# I'm a Nielsen "family" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 16, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925 "2003-01-16T05:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/21 "2003-01-16T17:39:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by merge \* > \*\*So can I put partial blame on you for fox ending Family guy???you bastard!!! \*\* Well, sure. About as much as you can blame Bill Clinton for the Spanish American War. **auntie em** , I’d love to, but I’ve only got so much room in my way back machine and I’m _still_ upset that Fox killed off Alien Nation, so that’s gotta get top billing. But your burgers do sound tasty right about now. I wonder if I can subtract points by writing in NOT Joe Millionaire? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/22 "2003-01-16T18:29:50Z")
My aunt is a Neilsen family for groceries and other consumer products. But it’s not for a week–it’s on a semi-permanent basis. She gets paid according to how long she’s done it, and the payment is points that she gets to redeem in a catalog for cool stuff. She had a upc scanner that she uses on the items when she gets them home. Aside to Ender: I finally read Ender’s Game. Woah! Excellent excellent book! ---
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/23 "2003-01-16T18:38:45Z")
Unfortunately, you’re too late for [Firefly](http://www.fireflysupport.com/). Sigh. I remember when a friend of mine got the Nielsen journal survey. I tried to get him to write in “Babylon 5” but he forgot. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/24 "2003-01-16T18:46:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gonzoron \* > \*\*How about: Andy Richter \*\* A show that is actually intelligent and witty? Somehow Nielsen manages to miss such fares. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/25 "2003-01-16T22:10:53Z")
Yeah, I know Firefly’s been cancelled. Sigh. What I’d love to do is just mark down Firefly as the only show of Fox’s I watched that week. I think that would effectively convey my point. The problem is that then I’d miss giving a chance to support the Sunday night lineup which is (now) the only time I watch FOX. It’s a dilly of a pickle, I tell ya. **Green Bean** , this is what I’m sayin’! ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/26 "2003-01-16T23:24:35Z")
I’m a Neilsen Family for the Internet. I just installed the disc, and they send a 100.00 savings bond twice a year. I’ve been doing for about 2 years. Now you know why the SDMB has become so popular.😃 ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/27 "2003-01-17T02:26:05Z")
Futurama! Futurama! Futurama! (Sunday nights at 7/6 on Fox, unless there’s fucking useless NFL on, and Sun.-Thurs. at 11/10 on Cartoon Network.) Futurama!!! ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/28 "2003-01-17T02:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*Well, sure. About as much as you can blame Bill Clinton for the Spanish American War. I feel your _Maine_. ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925/29 "2003-01-17T14:49:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*Stoid, I’ve never actually seen even one episode of Buffy. But I’ve heard it’s a good show so yeah, I think Buffy’s getting a rating’s boost next week. \*\* I literally want to kiss you now. :-x [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-nielsen-family/148925.md?page=1)