the ratings
plural noun
: numbers that show how many people watch or listen to a particular television or radio program
a show that's down in the ratings.
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In theory, the conference commissioners who run the CFP will digest the ratings from Monday night’s game, add contextual data from previous years, acknowledge what’s coming from the NFL and determine the calendar must move up by one week, at least, so there are fewer rounds in January.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Thus, the new way of counting the house won’t necessarily remedy many of the ratings declines that have been plaguing live sports in recent months.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
As evidenced by the ratings, attendance and merchandise boom this past summer, the WNBA announced a new media rights agreement in 2026 that will pay an average of $200 million over the next 11 years.
—Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The channel saw its ratings decline after Trump won the 2024 election (though executives there are quick to note that the ratings appear to have begun to rebound over the last couple weeks or so).
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Thus, the new way of counting the house won’t necessarily remedy many of the ratings declines that have been plaguing live sports in recent months.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
As evidenced by the ratings, attendance and merchandise boom this past summer, the WNBA announced a new media rights agreement in 2026 that will pay an average of $200 million over the next 11 years.
—Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The channel saw its ratings decline after Trump won the 2024 election (though executives there are quick to note that the ratings appear to have begun to rebound over the last couple weeks or so).
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
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“The ratings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ratings. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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