producermatthew: This, sadly, actually happened: Oprah Winfrey desperately appeals to her Twitter followers for ratings by asking them to turn to her network OWN, “especially if you have a Neilsen [sic] box.” UPDATE: Oprah’s issued an apology and Nielsen has asked her to delete the tweet.
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producermatthew:

This, sadly, actually happened: Oprah Winfrey desperately appeals to her Twitter followers for ratings by asking them to turn to her network OWN, “especially if you have a Neilsen [sic] box.”

UPDATE: Oprah’s issued an apology and Nielsen has asked her to delete the tweet.

(via cafetracks)

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This, sadly, actually happened: Oprah Winfrey desperately appeals to her Twitter followers for ratings by asking them to turn to her network OWN, “especially if you have a Neilsen [sic] box.”
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This, sadly, actually happened: Oprah Winfrey desperately appeals to her Twitter followers for ratings by asking them to turn to her network OWN, “especially if you have a Neilsen [sic] box.”

We’re all competitive. And we’re going to try to get you guys in the press to write our story.
From a New York Times piece on how networks shows, including ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ and NBC’s ‘Rock Center’ are gaming the ratings system. [source]