Archive: The Office Nielsen Ratings

The Office finishes strong for the season

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 | 19 comments

In terms of total viewership, The Office finished 68th (8.3 million viewers) out of 142 programs for the 2006-07 season. But that doesn’t tell the whole story.

Here’s how The Office ranked compared to some other comedies:

Bales, OfficeTally’s resident ratings watcher, says:

• For the all-critical adults 18-49 demo … this makes The Office the fourth highest ranked NBC scripted show in the demo, behind Heroes, ER, and Law and Order: SVU.

Adding a few points of my own:

• The Office is NBC’s #1 comedy in terms of the 18-49 demo!
• Aside from Two And A Half Men, no other non-animated 30-minute comedy beats The Office in this demographic.

Link: Complete 2006-2007 rankings at Hollywood Reporter

Tipster: bales

The Office attracts upscale viewers

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 | 12 comments

From Variety:

Among adults 18-49 living in households earning $100,000 or more, ABC sets the pace with an index of 112 (meaning its audience is 12% more likely than the average adult under 50 to bring home the big bucks). NBC was close behind at 107 …

The top-indexing programs in the $100,000 category through January were NBC’s “The Office” (138), ABC’s “Boston Legal” (135), NBC’s “The Apprentice” (132) and rookie dramas “Brothers & Sisters” on ABC and “Studio 60″ on NBC (both 131).

Link: ABC, NBC draw upscale audiences

The Office gets highest ratings of season

Sunday, January 14th, 2007 | 13 comments

The Office garnered the highest ratings of the season with last Thursday’s episode, Traveling Salesmen.

From Media Life Magazine:

“The Office” built to an impressive 5.0 at 8:30 p.m., a season high and its best since one year ago.

… “Office” jumped 16 percent over the previous week’s 4.3.

Among total viewers, “Office” had its best outing in a year, with 10.2 million …

And this from Hollywood Reporter:

“My Name Is Earl” (10.9 million, 4.7/13) and “The Office” (10.2 million, 5.0/13) … won the hour in adults 18-49.

WOO-HOO!

(Don’t understand the numbers? Check out Futon Critic’s ratings guide.)

Tipster: Randy

Ratings/share for last week’s marathon

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006 | Add a comment

Last week’s Office marathon drew in a steady increase in share throughout the evening:

• The Fire: 1.9/6 in 18-49, 4.6 million viewers
• Halloween: 2.2/7 in 18-49, 4.8 million viewers
• The Client: 2.4/7 in 18-49, 4.8 million viewers
• Performance Review: 2.5/7 in 18-49, 4.7 million viewers

My translation: once you watch one Office episode, you want more. And more. And more. ;)

Read the full press release here.

For more information about ratings and share, go to the Nielsen Ratings Wikipedia page.

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