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Lost doesn't get mediocre ratings, does it?
And I watch NBC and ABC the most, although I'm not anywhere near rich.

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Here's what I watch:

CBS - HIMYM, Jericho, Numb3rs
NBC - Heroes, The Office, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights
ABC - Lost
Fox - Prison Break, 24, American Idol, Family Guy

Who can guess my age and income?

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4 shows on FOX, 2 shows on ABC, and 2 shows on NBC. I'm 20, and needless to say my income is much, much less than those medians (I am a college student).

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Capt:
your age is 127, and your income is negative 1 million in wampum.

am i close?

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Do you have a link to this report?

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This list is both watch & DVR

NBC - Apprentice, Heroes, S60, TBD's, L&O:SVU, Cross.J, Medium, MNIE, Office, 30 Rock, ER, Vegas

ABC - Lost, Home Makeover

CBS - Jericho, Numb3rs

Fox, Prison Break, House

FX - Rescue Me

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It's good to see '30 Rock' up there. I think that show is extremely funny and definitely deserves a 2nd season.

Are The Office's ratings really mediocre? It always gets a 4.0-4.5 rating among 18-49 year olds, which is pretty high I think (Grey's Anatomy is 6-6.5 I think)

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CBS - The Amazing Race, 60 Minutes
ABC - Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters
NBC - Heroes, Studio 60, Friday Night Lights, The Office, My Name is Earl, Scrubs, 30 Rock, ER
Fox - 24, American Idol, The Simpsons
CW - Smallville
HBO - Rome & The Sopranos

Wow, I didn't realize I watched that much more NBC!! Shows that fell off my radar this year: Veronica Mars, The Apprentice, Survivor

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This is no great surprise. Previous studies have shown that more highly educated people don't care for reality TV, and income and education are very closely correlated. H.Ed's care for smartly written scripted shows, and most of those shows qualify (with the exception of the increasingly insipid Grey's Anatomy).

Advertisers REALLY need to take note of this. I'm getting sick and tired of great scripted shows getting cancelled because high school drop-outs don't tune in. The all-reality-all-the-time trailer set doesn't spend NEARLY as much money on advertised products as do the folks in this demographic. Want us to tune in? Renew 30 Rock.

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My age is over 50 ... income is over $70,000

My favorite shows are ...
ABC ... Lost, Ugly Betty, and Brothers and Sisters
NBC ... Friday Night Lights, Heroes, and ER
CBS ... Jericho ... which I record so I can watch Friday Night Lights
Fox ... House

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Mostly CBS and NBC

NBC - Heroes, Studio 60, My Name is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock
CBS - How I Met Your Mother, The Class, Two and a Half Men, NCIS, Numbers
Fox - 24

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NBC: My Name Is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock sometimes
ABC: Nothing at all now that Knights of Prosperity is gone
CBS: How I Met Your Mother
FOX: The Simpsons and King Of The Hill
CW: Nothing

Not much once I write it all down like that.

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married 1 kid 25 year old $100,000+ dual income

we only watch tv together and only on dvr

Sun: Desperate Housewives

Mon: The Class, 2 and 1/2 Men

Tues: American Idol

Wed: American Idol and FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS - OUR FAVORITE SHOW!!!

Thurs: more idol, 30 Rock and Scrubs

and a lot of Food Network

we have an awful knack for choosing shows that get canceled- 2 years ago we LOVED Life As We Know It on ABC (cancelled mid season) and last year we got into Commander in Chief (also ABC, also canned mid-season) and we are afraid of losing FNL and The Class - both great shows that dont pull in "Idol"ic ratings but appeal to the demographics that advertisers love, like us!

oh well...

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The Office, 30 Rock, Heroes, Law & Order & SVU, CI when d'onofrio(sp) is not on, Black Donellys, Lost, Family Guy, King of the Hill

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NBC - heroes, the office, earl and of course the spectacular 30 rock.

CW - Veronica Mars

That's all folks. Our tivo records 5 shows a week. We watch TV twice a week total.

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What's affluent? 200k a year household income? 300k?

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all of you watch WAY to much TV.

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I'm 24 and make about 20K/year. Just on those networks I watch:

NBC: Heroes, Studio 60, Grease
ABC: Brothers and Sisters
CBS: HIMYM, The Class, Criminal Minds
FOX: American Idol (boys and results), Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?
CW: Smallville

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I suppose I should jump on this bandwagon of television watchery...

ABC - Nothing at all
NBC - Scrubs, The Office, 30 Rock
CBS - How I Met Your Mother, The Class
CW - Gilmore Girls
FOX - Nothing at all!
A&E - Third Watch reruns if I am up at 4am
FX - Rescue Me, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Comedy Central - Daily Show, Colbert Report

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I thought when I logged on I would find everyone having a hot laugh over this article - instead, a lot of people are posting their incomes, along with what they watch.

So, rich people watch inferior crap like Friday Night Lights and What about Brian?

Yeah, right.

The rich, when they watch at all, watch cable.

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