Television Nielsen Ratings Website

[ClassyCo]

For years I have searched the internet for a website that gives my the full list of Nielsen ratings for each given television season. I often type different pieces concerning different shows, and it would be nice if there was a website that had included said information for me to use in my writing.

Do any of you know where I could find a website like this?

I know there are multiple websites that easily give you the Top Thirty shows for the season, but what I'm looking for is a complete list of television shows and their ratings from any given television season.

 

[Daniel Avery]

Nielsen collects all that data in order to sell it to the networks and the production companies. My guess is that a large majority of that information is kept secret so that the networks, etc. have to pay for it; if Nielsen just published all of their data in one website for everyone to access freely, they would have to invent a new revenue stream. It's like online newspapers putting their stories behind a paywall, only on a much larger scale. The basic information will leak through over time, but the details are only accessible to those willing to pay for them.