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The Series Just Doesn't Rate, II
Brian Rodriguez points out that TV ratings in general have slipped as more choices have been made available to viewers via cable. It's a good point.
But one may think that these singular events would be somewhat insulated from this development. To get a reference point I checked out the Super Bowl ratings over the same period and they too dropped off (Year, network, network rating, and share):
1992 CBS 40.3 61
1993 NBC 45.1 66
1994 NBC 45.4 66
1995 ABC 41.3 63
1996 NBC 46.1 72
1997 FOX 43.3 65
1998 NBC 44.5 67
1999 FOX 40.2 61
2000 ABC 43.3 63
2001 CBS 40.3 60
2002 FOX 40.4 61
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