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Last updated 18 June 2023

Listing entries including Saturday 1st January 2022


EpisodeBroadcast  Viewers Share Pos
The Lie Of The Land Fri 31 Dec 2021 12:25am  EST    
Empress Of Mars Fri 31 Dec 2021 1:25am  EST    
The Eaters of Light Fri 31 Dec 2021 2:25am  EST    
World Enough And Time Fri 31 Dec 2021 3:25am  EST    
The Doctor Falls Fri 31 Dec 2021 4:30am  EST    
The Woman Who Fell to Earth Fri 31 Dec 2021 6:00am  EST    
The Ghost Monument Fri 31 Dec 2021 7:30am  EST    
Rosa Fri 31 Dec 2021 8:40am  EST    
Arachnids In The UK Fri 31 Dec 2021 9:50am  EST    
The Tsuranga Conundrum Fri 31 Dec 2021 11:00am  EST    
Demons Of The Punjab Fri 31 Dec 2021 12:10pm  EST    
Kerblam! Fri 31 Dec 2021 1:20pm  EST    
The Witchfinders Fri 31 Dec 2021 2:30pm  EST    
It Takes You Away Fri 31 Dec 2021 3:35pm  EST    
The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos Fri 31 Dec 2021 4:45pm  EST    
Spyfall: Part One Fri 31 Dec 2021 5:50pm  EST    
Spyfall: Part Two Fri 31 Dec 2021 7:16pm  EST    
Orphan 55 Fri 31 Dec 2021 8:42pm  EST    
Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror Fri 31 Dec 2021 9:47pm  EST    
Fugitive of the Judoon Fri 31 Dec 2021 10:58pm  EST    
Praxeus Sat 1 Jan 2022 12:09am  EST    
Ascension of the Cybermen Sat 1 Jan 2022 1:19am  EST    
The Timeless Children Sat 1 Jan 2022 2:30am  EST    
Revolution of the Daleks Sat 1 Jan 2022 4:02am  EST    
The Halloween Apocalypse (extemded cut) Sat 1 Jan 2022 6:15am  EST    
War of The Sontarans: Flux: Chapter Two Sat 1 Jan 2022 7:26am  EST    
Once, Upon Time: Flux: Chapter Three Sat 1 Jan 2022 8:51am  EST    
Village of the Angels: Flux: Chapter Four Sat 1 Jan 2022 10:01am  EST    
Survivors of the Flux: Flux: Chapter Five Sat 1 Jan 2022 11:22am  EST    
The Vanquishers: Flux: Chapter Six Sat 1 Jan 2022 12:34pm  EST    
Eve Of The Daleks Sat 1 Jan 2022 2:00pm  EST    Premiere
Twice Upon A Time Sat 1 Jan 2022 3:24pm  EST    
Resolution Sat 1 Jan 2022 4:51pm  EST    
Revolution of the Daleks Sat 1 Jan 2022 6:17pm  EST    
Eve Of The Daleks: Bonus Edition Sat 1 Jan 2022 8:00pm  EST    
Once, Upon Time: Flux: Chapter Three Sat 1 Jan 2022 10:28pm  EST    
Village of the Angels: Flux: Chapter Four Sat 1 Jan 2022 11:39pm  EST    
Survivors of the Flux: Flux: Chapter Five Sun 2 Jan 2022 12:59am  EST    
The Vanquishers: Flux: Chapter Six Sun 2 Jan 2022 2:10am  EST    
Eve Of The Daleks Sun 2 Jan 2022 3:35am  EST    
The Doctor's Wife Sun 2 Jan 2022 4:59am  EST    
The Woman Who Fell to Earth Fri 7 Jan 2022 6:00am  EST    
Once, Upon Time: Flux: Chapter Three Fri 14 Jan 2022 3:30am  EST    
Village of the Angels: Flux: Chapter Four Fri 14 Jan 2022 4:40am  EST    
Deep Breath Tue 25 Jan 2022 4:30am  EST    
Thin Ice Mon 31 Jan 2022 3:30am  EST    
The Doctor Falls Mon 31 Jan 2022 4:30am  EST    
Deep Breath Tue 1 Feb 2022 4:30am  EST    
