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From: anim8rFSK <anim8r...@cox.net>
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Subject: Re: "Revolution" episode 2 sets NBC record for DVR gain
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In article <k4g4l8$bf...@dont-email.me>,
 "Dragon Lady" <sgts...@comcast.net> wrote:

> "anim8rFSK" <anim8r...@cox.net> wrote in message 
> news:anim8rfsk-86858F.18001901102012@news.easynews.com...
> > In article <k4dbpt$jd...@dont-email.me>,
> > "Dragon Lady" <sgts...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> "anim8rFSK" <anim8r...@cox.net> wrote in message
> >> news:anim8rfsk-D6144B.20071230092012@news.easynews.com...
> >> > In article
> >> > <12652c56-3400-41e3-aba6-914132e9b...@u19g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>,
> >> > wolfagain <w...@provide.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Sep 30, 8:13 pm, Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >> >> > In article <toqh6851ni08t5trqarbc6uo725am72...@4ax.com>,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >> > > "Revolution" Breaks Its NBC Record for Biggest Jump From L+SD to 
> >> >> > > L+3,
> >> >> > > Finishes Within 5% of Premiere Rating
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > L+3 Results for Mon-Tues 9/24-25/12:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > ³Revolution² grew from last Monday¹s ³live plus same day² rating
> >> >> > > (3.45) to ³live plus three day² (5.19) by 1.74 points, breaking 
> >> >> > > the
> >> >> > > show¹s record from the previous week for the largest increase from
> >> >> > > L+SD to L+3 ever for an NBC telecast.
> >> >> > > In L+3, Week 2 of ³Revolution² finished within 5 percent of its
> >> >> > > premiere rating (5.19 vs. 5.45), and that¹s despite the arrival in
> >> >> > > Week 2 of time-period competition from the season premieres of
> >> >> > > ³Hawaii
> >> >> > > Five-0² and ³Castle.²
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Seems to me that the DVR bump is BECAUSE of the time-period
> >> >> > competition.
> >> >
> >> > Yeah, it's saying Revolution is the last thing people want to watch.
> >>
> >> So...you're saying you set up your DVR to record shows you're not going 
> >> to
> >> watch????
> >
> > I don't have a DVR, and that's not what I said anyway.  :P
> 
> So what's the DVR bump, if it's not an increase in recordings?

It means people are watching other shows live, and putting aside the 
worst show on television to maybe watch later.  And if they don't watch 
it within a certain time span, it doesn't count towards the ratings at 
all.

-- 
"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."