"Survivor" TV's Most Addictive Show: Study

New York Post:

MADISON Ave. can now measure how addicted you are to your favorite shows.

Turns out that "Survivor," the long-running reality show heading into its 17th edition, has the highest loyalty rating, according to a new measure called the Emotional Attachment Index (EAI).

While Nielsen ratings measure the raw numbers of people who are watching a show at any given time, the EAI - created by the same Long Island research company that supplies the famous "Q scores" of TV personalities - indicates the passion viewers have for the shows they watch.

It is done, in part, by determining a viewer's commitment to watch a particular show in the future.

Among the other high-scoring EAI shows are "Heroes," "House," "Grey's Anatomy" and the little-watched-but-apparently-well-loved CW series "Supernatural."

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Comments

[indyleftist]

06:03 PM on 09/22/2008

I hope people realize that TV ratings are not very accurate

For years advertiser­s have been trying to get scientific data on viewer's watching habits but the television industry refuses because they don't want to reveal how often people change the channel

They still get their rating from a small amount of volunteers­, mostly older people or families.

[nobozos]

06:13 AM on 09/20/2008

Survivor?

Just one more reason I had enough sense in my youth to never try heroin.

'Boston Legal' is my addiction these days.

[MajorKong]

10:25 PM on 09/19/2008

It would be almost interestin­g if they ran into a tribe of headhunter­s or something.

[JScott]

06:06 PM on 09/19/2008

I haven't watched any of those shows. Not interested­, would get attached /addicted, most likely with almost all of TV, I'd fall asleep.

[hypnotoad72]

04:35 PM on 09/19/2008

I only watched bits of the first season, but had more fun reading up on lil' Dickie Hatch's not being bothered to pay taxes, not to mention child abuse and every other allegation I don't care about because he isn't worth caring about.

I'll stick to any media that requires actual thought, thank you.

[wedgie]

03:44 PM on 09/19/2008

Obviously, these people have never seen Deadwood.

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[TroubleNYC]

09:39 AM on 09/19/2008

Yet another show I never watch. I just scream at the pundits and watch Dog Whisperer.