Sentence examples for shrinking viewership from inspiring English sources
(In 2014, there were 43.7 million viewers). The show's shrinking viewership reflects a larger trend in live television audiences: The Grammys, the Super Bowl and the Olympics all slipped significantly in ratings this year.
Last season, "Revolution" held the same desirable time slot -- Mondays at 10 pm EST -- and NBC received a lot of flack for putting it on a four-month hiatus after the New Year, which seemed to shrink viewership.
One bellwether: quarterly ratings figures released yesterday show that viewership is shrinking for "Pokemon," the cartoon show based on the Nintendo video game that runs at various times throughout the week on the WB network.
While still the No. 1 show by a sizable margin, Idol viewership has been shrinking since its peak in 2005, when it averaged 30 million weekly viewers.
And in an era of shrinking TV ratings for the networks, the erosion of viewership in important categories like men ages 18 to 34 and the growing disdain for commercials as annoyances to be zapped, the Super Bowl is perhaps the only program with an audience that looks forward to seeing the commercials.
The gap between theatrical release and viewership on cable and home video sales has been shrinking steadily for some time.
This season, the viewership has shrunk to barely 10 million, and the show — once a virtual mint for Fox — has seen its huge profits disappear, industry experts say.
The population is shrinking.
