# If you were a Nielsen TV rating family, would it change what you watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-nielsen-tv-rating-family-would-it-change-what-you-watch/482053 "2009-01-19T22:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-nielsen-tv-rating-family-would-it-change-what-you-watch/482053/21 "2009-01-20T12:23:35Z")
Yeah right. I used to watch a lot of TV. Now when I have free time I usually turn my brain to mush with video games. But I love my DVR ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-nielsen-tv-rating-family-would-it-change-what-you-watch/482053/22 "2009-01-20T12:39:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Yeah right. I used to watch a lot of TV. Now when I have free time I usually turn my brain to mush with video games. But I love my DVR You knew I was referring to your latest post in the Bush Pardon thread in IMHO. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-nielsen-tv-rating-family-would-it-change-what-you-watch/482053/23 "2009-01-20T12:42:08Z")
I got it. But my brain is still mush. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-nielsen-tv-rating-family-would-it-change-what-you-watch/482053.md?page=1)