User:Heartfox/sandbox/Nielsen

TV season dates

 * 1988–89: October 24, 1988–April 16, 1989
 * 1989–90: September 18, 1989–April 15, 1990

List

 * USA Today daily primetime viewership following the week of March 11, 1991 is not available on ProQuest! According to one of the documents, you have to view the microfiche to see the complete chart and not just the small article at the top of the page! Therefore anything post-March 18, 1991 is not available legally online. However, they are available until late 1998 on a now-dead site. I can't link to them directly here due to copyright violations but I can help you find numbers if you have a request. This is possible because I can verify the date and page number of the article through ProQuest, and the ratings chart is what followed the small article (but it's missing in the ProQuest versions). However, post-1997 aren't necessary because Los Angeles Times began publishing them at the beginning of 1997 and those are available legally online through Newspaper.com clippings.
 * TL;DR: Except if you happen to have access to a library with USA Today on microfiche, post-March 18, 1991 through 1996 daily primetime Nielsen viewership information is not available legally online through any source I'm aware of.


 * https://www.proquest.com/eima/results/358B2BFE5F854AB6PQ/ broadcasting+cable top cable shows per week w/ HH ratings starts at aug 9 1993
 * zap2it archive starts in jan 1997 https://web.archive.org/web/20001018034651/http://tv.zap2it.com/news/ratings/archive97.html

1985

 * Jan 14-20: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68419628/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Jan 28-Feb 3: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420011/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Feb 4-10: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420120/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Feb 11-17: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420189/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Feb 18-24: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420262/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Feb 25-Mar 3: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420328/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Mar 4-10: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420433/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Mar 25-31: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420506/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Apr 15-21: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420634/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Sep 23-29: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420856/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Oct 14-Oct 20: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68420989/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Nov 4-10: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68421051/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Dec 2-8: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68421157/fort-worth-star-telegram/
 * Dec 9-15: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68421224/fort-worth-star-telegram/

1987

 * USA Today is available on ProQuest starting with the April 1, 1987, issue.
 * Access to the USA Today ProQuest links below is free through an account with The Wikipedia Library.
 * Note that viewership is listed beginning with the week of September 21, 1987, following the introduction of people meters by rival companies A.C. Nielsen and AGB Television Research. However, the viewership figures listed are those of AGB—not Nielsen. As such, they should not be used in articles as they cannot be compared with post-July 24, 1988, figures (which are from Nielsen). Likewise, only use the household ratings and shares from Nielsen (ignore the AGB figures in parentheses which are listed beginning with the week of September 21, 1987).

1988

 * Access to the USA Today ProQuest links below is free through an account with The Wikipedia Library.
 * Note that viewership is listed, but the figures until the week of July 18, 1988, come from AGB Television Research—not Nielsen. As such, they should not be used in articles as they cannot be compared with figures after that week (which are from Nielsen). Likewise, only use the household ratings and shares from Nielsen (ignore the AGB figures in parentheses which are listed until the the week of July 18, 1988).
 * Fox program ratings are unlisted until the week of November 28.

1989

 * Access to the USA Today ProQuest links below is free through an account with The Wikipedia Library.

1990

 * Access to the USA Today ProQuest links below is free through an account with The Wikipedia Library.

1991

 * Access to the USA Today ProQuest links below is free through an account with The Wikipedia Library.

1996

 * The Hollywood Reporter's regular reporting of each week's top 10 shows in 18-49 begins with the week of January 22, 1996.
 * Access to The Hollywood Reporter ProQuest links below requires a subscription through a school/library. It is not available through The Wikipedia Library's user access to ProQuest.


 * UltimateTV is a predecessor of Zap2it. Their reporting of each week's top 20 shows begins with the week of July 29, 1996, but some URLs were not archived. Viewership is given to the nearest ten thousand. The column is incorrectly titled "households"—it is actually the viewership.
 * Access to the UltimateTV links below is free through the Internet Archive.


 * The Los Angeles Times converted to publishing viewership instead of household ratings starting with the week of December 30, 1996. Viewership is given to the nearest ten thousand.
 * Access to the Los Angeles Times links below is free through Newspapers.com clippings.

1997

 * Access to The Hollywood Reporter ProQuest links below requires a subscription through a school/library. It is not available through The Wikipedia Library's user access to ProQuest.
 * Access to the Los Angeles Times links below is free through Newspapers.com clippings.
 * The Los Angeles Times viewership is given to the nearest ten thousand.


 * Access to the Zap2it and UltimateTV links below is free through the Internet Archive.
 * Zap2it's reporting of each week's top 20 shows began with the week of January 6, 1997, but some URLs were not archived. UltimateTV links are given instead, which is essentially the same source but a different URL. The column titles "households" and (later retitled to) "audience" are actually the viewership. Viewership is given to the nearest ten thousand.

1998

 * The Hollywood Reporter began listing complete viewership beginning with the week of September 21, 1998. However, the Los Angeles Times is a better option for viewership as it provides it to the nearest ten thousand, while THR only gives it to the nearest hundred thousand.

1999

 * The Hollywood Reporter switched to listing complete 18–49 instead of HH beginning with the week of September 20, 1999.
 * The Hollywood Reporter viewership statistics are rounded to the nearest hundred thousand; Los Angeles Times is a better option for viewership as it provides it to the nearest ten thousand.

2000

 * The Hollywood Reporter viewership statistics are rounded to the nearest hundred thousand; Los Angeles Times is a better option for viewership as it provides it to the nearest ten thousand.

2002
The Hollywood Reporter ProQuest links are different depending on access level. Those using ProQuest via The Wikipedia Library can only access the links with (TWL) next to it, and those using ProQuest via library/institution can only access the links with (SUB) next to it. Viewership is rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.

2007

 * 18-49: done

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 * https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/fedca1/cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_01111655v1