Demons Of The Punjab Mon 14 Feb 2022 6:30am  EST    
The Pilot Mon 14 Feb 2022 7:35am  EST    
The Husbands of River Song Mon 14 Feb 2022 8:35am  EST    
The Girl Who Waited Mon 14 Feb 2022 9:55am  EST    
The Husbands of River Song Tue 15 Feb 2022 4:43am  EST    
The Halloween Apocalypse: Flux: Chapter One Fri 25 Feb 2022 4:47am  EST    
The Timeless Children Fri 4 Mar 2022 4:30am  EST    
Revolution of the Daleks Wed 16 Mar 2022 4:18am  EDT    
Deep Breath Thu 17 Mar 2022 4:30am  EDT    
The Woman Who Fell to Earth Sun 20 Mar 2022 4:31am  EDT    
Season 13 Behind the Scenes (Factual) Thu 14 Apr 2022 3:00am  EDT    
The Eleventh Hour Fri 15 Apr 2022 11:00pm  EDT    
The Beast Below Sat 16 Apr 2022 12:02am  EDT    
Victory of the Daleks Sat 16 Apr 2022 1:02am  EDT    
The Vampires of Venice Sat 16 Apr 2022 2:01am  EDT    
A Christmas Carol Sat 16 Apr 2022 3:01am  EDT    
The Day of The Doctor Sat 16 Apr 2022 4:20am  EDT    
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe Sat 16 Apr 2022 6:00am  EDT    
Amy's Choice Sat 16 Apr 2022 7:20am  EDT    
Vincent and the Doctor Sat 16 Apr 2022 8:23am  EDT    
The Pandorica Opens Sat 16 Apr 2022 9:25am  EDT    
The Big Bang Sat 16 Apr 2022 10:28am  EDT    
The Impossible Astronaut Sat 16 Apr 2022 11:30am  EDT    
Day of the Moon Sat 16 Apr 2022 12:35pm  EDT    
The Curse of the Black Spot Sat 16 Apr 2022 1:40pm  EDT    
The Doctor's Wife Sat 16 Apr 2022 2:45pm  EDT    
The Rebel Flesh Sat 16 Apr 2022 3:50pm  EDT    
The Almost People Sat 16 Apr 2022 4:55pm  EDT    
A Good Man Goes to War Sat 16 Apr 2022 6:00pm  EDT    
Let's Kill Hitler Sat 16 Apr 2022 7:04pm  EDT    
The Girl Who Waited Sat 16 Apr 2022 8:08pm  EDT    
The God Complex Sat 16 Apr 2022 9:12pm  EDT    
Closing Time Sat 16 Apr 2022 10:16pm  EDT    
The Wedding of River Song Sat 16 Apr 2022 11:20pm  EDT    
The Woman Who Fell to Earth Sun 17 Apr 2022 12:25am  EDT    
Rosa Sun 17 Apr 2022 1:55am  EDT    
Demons Of The Punjab Sun 17 Apr 2022 3:05am  EDT    
Revolution of the Daleks Sun 17 Apr 2022 4:16am  EDT    
Spyfall: Part One Sun 17 Apr 2022 6:00am  EDT    
Spyfall: Part Two Sun 17 Apr 2022 7:26am  EDT    
The Halloween Apocalypse: Flux: Chapter One Sun 17 Apr 2022 8:51am  EDT    
Village of the Angels: Flux: Chapter Four Sun 17 Apr 2022 10:00am  EDT    
The Vanquishers: Flux: Chapter Six Sun 17 Apr 2022 11:20am  EDT    
Eve of the Daleks (Bonus Edition) Sun 17 Apr 2022 12:45pm  EDT    
Legend Of The Sea Devils Sun 17 Apr 2022 2:10pm  EDT    Premiere
The Day of The Doctor Sun 17 Apr 2022 3:21pm  EDT    
Fugitive of the Judoon Sun 17 Apr 2022 5:06pm  EDT    
Revolution of the Daleks Sun 17 Apr 2022 6:16pm  EDT    
Legend Of The Sea Devils Sun 17 Apr 2022 8:00pm  EDT    
Legend of the Sea Devils (bonus edition) Mon 18 Apr 2022 1:45am  EDT    
The Stolen Earth Mon 25 Apr 2022 3:50am  EDT    
Journey's End Mon 25 Apr 2022 4:55am  EDT    

