NOVA: Season 19, Episode 5

Can You Believe TV Ratings?

Rating the audience for TV shows is a classic problem in statistical analysis. NOVA finds that ratings are getting more accurate but still are far from scientific.

Release Date: 1974-03-03
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
TMDb: 6.9/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 55

Other episodes for this season

Hell Fighters of Kuwait
Episode 1 - Hell Fighters of Kuwait
Submarine!
Episode 2 - Submarine!
Saddam's War on Wildlife
Episode 3 - Saddam's War on Wildlife
What Smells?
Episode 4 - What Smells?
Can You Believe TV Ratings?
Episode 5 - Can You Believe TV Ratings?
Making a Dishonest Buck
Episode 6 - Making a Dishonest Buck
Rescuing Baby Whales
Episode 7 - Rescuing Baby Whales
An Astronaut's View of the Earth
Episode 8 - An Astronaut's View of th...
Eclipse of the Century
Episode 9 - Eclipse of the Century
Animal Olympians II
Episode 10 - Animal Olympians II
The Genius Behind the Bomb
Episode 11 - The Genius Behind the Bom...
Mind of a Serial Killer
Episode 12 - Mind of a Serial Killer
Search for the First Americans
Episode 13 - Search for the First Amer...
Rafting Through the Grand Canyon
Episode 14 - Rafting Through the Grand...
This Old Pyramid
Episode 15 - This Old Pyramid
Iceman
Episode 16 - Iceman
Private Lives of Dolphins
Episode 17 - Private Lives of Dolphins
Brain Transplant
Episode 18 - Brain Transplant
Can You Stop People From Drinking?
Episode 19 - Can You Stop People From...
Sex and the Single Rhino
Episode 20 - Sex and the Single Rhino