Although if the BBC needs a festive ratings boost, it's a thought.
On the flipside, thought-provoking content saw SBS rewarded with a ratings boost.
Subramanyam doesn't claim that the buzz actually causes the ratings boost.
Among the four major league sports, baseball receives the biggest ratings boost from its All-Star Game.
The show got a ratings boost when Ellen kissed another woman, and the jolt seemed to inspire the writers.
Should Letterman be making a joke – and a getting a ratings boost – out of his family's suffering?
As long as she makes it clear that she'll show up for the ceremony — what a ratings boost — Madonna is a shoo-in.
"Scandal," which has enjoyed a big ratings boost in the past year, set a record for itself when its third season started Thursday night.
No doubt Channel 4 is hoping that by choosing another explosive topic, it will see the same sort of ratings boost.
Cosy congeniality Executives will be hoping that the new line-up gives the show a ratings boost - figures have fallen from 3 million to 1.7 million.
Pilson said that having the postseason is a bigger ratings boost for Fox, which ranks fourth in the ratings race, than for any other network.
