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equazcion · 08-20-2010, 06:55 PM

In recent years, when great TV shows got canceled for ratings reasons while heaps of unbridled crap survived, it got me thinking about who exactly has the Nielsen boxes. I think about this often. These people effectively control what we see on TV, and they're not doing a very good job of it. And, we never really hear anything about them. Who are these people?

I don't know anyone, nor do I know anyone who knows anyone, nor have I ever met anyone, or even HEARD of anyone, ever, who had a Nielsen box. Have you?

Are the people who have them contractually obligated to keep quiet?

If the kinds of people I am connected to, associate with, and/or hear about don't have Nielsen boxes, it makes me think my segment of the population is not being sufficiently represented in the ratings.

08-20-2010, 06:55 PM	#1
equazcion Thinks "pie" is a funny word. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New York City, NY, United States of America, Earth Posts: 65	Who has a Nielsen box? In recent years, when great TV shows got canceled for ratings reasons while heaps of unbridled crap survived, it got me thinking about who exactly has the Nielsen boxes. I think about this often. These people effectively control what we see on TV, and they're not doing a very good job of it. And, we never really hear anything about them. Who are these people? I don't know anyone, nor do I know anyone who knows anyone, nor have I ever met anyone, or even HEARD of anyone, ever, who had a Nielsen box. Have you? Are the people who have them contractually obligated to keep quiet? If the kinds of people I am connected to, associate with, and/or hear about don't have Nielsen boxes, it makes me think my segment of the population is not being sufficiently represented in the ratings.