A Popular Comedy Show on Fox Network Had a Rating

question 104

Multiple Choice

A popular comedy show on Fox network had a rating of 4.0 but a share of 7.Why are these two numbers different?

• A)Rating includes all TV households,and share considers only those households that have their TVs on at that time.
• B)Share includes all TV households,and rating considers only those households that have their TVs on at that time.
• C)Rating is provided by Arbitron and share is provided by Nielsen,and both use different methods for estimating audience size.
• D)Rating is provided by Nielsen and share is provided by Arbitron,and both use different methods for estimating audience size.
• E)Rating compares audience size to the entire TV universe,while share compares only audience size to other network programming.

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