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43 °F Forecast | Road Cams Sunday, April 3, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA Ashland News NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend March 31, 2005 Since You Asked Nielsen ratings are less relevant Whatever happened to the Nielsen ratings? The paper used to publish them on a regular basis a long time ago. Does it even still exist? — Tom C., Eagle Point Sorry, Tom, the Nielsens were canceled because of low ratings. We crack ourselves up here in the Entertainment Wing of Since You Asked World Headquarters. The real answer is that the rapid changes in the television industry have made the listings both more complicated and less relevant. The Nielsen Media Research company not only ranks those shows seen on the major networks — ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC — but on various free cable and pay cable networks as well. It ranks the news shows and it has rankings among various demographic groups. Advertisement It’s a splintered TV world we live in, Tom; so the old, familiar Top 10 list doesn’t mean as much as it used to, and there’s simply not enough space to run all the significant breakdowns. If you have Internet access, you can get the list each week at www.nielsenmedia.com/ratings/top10_menu_page on the Web. For the record, this past week’s top two shows on the network list were the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of FOX’s "American Idol." Send questions to "Since You Asked," Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by e-mail to [email protected] . We’re sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Distance Education Diamonds Slippers Student Loans afsa teleconferencing Memory Foam Mattress w2 forms Tatoo Fasa Advertisement s