Wow, I can't believe this comment either, I don't know where you got the idea that Tivo ratings count if you watch it within 48 hours... if your Tivo was able to be monitered in this manner, it would be an invasion of privacy. I will just copy and paste what I wrote about to StephaniedCarter.
TV ratings are only "guesses" as to how many people tuned in based on those households with Neilson Rating boxes. They do not actually KNOW what was watched in every household everywhere. If they were able to know every TV show that every person tuned into, that would be an invasion of privacy.
So many households are contacted and agree to be given a Neilson Box throughout the country, and then based on the amount of people who tuned in with a Neilson Box, where they consent to have their TV viewing monitered, they will then figure out the approximate amount of people who tuned in.
Therefore, it has nothing to do with whether or not the show was Tivo'ed instead of watched. Also, IF someone with a Tivo also had a Neilson box, it would count towards rating as the box has to tune in to the show to tape it, whether or not the person is actually watching it on their TV at the time.
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