This week we’re looking at Nielson ratings for our favorite shows. I had trouble finding the ratings for my actual favs, so I’m choosing a game show: Deal or No Deal. Howie Mandel’s beautiful baldness appears every Monday night at 8 on NBC.For the week of March 19-25, Deal or No Deal tied 10th among the top 20 network primetime series. Here are the details:
Deal or No Deal is in a competitive time slot, but it fairs well. It’s up against the 4th rated show, Dancing with the Stars on ABC, which it hasn’t surpassed. The other shows in that time slot, like Fox’s Prison Break and CBS’s How I Met Your Mother, don’t offer all that much competition. I think it’s in a good time slot for the type of show that it is. 
I don’t think it would work as well if it were moved to a later time slot on any day because a lot of the heavy weights, like Grey’s Anatomy, and the CSI’s are after 8pm. If it had to move to another night, Tuesday and Wednesday could be tricky because nothing wants to go 
against American Idol. Thursday nights have Ugly Betty, so that could be another tricky night. It could probably handle the competition on Friday nights, but Monday night is a much better TV game show night.
Basically, Deal or No Deal is in the best time slot for itself. It’s definitely a competitive show, especially for being a game show.
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What will the networks and the locals do when Neilsen goes to year round ratings? Will it matter with more and more people using TiVo, cable on-demand systems or online access to shows? I think the locals need to WORRY.
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