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Millennium's Nielsen Ratings

Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. Nielsen operates in over 100 countries and was founded in 1923.

The system has been updated and modified extensively since it was developed in the early 1940s by Arthur Nielsen. It has since been the primary source of audience measurement information in the television industry around the world. Since television as a business makes money by selling audiences to advertisers, the Nielsen Television Ratings are the single most important element in determining advertising rates, schedules, and program content.

The company is part of the Nielsen Company, formerly known as VNU and owned by a consortium of private equity firms including Blackstone Group, KKR and Carlyle Group. Its US production operations are located in its Brooker Creek Global Technology and Information Center in Oldsmar, Florida. Its UK operations are based in Oxford.

 

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Ratings/share and total viewers

The most commonly cited Nielsen results are reported in two measurements: ratings points and share, usually reported as (ratings points/share). A single national ratings point represents one percent of the total number of households for the season. Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to the program.

For example, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 9.2/15 during its broadcast, meaning that on average 9.2 percent of households were tuned in at any given moment (i.e. how many televisions in the country were in use at that time). Additionally, 15 percent of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into this program (i.e. how many of those televisions were watching this particular show). Nielsen re-estimates the number of households each August for the upcoming television season.

Courtesy of Wikipedia contributors, "Nielsen Ratings," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen Ratings.

 

Part 2 - Millennium's Nielsen Ratings Analysis

Millennium Nielsen Ratings Analysis

In the second part of our unique look at the Nielsen Ratings for Chris Carter's Millennium television series, we plot the statistical data onto graphs and Libby provides an analysis of the rating trends.

 

Millennium Episode Profiles

To quickly view any Millennium episode profile, select one from the list below and click the Show Me button:


 

Millennium Season One

Millennium Season 1 Nielsen Ratings
#MLM Code Episode Title Nielsen Rating
#MLM-100Pilot11.9
#MLM-101Gehenna8.1
#MLM-102Dead Letters8.1
#MLM-103Kingdom Come7.2
#MLM-104The Judge7.6
#MLM-1055226667.6
#MLM-106Blood Relatives7.5
#MLM-107The Well-Worn Lock6.8
#MLM-108Wide Open6.9
#MLM-109Weeds7.6
#MLM-110The Wild and the Innocent7.1
#MLM-111Loin Like a Hunting Flame8.0
#MLM-112Force Majeure7.1
#MLM-113The Thin White Line6.8
#MLM-114Sacrament6.4
#MLM-115Walkabout6.3
#MLM-116Covenant6.9
#MLM-117Lamentation6.7
#MLM-118Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions6.7
#MLM-119Broken World6.8
#MLM-120Maranatha6.3
#MLM-121Paper Dove6.6

Millennium Season Two

Millennium Season 2 Nielsen Ratings
#MLM Code Episode Title Nielsen Rating
#MLM-201The Beginning and the End7.3
#MLM-202Beware of the Dog6.5
#MLM-203Sense and Antisense6.7
#MLM-204Monster6.0
#MLM-205A Single Blade of Grass6.7
#MLM-20619:196.1
#MLM-207The Curse of Frank Black5.7
#MLM-208The Hand of Saint Sebastian6.7
#MLM-209Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense'5.6
#MLM-210Goodbye Charlie5.6
#MLM-211Midnight of the Century5.6
#MLM-212Luminary5.7
#MLM-213The Mikado5.4
#MLM-214Owls5.5
#MLM-215The Pest House5.7
#MLM-216Roosters5.4
#MLM-217Siren5.8
#MLM-218In Arcadia Ego5.5
#MLM-219Anamnesis5.3
#MLM-220A Room With No View4.8
#MLM-221Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me5.7
#MLM-222The Fourth Horseman4.7
#MLM-223The Time Is Now4.9

Millennium Season Three

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#MLM Code Episode Title Nielsen Rating
#MLM-301The Innocents5.2
#MLM-302Exegesis4.5
#MLM-303TEOTWAWKI4.8
#MLM-304Closure5.1
#MLM-305...Thirteen Years Later5.4
#MLM-306Skull and Bones5.1
#MLM-307Through a Glass, Darkly5.1
#MLM-308Omerta4.8
#MLM-309Human Essence4.4
#MLM-310Borrowed Time5.3
#MLM-311Collateral Damage5.8
#MLM-312The Sound of Snow4.7
#MLM-313Antipas4.6
#MLM-314Matryoshka4.6
#MLM-315Forcing the End4.1
#MLM-316Saturn Dreaming of Mercury4.2
#MLM-317Bardo Thodol3.8
#MLM-318Darwin's Eye3.75
#MLM-319Seven and One3.7
#MLM-320Nostalgia4.35
#MLM-321Via Dolorosa5.0
#MLM-322Goodbye To All That4.3

NB. Please note that the ratings for Midinight of the Century, Darwin's Eye and Nostalgia are estimated.