Maybe the problem is just me not understanding ratings numbers.
“Nielsen calculates the percentage of their panel that watched each given program and reports that data as a number; if a program gets a reported 9.6 Nielsen rating, that means 9.6% of the panel watched that program; thus Nielsen estimates that 9.6% of American households watched the program.”
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That's pretty straightforward. Here's what I think I was actually thinking of, though:
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