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Nielsen Ratings for
Buffy: Summer 2003
National Ratings for Summer 2003
Notes:
1. Starting September 1, 2003, each ratings point represents 1,084,000 households or one percent of the nation's estimated 108.4 million television households. So, for example, a rating of 3.4 means that an average of approximately (3.4 x 1,084,000) = 3,685,600 households were watching Buffy. Before September 1, 2003, each ratings point represented 1,067,000 households or one percent of an estimated 106.7 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. The PAX network is not included in the listing of prime time network shows. The ranking is based on total viewers and not household rating.
3. There is additional information in a second table. This table contains the ratings data in numbers of millions of people. For example, 4.99 means 4.99 million people were watching Buffy. The third column of the second table contains the average rating for the entire hour of the episode. The last two columns contain the ratings for the first half hour and second half hour of the episode, respectively. Millions of people is now used instead of household rating/share.
4. If you want to compare Buffy's ratings with those of other shows, check out the list of national Nielsen ratings for 2003 from The Futon Critic.
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.
| Date | Episode | National Rating | Rank: All Prime Time Shows | Rank: All UPN Shows |
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| September 2, 2003 | Chosen (repeat)
(last network showing of BTVS) | 1.4 | 109/111 | 11/11 |
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| August 26, 2003 | End Of Days (repeat) | 1.2 | 111/116 (t) | 9/11 (t) |
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| August 19, 2003 | Touched (repeat) | 1.2 | 113/114 | 10/11 |
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| August 12, 2003 | Empty Places (repeat) | 1.1 | 108/109 | 10/11 |
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| August 5, 2003 | Dirty Girls (repeat) | 1.0 | 113/114 | 10/11 |
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| July 29, 2003 | Lies My Parents Told Me (repeat) | 1.3 | 108/111 | 9/11 |
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| July 22, 2003 | Storyteller (repeat) | 0.9 | 119/119 | 11/11 |
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| July 15, 2003 | First Date (repeat) | 1.1 | 112/118 | 9/11 |
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| June 17, 2003 | Showtime (repeat) | 1.0 | 115/115 | 10/10 |
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| Date | Episode | Entire Hour Rating | First Half-Hour Rating | Second Half-Hour Rating |
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| September 2, 2003 | Chosen (repeat)
(last network showing of BTVS) | 1.96 | 1.93 | 2.00 |
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| August 26, 2003 | End Of Days (repeat) | 1.75 | 1.87 | 1.64 |
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| August 19, 2003 | Touched (repeat) | 1.64 | 1.58 | 1.71 |
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| August 12, 2003 | Empty Places (repeat) | 1.45 | 1.51 | 1.40 |
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| August 5, 2003 | Dirty Girls (repeat) | 1.31 | 1.20 | 1.41 |
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| July 29, 2003 | Lies My Parents Told Me (repeat) | 1.93 | 1.93 | 1.92 |
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| July 22, 2003 | Storyteller (repeat) | 1.22 | 1.37 | 1.08 |
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| July 15, 2003 | First Date (repeat) | 1.90 | 1.80 | 2.00 |
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| June 17, 2003 | Showtime (repeat) | 1.24 | 1.30 | 1.18 |
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Overnight Ratings for Summer 2003
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 735,454 households or one percent of the estimated 73,545,430 TV households in the 55 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.
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