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What People are Watching on Television - Cable and Broadcast By the Numbers

We take a look at the most significant ratings earners of the May 2 week according to Nielsen analytics to discover what people are watching on television. The week was dominated heavily by the NBA Playoffs (for the most part shown on TNT) and Fox’s American Idol. Notable entries include History Channel’s Pawn Stars, a reality show following a 24-hour pawn shop in Las Vegas, and WWE Raw, which, for the purposes of simplification, I categorized as “Sports” in the breakdown graphically shown below.

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Five Great Infographics About Television

The state of television has changed much in the past few decades. Today, we explore these changes in clever visualization format, because, as devout television fans, we’d much prefer to have it cleverly summed up in easily digestible segments. And, in case you’re wondering about the title count, I consider the first three as one big infographic on the state of television.

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