XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.tos, rec.arts.sf.tv, alt.battlestar-galactica   
   From: not@chance.dude   
      
   "Brian Henderson"   
   > Wickeddoll wrote:   
   >> But it's not always the amount of fans a show has.  I remember when   
   >> "Family Guy" aired the first time - it was moved and put on hiatus so   
   >> many times, we assumed it was cancelled, and gave up. (I'm sure others   
   >> did as well) Further, ratings services are only a sampling of the   
   >> public-at-large, and can only be used as a guideline.  Until every single   
   >> person contributes to the tally, those damned things will never be   
   >> totally accurate.  Personally, I think they're useless.   
   >   
   > While I agree they're useless, more people "participate" than think they   
   > do.  If you've got cable or satellite, your viewership is being counted   
   > whether you're aware of it or not.  Nobody knows specifically what you're   
   > personally watching, but collectively many cable companies turn over   
   > viewership to the ratings companies.  The only people who are not being   
   > counted are the over-air people and the people who download their content.   
      
   I did not know that.   
      
   How "1984" is that?   
      
   :-Þ   
      
   Comrade Natalie   
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