Nielsen Media gave it a viewership rating of 7.9/8 for households with 3.3 rating for adults age 18-49.
In New York, Nielsen Media rose $4.50, to $37.3125.
He said the erosion would be less if Nielsen Media counted viewers in restaurants, bars, dorms and fraternity houses.
According to the Nielsen Media Research, "Kidney Now!"
Mr. Wolzien said, "Today there are 18 more cable services rated by Nielsen Media than there were four years ago."
According to estimated by the Nielsen Media Research's the episode was watched by an estimated 8.44 million viewers.
As their names suggest, Nielsen Media and A. C. Nielsen were previously part of the same company, which was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet in 1987.
Many broadcasters on these newer channels are reluctant to say much about their ratings, and Nielsen Media, the television ratings company, keeps its numbers private.
This result was through a research by Nielsen Media.
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