Tim wrote:
On Aug 17, 9:13 pm, H the K wrote:

There's much less manual "polling" done in the old sense of the word on
TV viewership. The fact that you no longer have cable is taken into
account, and would have no impact on the ratings of cable shows.



Sure it does harry. In another instance, when somebody has exhausted
their unemployment insurance, they are dropped from the statistics.

So the headlines read.

"Unemployment is Down!"


makes sense.


Ratings for the most part are based upon sets in use, and within that
number, sets tuned to particular programs. You're no longer among the
"counted" for the cable stations.