Explain me the ABC ratings

[Sylph]

In their reports, I mean... They show some weird ratings called VIEWR 2+... According to them, Desperate Housewives had an 8.0 rating and 22 650 000 viewers... Anyone?

[Jack]

Viewers 2 years old and up?

[Sylph]

It's weird. If you look at their weekly program rankings you'll see something like this for the week FROM 10/30/06 THROUGH 11/05/06 you'll see something like this:

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VIEWR VIEWR

RANK 2+ 2+

(000) RTG

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1 * DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES 22650 8.0

2 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 21950 7.7

3 * GREY'S ANATOMY-THU 9PM 21020 7.4

4 CSI 20770 7.3

5 * DANCING WITH THE STARS 20510 7.2

6 * DANCING W/STARS RESULTS 19220 6.8

7 CRIMINAL MINDS 16970 6.0

8 DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON 16900 6.0

9 CSI: NY 16640 5.9

10 * LOST 16070 5.7

11 NCIS 15940 5.6

12 60 MINUTES 15310 5.4

13 SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS 15300 5.4

14 * EXTREME MAKEOVER:HOME ED. 15270 5.4

15 HEROES 14890 5.3

16 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK 14610 5.2

17 CSI: MIAMI 14470 5.1

18 HOUSE 14180 5.0

19 COLD CASE 13960 4.9

20 E.R. 13850 4.9

21 TWO AND A HALF MEN 13720 4.8

22 * UGLY BETTY 13620 4.8

23 * BROTHERS & SISTERS 13530 4.8

24 LAW AND ORDER:SVU 13360 4.7

25 SHARK 13320 4.7

26 DEAL OR NO DEAL-THU 13220 4.7

27 WITHOUT A TRACE 13020 4.6

28 FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 11930 4.2

29 CLOSE TO HOME 11570 4.1

30 UNIT, THE 11490 4.1

31 AMAZING RACE 10 11380 4.0

32 GHOST WHISPERER 11120 3.9

33 NUMB3RS 11080 3.9

34 LAW AND ORDER 10870 3.8

35 OLD CHRISTINE 10600 3.7

36 1 VS 100 10550 3.7

37 * AMER FUNN HOME VIDEOS 10530 3.7

38 SIMPSONS 10460 3.7

39 * BOSTON LEGAL 10400 3.7

40 JERICHO 9870 3.5

41 MY NAME IS EARL 9480 3.3

42 * HELP ME HELP YOU 9010 3.2

43 CRIMETIME SATURDAY 8960 3.2

44 LAS VEGAS 8960 3.2

45 PRISON BREAK 8940 3.2

46 48 HOURS MYSTERY 8900 3.1

47 OFFICE 8810 3.1

You'll find other numbers if you look them up at some other site.

First number multiplied by 1000 gives you total viewrs. The other one is a rating point. But Desperate Housewives didn't have an 8.0 rating, it was 13 or something similar.