Recording TV Shows and Ratings

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

This seems like an incredibly petty thing even for me to worry about, but it's on my mind regardless.

I currently watch only a handful of shows, and take advantage of my parents' DVR to watch them on my time and skip commercials. Except for one, all the other shows I watch are the niche kind that live or die depending on ratings every season, which I know is tallied by the number of TVs picking up the signal to watch it.

Does the fact that I record shows and watch them later mean it doesn't register in whatever system they use to measure ratings? Sure, it's a drop in the bucket, but still something that may determine whether I get a recorder for my place or not.

I suppose a fan petition might be more effective than 'voting with my wallet', but the few shows I consider good enough to watch regularly are so rare I'd rather not lose any of them if it can be helped.

 

[MCerberus]

This seems like an incredibly petty thing even for me to worry about, but it's on my mind regardless.

I currently watch only a handful of shows, and take advantage of my parents' DVR to watch them on my time and skip commercials. Except for one, all the other shows I watch are the niche kind that live or die depending on ratings every season, which I know is tallied by the number of TVs picking up the signal to watch it.

Does the fact that I record shows and watch them later mean it doesn't register in whatever system they use to measure ratings? Sure, it's a drop in the bucket, but still something that may determine whether I get a recorder for my place or not.

I suppose a fan petition might be more effective than 'voting with my wallet', but the few shows I consider good enough to watch regularly are so rare I'd rather not lose any of them if it can be helped.

If you've got a Neilson box it would count as not watching it. If you don't, they don't count you in any scenario anyway. Streaming services generally aren't live shows, but the big providers don't seem to care what you watch as long as it's something (Netflix in particular just up and says it doesn't GAF about individual show ratings as long as its mere presence drives retention)