Eugene David
...The One-Minute Pundit

Friday, June 01, 2007


As we predicted (and as we know we'd predicted if the @#$%&* Dalai Lamas of Mountain View would permit me to search past blog entries), using some nefarious number crunching involving DVRs Nielsen was able to say that ratings for commercials are higher than ratings for the surrounding programs (however slightly), which potentially means ever MORE money wasted on crappy critically-acclaimed television.

There is better news, however:

"About half" the viewers watching in playback mode "are skipping through the [commercial] spots," according to Pat McDonough, svp-planning policy and analysis at Nielsen.

Which STILL means ever MORE money wasted on crappy critically-acclaimed television.

P. S.

DVR VIEWERS PUSH AD RATINGS UP!!!!! [USAOKAY!!!!! good-news overemphasis added]

Guess which high-powered newspaper chain owns -- oh, I mustn't tell.

A NEUHARTHISM OF THE WEEK AWARD TO LAURA AND THERESA!

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