Word: arbitron
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...date that most people remembered much past Feb. 11, 1979. But to the hundred or so top people in the television industry, it was Black Sunday, the costliest night in TV history. In their desperation to knock out one another during the February sweeps-those weeks when Nielsen and Arbitron take an elaborate TV census-the networks spent a reported $13 million on that Sunday night to throw their heaviest punches at one another. CBS led off with Gone With the Wind; NBC followed with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; ABC, hoping to profit from the Presley...
Except for the two World Series weeks, NBC has been behind in the ratings all fall. The only consolation has been that, overall, it has beaten CBS. But even that may have been fleeting. In November, according to Arbitron ratings, CBS was marginally ahead. The new programs Silverman will put in may not be better, but they will in general be lighter. "We want to get comedy and a light feel to our network," says Mike Weinblatt, president of NBC Entertainment. "We are looking for young adults, and comedy attracts them. If you look...
...their desks, then shut their eyes and turned the tallies face down, as if they hoped the whole thing would go away. Like scientists who had discovered that rain also falls up, they could not believe what they were seeing. Last week, however, the two rating services, Nielsen and Arbitron, confirmed their fears: in 1977, for the first time in history, television viewing declined...
...daytime audiences, the numbers were startling. From November 1976 to November 1977, Nielsen put the dropoff at 6.4%-roughly equivalent to the combined populations of Detroit and San Francisco. The Arbitron figures were even more dramatic. From 9 a.m. to noon, they said, viewing was down 11%-or goodbye Chicago. The arithmetic for the prime-time evening hours was less dramatic, but significant nonetheless. Nielsen said the nighttime decline was 3.1%; Arbitron said...