Comments on: The Office Nielsen Ratings, Season 6

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:34:14 +0000

The writers aren’t going to change anything. The ratings are fine, and writing staffs don’t write based on ratings anyway.

TV is changing every year. You aren’t going to see Seinfeld like ratings anymore, with more channels to watch, DVR, the internet, etc.

By: chalon

chalon — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:06:48 +0000

Overall viewers basically has no bearing for renew/cancel decisions. The only thing that matters is 18-49 rating, because that’s all the advertisers care about, and The Office is by far the highest rated 18-49 scripted show that NBC has.

Broadcast TV viewership is down basically across the board, and actually The Office has retained most of its 18-49 rating from last season. I believe it was a 4.2 average last season for new airings and a 4.1 for this season as of a couple weeks ago.

Also, if you look at the past ratings of the show, the spring ratings are always lower than the fall ratings. Less people watch TV in the warmer months, and during sweeps you have NBA and NHL playoffs that attract the 18-34M audience that The Office gets a relatively high draw with.

By: Tyler W.

Tyler W. — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:42:14 +0000

The average numbers for “The Office” (as well as some other NBC comedies) continue to drop. “The Office” should be fine for the year or two it apparently has left, however. But hopefully the writers are taking note that whatever they’re doing isn’t exactly working for a lot of people. Your average viewers just don’t drop 2 million for no reason.

By: griffin

griffin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:23:05 +0000

I agree, I wouldn’t read too much into the numbers this week. The combination of the NFL draft and NBA playoffs had a big affect on the numbers this week. Next week will probably be back to normal.

By: jkfan9989

jkfan9989 — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:37:54 +0000

I think the NFL draft might have affected the ratings. It was a struggle at my house; normally, we watch and DVR The Office, and DVR Fringe. With only two tuners, the draft was a problem, since my husband absolutely will not miss it!

By: ChristmasGoose

ChristmasGoose — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:23:17 +0000

Wonder what was going on. ‘Community’ and ’30 Rock’ had series lows! At least ‘The Office’ won its slot…

By: Denise (ddker)

Denise (ddker) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:05:15 +0000

[from tanster: thanks denise! :) ]

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:28:01 +0000

30 rock got more viewers because march madness ended on the west coast. The office was great but i didn’t watch it until later on the internet because march madness was on. Nothing can compete with march madness!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:15:52 +0000

The ratings have been really solid for The Office this year. Far and away NBC’s highest rated scripted show in the demos. Great to see!

By: ChristmasGoose

ChristmasGoose — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:09:29 +0000

The Office is starting to beat “Grey’s” (It got the same demo, but less viewers) and that show has really fallen.

End on a high, though for season seven!

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:39:40 +0000

@ 47. jkfan9989 — I agree. That is weird. A LOT more people tuned in later. I guess people got bored with Grey’s half way through. haha

By: jkfan9989

jkfan9989 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:09:56 +0000

Woo-hoo! FINALLY beat Grey’s in 18-49! Way to go, Office!

Isn’t it weird that Delivery Part 2 had more overall viewers than Part 1?

By: ChristmasGoose

ChristmasGoose — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:41:20 +0000

Wow! Awesome Numbers which were better than “Niagara.” And it was on NBC.

Well this show isn’t going anywhere for a long time.

By: ChristmasGoose

ChristmasGoose — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:27:42 +0000

Good Numbers. Getting closer to competition…

However, I think that promotion on NBC is lackluster many times. I think “The Office” and “30 Rock” get good (not great) promotion, but “Community” and “Parks and Recreation” hardly get any.

Hope to see the numbers rise when “The Delivery” airs.

By: MalonesCones

MalonesCones — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:57:27 +0000

Considering The Office went against a MONSTER turnout for the Survivor Heroes vs Villains premiere, this is a good number.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:53:01 +0000

Ratings were higher for the Xmas episode because there was no Grey’s Anatomy. Good to see a higher rating but don’t think it is going to be that way once Grey’s comes back.

By: Long Tim

Long Tim — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:07:18 +0000

The ratings will now be higher because they now use a different system to determine ratings. They finally include online viewings and DVR recordings.

By: what's the dealio?

what's the dealio? — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:47:15 +0000

Nice! Great ratings, great Christmas episode! Glad so many people were watching!

By: Fired Guy

Fired Guy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:33:24 +0000

This season needs MORE Angela. Please, writers, if you’re reading this, write more Angela. She had more lines in the last episode, that’s why the ratings were higher (just kidding). Loved this season so far.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:22:26 +0000

It figures, the one episode I’m not loving all that much, is number one in the ratings. Yay Office!