The Office DVR ratings, Season 6

According to Nielsen data compiled by TVByTheNumbers, The Office was the most DVRed show for the week of September 14-20. (So this refers to The Office Season 6 premiere, ‘Gossip.’)

The data shows that The Office amassed 3.7 million total DVR viewers, ranking the show #1 in “Largest DVR Audiences for Broadcast TV Shows.”

I know I contribute personally to that number — I watch it once live, and then at least 3-5 more times on my TiVo sometime during the following week. A few times for seeding OfficeTally’s quote randomizer, and then a few more times just for me. :)

It’s too bad there isn’t a total number that includes live viewing + DVR viewing + online viewing. I bet The Office would go through the roof then!

How about you? How do you watch The Office?

Link: TVByTheNumbers

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   47. Angela M  Thu. Oct. 8, 2009 | 8:31am

   I have to watch the episodes on Friday morning because my night class on Thursdays end at 9Pm and I have an hour drive home. I also don’t get any TV, as I still don’t have a converter box nor satellite. So, I don’t have TiVO or a DVR so I have to wait and watch it online. boo. Although, I watch it multiple times online throughout the week!

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   46. BlueJeanBaby  Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 | 11:49pm

   I don’t own a DVR of any sort so I don’t get to record the show. I always try to watch the episode live (I’ve only missed it twice, and one of the time was because I was driving to Scranton for the convention).

   And I like to purchase the episode for my Zune for all re-watches which usually consists of one at least one re-watch before the next episode (and up to three or four if I really liked the episode). I then often will re-watch different episodes over the course of the season and have little marathons and what not.

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   45. JMJ  Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 | 12:27pm

   I almost 90% of the time watch it live even though I also Tivo it and save it. I have in the past refused to go to some social activities so that I could watch The Office live on Thursday night. People think I’m weird. I also got up at 6 am one time to watch it on nbc.com before work when the power went out because of a storm one Thursday night.

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   44. myredstapler  Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 | 10:19am

   I watch it “live” on Thursday with my family. Then I watch it all by myself on Hulu on Friday. I find that I miss some of the subtle stuff during my first viewing, probably because I’m watching it with one casual viewer who asks a lot of questions, one who is using “The Office” as an excuse to stay up a little later, and one who has decided that this would be a good time to initiate a game of fetch.

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   43. Heather  Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 | 9:41am

   We alway watch it live and DVR it (and Fringe)… I then watch it a multitude of times… I always keep the entire season on my DVR until I buy the season. My husband hates it. :)

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   42. Ben Franklin  Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 | 7:40am

   Watch it live if possible, then later during the week or over the weekend. We always save it on our DVR until the following week’s episode airs. It’s like we feel better having one on tap.

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   41. Alex  Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 | 7:08am

   I have a question for more avid Hulu viewers: When we watched it online over the weekend, we had an option of watching it with one long commercial from the sponsor before the show with no breaks after that, or watching it with commercial breaks as usual. Is this becoming a standard on Hulu, or is it just on certain shows, new shows, or featured shows? Thanks!

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   40. Janae  Wed. Oct. 7, 2009 | 6:12am

   Wow, I am so glad to know I’m one of many who DVRs it, watches it ASAP as possible (after it airs so I can skip the commercials), and then watches multiple times after that (usually over the next 2-3 days). You catch so many things on the 3rd, 4th, 5th viewings that you didn’t see the 1st or 2nd time!

   My husband teases me about this… “You just saw it!” I’ll have to tell him I’m in the majority on officetally! (He’ll probably just tease me about that, too.)

   Plus I have all the DVDs and go through the episodes + special features a few times a year. Haven’t been watching syndication, though, because I don’t want to get tired of any episodes.

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   39. highonjoy  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 8:37pm

   Yep! Guilty. I’m one of those that watches live + Tivo + online + buy the DVDs + watch the reruns on cable. Oh wow. I really should get some kind of non-Office related hobby. :S

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    38. Sara  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 5:41pm

    I never get to watch it live since, in central time, it starts at 8:00 which is bedtime for the kiddo at our house. We usually watch it once she’s in bed. Sometimes I watch it again that night and for sure the next day. Then I might watch it again during the week but only watch my favorite parts. Thank goodness for Tivo!!!!

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    37. Matt  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 5:27pm

    Those numbers are sort of troubling. I mean it’s great that there’s that many people watching on DVRs but those people aren’t considered the same way to advertisers and networks. Especially when it’s found that over 80% of them skip commercials. That means 80% of them don’t count. This show doesn’t deserve that.

    Fans need to watch live when available (or at least the same day on DVR) to give this show actual value. I mean what are you still watching Grey’s Anatomy instead

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    36. jim'stravelingpants  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 5:27pm

    Like a lot of others, I always watch it live and record it to watch it once again later on. Of course, with family stuff, things happen, so it’s ALWAYS good to record it!

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    35. Britt  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 5:13pm

    I watch it live but I save the episodes on my DVR until the season comes out, so I watch it on my DVR a lot. I like to have little marathons especially when I’m off from school around Christmas.

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    34. Receptionitis15  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 5:01pm

    I appear to be odd man out.. I DVR it and watch starting at 9:30, because I hate commercials. Then I watch it once more later that night, delete it from the DVR. Hulu and nbc.com just don’t work well for me, and I need my DVR space for all the syndicated shows each week.

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    33. Kate  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 4:12pm

    I make sure to watch The Office when it shows at 9. Usually at that time, my family is running around the house making too much noise for me to fully enjoy it, so I always watch it the next day with my boyfriend because he DVRs it. And then throughout the season, I’ll rewatch the episodes when I’m bored…which is often!

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    32. Hot Dog Fingers  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 3:57pm

    I DVR the show and watch it starting at 9:10, after putting the kids to bed. I save it on my DVR List, so by the end of the season it’s all The Office. When I have free time I go back and re-watch episodes. I DVR the reruns on TBS which now means a lot more episodes, but I don’t save those, since I have the DVDs.

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    31. JaneD  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 3:57pm

    I always try to watch it live first. Not for any ratings — I don’t own a Nielsen box and I don’t have a DVR — but because I want to (and don’t watch either GA or CSI). And I re-watch it on either Hulu or just get the episode from the iTunes.

    To answer your follow-up question: I prefer Hulu to NBC.com because it loads better. Something about NBC’s site is just so cumbersome, it’s easier to go to Hulu and just click on the ep.

    Also, I think Nielsen is both inaccurate and outdated as a TV-watching tracking system.

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    30. tanster  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 3:55pm

    Jenleigh, I agree.

    One of things I like about Hulu, and it’s kind of silly, is that it visually shows me where the commercials will play.

    I always know there will be three commercials, and I know *when* they’re coming.

    I also prefer the page design and embedding function of Hulu better. It seems cleaner and easier to use.

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    29. Jenleigh  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 3:46pm

    I watch it on hulu because I find that it’s easy to access (less links to click), it loads faster, has really good quality (better than nbc.com, in my opinion), and the ads are less frequent, shorter, and less annoying (on the most part, anyway).

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    28. littlekidlover  Tue. Oct. 6, 2009 | 3:46pm

    I don’t have DVR, so I watch it live for the premieres, On Demand to see the new episodes again, and then Seasons 1 through 5 on DVD or on my iPod touch at work. :D

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