According to an analysis by AGF.de, the search program “Aktenzeichen XY” was once again successful on ZDF last Wednesday. It would have taken the lead with an average of 5.26 million viewers between 8:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. The show was particularly popular among the 14 to 49 year old group with 1.02 million viewers. In this target group, “Aktenzeichen XY” would have achieved the highest market share since February – a strong 19.2 percent
Strong debut for ProSieben and the “Quatsch Comedy Show”
The “heute journal” following “Aktenzeichen XY” also achieved strong numbers with around 3.8 million viewers, according to AGF.de.
ProSieben’s new “Quatsch Comedy Show” achieved a remarkable market share of 7.4 percent in the classic target group when it debuted. This is a total of around 0.59 million viewers.
However, the new comedy show was still behind the classic “TV total”, which achieved a 13.7 percent market share and a total of 1.27 million viewers on the same evening.
On RTL on Wednesday evening, “Mario Barth reveals” achieved an unspectacular average market share of twelve percent, which corresponded to 1.92 million viewers.
Ratings: ARD disappoints with “Borrowed White”
The film “Borrowed White” had some room for improvement in the first: it only reached 2.9 million viewers and thus a market share of 11.5 percent. The film would have achieved a market share of 5.2 percent among younger viewers (14 to 49 year olds).
On VOX, the ratings only rose to seven and a half percent among the classic target group after 11 p.m. with the broadcast of “Bones”.
A “Rocky” evening on Kabel Eins achieved similar values. The first two films achieved 4.5 and 4.6 percent market share among younger viewers.
This is how TV ratings are determined
The viewing ratings come from around 5,000 representative households, which are considered a “reduced image of all private households with at least one television set in Germany,” according to AGF Videoforschung GmbH, which is responsible for data collection and involves both ARD and ZDF as well as private-sector broadcasters and corporations involved. This data has been collected since 1963, although since 2016 only households in which the main income earner speaks German have been included.
The technical implementation is carried out using measuring devices that record sound signals on the television and compare them with the audio patterns of the television channels. Since 2020 it has also been possible to increase the range of Streaming– Offers to be recorded in a proportion of representative households.
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