat)2.1/3
August 20, 2002Normal Again (repeat)1.9/3
August 13, 2002Older And Far Away (2nd repeat)2.1/3
August 6, 2002Dead Things (2nd repeat)1.8/3
July 30, 2002Gone (2nd repeat)1.8/3
July 24, 2002Doublemeat Palace (2nd repeat)1.5/2
July 23, 2002Wrecked (2nd repeat)1.9/3
July 17, 2002Smashed (2nd repeat)1.6/3
July 16, 2002Hell's Bells (repeat)2.0/3
July 10, 2002Tabula Rasa (2nd repeat)1.7/3
July 9, 2002As You Were (repeat)1.7/3
July 3, 2002Life Serial (2nd repeat)0.8/2
July 2, 2002Once More, With Feeling (2nd repeat)1.8/3
June 25, 2002All The Way (2nd repeat)2.1/4
June 18, 2002Flooded (2nd repeat)1.8/3
June 11, 2002After Life (2nd repeat)1.9/3
June 4, 2002Bargaining (Part 2) (2nd repeat)2.1/3
May 28, 2002Bargaining (Part 1) (2nd repeat)2.0/3

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