the ratings

plural noun

: numbers that show how many people watch or listen to a particular television or radio program

a show that's down in the ratings.

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Trump blamed Schwarzenegger for the ratings, but Schwarzenegger blamed Trump’s polarizing politics and an already declining viewership for the show’s decline. —

Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024 Riding high in the ratings, the next two episodes of Rhoda featured the couple’s honeymoon and the move into their apartment (which was conventiently located in Brenda’s building, complete with the never actually seen Carlton the Doorman). —

Marc Berman, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Due to the size of the markets and the pedigree of the franchises, baseball’s boosters have reason to be bullish about the ratings potential of the Fall Classic. —

Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024 There’d be great interest in another Trump-Harris debate, judging by the ratings: Tuesday’s debate attracted more than 67 million viewers across all networks, a 31% increase over the audience for June’s Trump-Biden debate. —

Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the ratings