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Originally Posted by awildermode
Here is my (lame) theory about the ratings:
Broadcast switched over to HD about 2-3 weeks into Conan's reign. Some lazy/cheap people (like me) did not bother to get a new HD television and/or converter/antenna. So, instantly ratings dropped. Yes, I know that people have cable and satellite, but a lot of people (old people, poor people, college kids in dorms) still only watch broadcast only.
Anyways, just a theory to what might have contributed to the lost of ratings.
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Well, I'd say in the US, a majority of people are still on broadcast because they get so many networks over the air anyway. For them to be too lazy to get HD (even if you can get compensated for the converter), that would mean they give up on TV entirely.
Ratings are determined by a small sample of boxes placed randomly into 1% of homes in the US and that is extrapolated to the entire population. I don't know how accurate that was with all the switcheroo.
What's probably happened is that the older crowd who watched Leno tuned out and the younger crowd just doesn't register as well with the old ratings methods anyway because they have so much choice of media and many pf them download, PVR, or stream Conan anyway which don't get picked up by ratings boxes.'
I watched a lot of Conan from 1994-2000. That was Junior High/Highschool era where the internet was crappy as well. After that point, I can say I hardly watched a complete episode of Late Night and I have never ever watched a single complete episode of the Tonight Show with Conan in one sitting in front of my TV...Not even the last episode. I only watched the last half and I will download the rest later. I only download Conan or watch clips and have done that for the past 10 years.