the ratings
plural noun
: numbers that show how many people watch or listen to a particular television or radio program
a show that's down in the ratings.
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Of course, the ratings are only part of the story.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The big data addition to the ratings also doesn’t appear to have had much effect on the entertainment programming that aired last week — but given that streaming can make up as much as half of a network comedy or drama’s eventual audience, that’s also not a big surprise.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
That’s not for me ultimately to judge, that’s for the ratings in the audience to judge.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The first two days of LIV on the CW attracted audiences of fewer than 300,000 viewers, significantly below the PGA Tour event that weekend, and the ratings never made a dent compared with the PGA Tour.
—Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The big data addition to the ratings also doesn’t appear to have had much effect on the entertainment programming that aired last week — but given that streaming can make up as much as half of a network comedy or drama’s eventual audience, that’s also not a big surprise.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
That’s not for me ultimately to judge, that’s for the ratings in the audience to judge.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
The first two days of LIV on the CW attracted audiences of fewer than 300,000 viewers, significantly below the PGA Tour event that weekend, and the ratings never made a dent compared with the PGA Tour.
—Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the ratings
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“The ratings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20ratings. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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