Notes


A breakdown of the different types of rating figures found for US Television. We show the total viewer figure and the mosrt commonly used Nielsen A18-49 chart position.

 

Rating: Ratings are essentially percentages, measuring the portion of a given group — be it households, adults 18-49 or women 25-54 — watching a given show. Adults 18-49 is the primary demographic by which ad rates are set for entertainment programming, so it's the most commonly reported (one point in that demo equals 1.28 million people). So a 2.0 rating for The Masked Singer means that 2 percent of people in that age range, roughly 2.56 million people, watched the show.

Share: The percentage of a given group who are watching TV at that time and are tuned into a given program. Wednesday's Masked Singer had a 10 share in adults 18-49 (10 percent of adults under 50, who had their TVs on at that hour, watched it). It's typically written as "rating/share," so 2.0/10 for The Masked Singer.

Total viewers: Pretty self-explanatory — the average number of people watching a program in any given minute while it airs.

Overnight metered market ratings: These are the first ratings released each morning — or they were, anyway, until Oct. 3. Nielsen is planning to include out-of-home viewing in these numbers from now on (the first day of the new system didn't go well), which means they'll be released around midday now. Metered market ratings only take measurements from 44 markets (56 previously) for households and 25 markets for adults 18-49, so they're best considered as a first draft on how programming performed rather than definitive. They had been useful for gauging live events since they measure programs instead of just time periods.

Live-plus-same-day: The ratings that get reported each day, first as "fast nationals" in the morning and then as final numbers in the afternoon. They include both live viewing from the previous night and delayed viewing until 3 a.m. local time. Fast nationals are generally pretty accurate for entertainment programs, with occasional small adjustments in the finals.

Live-plus-3: Same-day ratings with three additional days of DVR and on-demand viewing added in. The majority of delayed viewing that Nielsen measures happens in this timeframe, with most shows growing their audiences by a good amount.

Live-plus-7: The same as live-plus-3, extended to a full week. In the 2018-19 season, two dozen series at least doubled their 18-49 ratings after seven days.

C3 and C7 ratings: Arguably the most important ratings numbers that the public doesn't usually see. These ratings track the number of viewers who actually watch commercials — which is why Nielsen ratings exist in the first place — over three or seven days. They play a big role in setting rates for advertisers buying commercial time. The occasional glimpses at C3 and C7 ratings in recent years have suggested they're higher than same-day numbers but a good distance short of live-plus-3 and live-plus-7 numbers.

Live-plus-35: An even longer-tail measurement that takes into account viewing that happens up to five weeks after a show airs. It's not a huge piece of the viewing pie, but it's not tiny, either.

Multiplatform ratings: Things can get a bit fuzzy here, as multiplatform ratings can include streaming and digital viewing via a network's app or third-party service like Hulu, plus on-air replays. The digital audience is growing — some shows get more viewers there than from their on-air showings — but no company in the business willingly offers up definitive streaming or digital viewership. It's only included as part of a whole. (It is possible to subtract, say live-plus-7 ratings from a multiplatform total to get a rough estimate of how many people watch something via nontraditional platforms).

Furthermore, each network has its own way of calculating cross-platform viewing, and timeframes can get murky. HBO touted a massive audience of 44 million viewers for the final season of Game of Thrones, but that included up six weeks of streaming and replays of the season premiere, five weeks of episode two and so on.

Streaming ratings: Are not really a thing. Nielsen does measure the audience for streaming shows, but Netflix and other platforms have disputed the ratings service's numbers as they don't take into account viewing on other devices.

Netflix has reported some viewership figures in recent quarterly earnings reports, but they're not really analogous to Nielsen ratings. Netflix considers a piece of content as having been "viewed" when a member account watches at least 70 percent of one episode of a series or 70 percent of a feature film. It also counts subscribers around the world rather than just the domestic viewers that Nielsen measures. The numbers can be useful in comparing one Netflix show to another, but the service has thus far only publicly released highlights, not a full tally.

For live events that include a streaming option, networks or other providers will often cite an "average minute audience" for a live stream. That's the closest thing to Nielsen's average total viewers statistic.

Social ratings: Nielsen measures social engagement around TV shows, counting the number of posts about a given episode and the reach of the conversation. As with all ratings, higher is better, but heavy social conversation and high on-air ratings don't necessarily go hand in hand.

Third-party measurements: A number of companies measure things like out-of-home viewing or binge viewing, but they can rely on users to opt in to sharing data, which can lead to a less representative sample.

LinkCredit: Hollywood Reporter