Well now, isn't THIS a fascinating topic!



Browsing through the U.S Neilsen Ratings on Wikipedia, I came upon the rather horrifying bit of news that it seems, far from us being Elitist Miserable Bastards (EMB's), we might actually be Populist Miserable Bastards. Because most of the highest rated episodes appear to be our favourites (sorry, our "least despised")...What has gone WRONG here exactly?
A good fellow I know has informed me that the 18-49 Demo ratings are the only ones that matter to the Mr Moneybags amongst the TVlanders, but as that demographic ignores the opinions of about a third of my friends in "real life" and about a quarter of the folk on this board (for example the enfant terrible Witchdoctor Fantastic) then don't bother your arses too much about them...

Episode “Real Time”/ Total /(18-49 demo)

Hofstadter 18.99 /24.16/ 7.8
Deception 20.44 /26.14/ 8.6
Scavenger 18.22 /23.70 /7.6
Raiders 17.64 /23.23 /7.7
Workplace 17.80 /22.90 /7.5
Romance 16.98 /22.97 /7.9
Proton 16.89 /22.48 /7.5
Itchy 18.30 /23.34 /7.6
Thanksgiv. 18.94 / 24.95/ 7.9
Discovery 15.63 /20.81 /7.1
Cooper 17.68 /23.44 /7.6
Hesitation 19.20 / 24.75 /7.9
Occupation 20.35 / 25.28 /8.0
Convention 19.05 / 24.75 / 7.7
Locomotive 17.53 /24.02/ 8.0
Table 17.73 /?

Yes I know that all looks like a pig's breakfast, but I can't get the bloody formatting to transfer...or to paraphrase Sheldon, I can but I don't want to.

The point is, for all the Shenny folk, that the Top Six (thus far!) includes 3 of the sole 4 Shenny advertised episodes (I don't know why the fuck Scavenger isn't higher rated...it was possibly the best of the season...) and for the Nostalgics, the remaining 3 contained Zack Johnson and Darth Vader. (I can't answer for Hesitation Ramification's ratings...other than it had Penny proposing, and Sheldon dropping his trousers. AGAIN.)

So there you go. You can choose whether to be distraught or delighted by this. Or completely ambivalent. Knock yourselves out.

(not literally)

After the insults fly, Bernadette tries to broker the peace between Wolowitz and Sheldon. Meanwhile, Penny is offered an embarrassing movie role and Raj asks Amy to write to a woman on his behalf, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, March 6 (8:00 – 8:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

STORY BY: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan and Tara Hernandez
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Leonard buys a dining room table and it causes Sheldon to reevaluate the changes in his life. Meanwhile, Wolowitz is offered a chance to go back to space and Bernadette struggles with whether or not to encourage him, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, Feb. 27 (8:00 – 8:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television
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Guest Stars: Casey Sander (Mr. Rostenskowski) and Michael Massimino (Himself)