How do the TV stations know what shows we all watched last night??

Question

How do the get the ratings each day as to what we watched the very night before???? Do they phone 2 million people each day and ask ????lol

Answer 1

It's all automatic, electronic and satelites. Did you know there is a company that the government uses to keep track of everything we all do. Like every place you are with a cell phone is recorded, when you use it who you call, what businesses you do business with. where you got and when you go. When you take and put money in the bank, when you use your atm or any kind of electronic purchaces. The more we depend on these things the more BIg Broeher knows about us. There are only certain things they can disclose about you but it is open for the government and tieh permission to others like peospective employers or creditors. They know what you watch, what you eat...the card you use at the grocery store tells them what you buy. Oh yeah, they know a whole lot about you and me. It's really scary to me.

Answer 2

There are groups of viewers called Nielsen families, who are chosen at random from different areas of the country. They keep a diary of shows that they watched, then forward that information to the Nielsen Research center.

From those statistics, numbers are extrapolated to represent the whole country.

Answer 3

Neilsen Ratings.....i take weekly poll on what i watch , you can join too they always looking for more feedback from viewers

Answer 4

satelites