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DVR Boost

Getting a DVR bump

TV's most DVRed shows include “House,” “Lost” and “The Office,” according to Nielsen Media Research,

Last week, Nielsen unveiled its “timeshifted” viewership figures for the week ending April 8, revealing the shows making the biggest viewership gains in digital video recorder playback, a group that includes established hits and several underdogs that probably appreciate the boost.

Fox's “House” (starring Hugh Laurie, above) added 2.74 million viewers in playback, adding to the show's 19.02 million live viewers. ABC's “Lost” added 2.47 million, up from 10.83 million live.

In terms of pure percentages, no show could touch NBC's “The Office,” which got a 31 percent boost, going from 5.77 million to 7.59 million after the addition of playback viewers. “Lost” was up by 22.8 percent, followed in percentage terms by “24” (19.4 percent) and “Prison Break” (18.3 percent).

According to Nielsen, DVRs are now in between 15 and 17 percent of the nation's TV households.

Posted by Ithildin at May 2, 2007 1:18 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE