Sentence examples for Initial ratings from inspiring English sources

Initial ratings for the intense, hyperviolent drama were solid, especially on a tough competitive night.

Initial ratings for the first four days of coverage indicate that an average of 30 million to 50 million viewers a day have watched network coverage in prime time, a far higher average than normal.

Initial ratings of sensory properties of the two types of chips did not differ significantly.

Initial ratings satisfied Comedy Central and less than three weeks after its debut the show was renewed for a year.

Advertising time that NBC had held out in case it might have to offer free commercials because of ratings shortfalls, known as "make-good" ads, suddenly became available for sale at rates pushed higher by the initial ratings performance.

Panelists could see the distribution of initial ratings by looking at the numbers above the 1 to 9 rating line, which shows counts of the number of panelists who selected each value.

The show's initial ratings were boffo.

ABC finished a distant last among the three broadcast networks with news divisions in initial ratings.

The initial ratings for "Survivor," huge by summer standards, can only feed the trend.

But the initial ratings for "The Cougar" were lower than TV Land would have liked.

One is Abbey National, a British retail bank, which built up a £3.8 billion ($6.1 billion) CDO portfolio, and itself issued a CDO that included such credits as Enron and WorldCom.The investment banks that constructed these CDOs, and the rating agencies that gave them their initial high ratings, are feeling defensive.