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Subject: Seniors- TV watching times
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: maricich-ga
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Posted: 11 Apr 2006 10:19 PDT
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Question ID: 717858
When are seniors watching TV?  I don't need to know what shows or
channels they are watching, but I'm trying to find out what times
(hours) of day seniors are watching television.  Are there answers
available for different ages, broken out into brackets?  Thanks for
your help.
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Subject: Re: Seniors- TV watching times
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 11 Apr 2006 11:48 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Maricich ,


Broadcast media divide the day into several standard time periods,
each of which is called a "daypart." Audience composition differs by
daypart.

?Dayparts tend to have similar demographic skews at public TV stations
around the country. While local schedule variations may cause some
straying from the archetype, the dominant public TV demographic in
daytime (7 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday) is usually 2-to-5-year-old
children, who are in the audience to watch early morning, noon-hour
and early afternoon kiddy programming. During the rest of the day,
many stations program instructional TV for school consumption -- the
audience consists of 6-to-11-year-olds and their mothers or fathers;
and an over 50-year-old, heavily 65-plus female public affairs
audience for the news programming."

"Prime time also has an older audience, but it contains viewers of
different ages that arrive to watch specific programs. Late fringe, by
custom, has a younger public TV audience -- 18 to 49, both males and
females, depending on local schedule options. ?


-----------------------------------------------------
	    Percent of Audience by Daypart
-----------------------------------------------------
              18-34   35-49   50-64   65+   2-17
Daytime (M-F    13      6       4      6     71
Early Fringe    15      11      20     31    23
Prime Time      18      22      27     29     5
Late Fringe     32      23      30     15     0

-----------------------------------------------------

Trac Media Services
http://www.tracmedia.com/Demographics.aspx




DAYPART 
"Time periods of the broadcast day ? e.g., Daytime, Early Fringe,
Prime Time, etc., for television and Morning Drive, Midday, Afternoon
Drive, etc., for radio."

DAYTIME 
"The television daypart that falls between early morning news and
Early Fringe, generally, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m."

Source:
Glossary of Terms for Marketing and Communications
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/NewmediaForumWeb/MediaForumPlanner/pages/Glossary.htm


=============================


Spike TV
See page 3 for DEMOGRAPHIC SKEW BY DAYPART
Download here:
http://www.twsales.tv/Networks/pdf/spike.pdf


=============================

From the Cable Television Advertising Bureau:

2004 Daypart Scorecards: 

Broadcast Season Viewership for Cable vs. Broadcast

Follow the latest trends in viewership across various key targets on a
Total Day, Primetime, Early Morning, Daytime, Late Night and Weekend
Daytime basis with this monthly scorecard.

? Daypart Scorecard (9/20/04-11/28/04) 
? Daypart Scorecard (9/20/04-10/31/04) 
? Daypart Scorecard (9/22/03-8/29/04) 
? Daypart Scorecard (9/22/03-8/1/04)

Download each scorecard in excel format from this page:
http://www.onetvworld.org/?module=displaysection&section_id=193&format=html



In addition, the Cable Television Advertising Bureau sells a very
useful publication that might interest you.

?CAB's 2005 Cable Network Profiles provides you with in-depth
summaries of virtually all the national ad-supported cable networks.
It contains concise listings that allow you to quickly reference
advertising information about each network and their abilities to
target desired audiences.? (80 networks)

Each listing in 2005 Cable Network Profiles includes valuable
advertising information about each cable network including:
Demographic skew of programming by daypart

Come with companion CD
http://www.onetvworld.org/?module=displaystory&story_id=1145&format=html

Order here:
http://www.onetvworld.org/tmpls/products/networkprofilebook/05profiles_orderform.pdf



Search terms used: 
TV OR television audience composition   by daypart
TV daypart audience demographics age


I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best Regards,
Bobbie7

Request for Answer Clarification by maricich-ga on 11 Apr 2006 14:17 PDT
Thank you for your response, but it doesn't quite answer my question. 
On a national level, when are seniors watching TV?  The information
from trac media came close, but its specific to a public TV viewing
audience.

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 11 Apr 2006 14:50 PDT
Thank you for your clarification.

I believe the following information is more on target.


THE SENIOR POPULATION
TV USAGE
Adults 65+ vs. Adults 18-64 by Time-of-Day 
________________________________________
Time	 	Adults 18-64	Adults 65+
6-7:00 a.m.	 	8.7%	8.6%
7-8:00 a.m.	 	10.3%	14.1%
8-9:00 a.m.	 	10.7%	17.4%
9-10:00 a.m.	 	11.5%	18.0%
10-11:00 a.m.	 	12.0%	18.0%
11-12:00 noon	 	12.5%	19.8%
12-1:00 p.m.	 	13.6%	23.5%
1-2:00 p.m.	 	15.0%	25.2%
2-3:00 p.m.	 	15.1%	24.3%
3-4:00 p.m.	 	15.8%	25.6%
4-5:00 p.m.	 	16.9%	28.2%
5-6:00 p.m.	 	19.6%	34.3%
6-7:00 p.m.	 	23.9%	44.7%
7-8:00 p.m.	 	29.6%	51.9%
8-9:00 p.m.	 	35.8%	55.5%
9-10:00 p.m.	 	39.8%	56.6%
10-11:00 p.m.	 	37.9%	50.8%
11-12:00 midnight	28.1%	33.3%
12-1:00 a.m.	 	18.0%	15.8%
1-2:00 a.m.	 	11.9%	8.6%

Source: Horizon Media, based on information from Nielsen Galaxy Explorer

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:ukNELh8pkqgJ:archives.medialifemagazine.com/news2000/nov00/nov20/2_tues/news5tuesday.html+%22seniors+are+watching+TV%22&hl=es&ct=clnk&cd=1

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 11 Apr 2006 14:55 PDT
______________________________________________

THE SENIOR POPULATION TV USAGE
Adults 65+ vs. Adults 18-64 by Time-of-Day 
______________________________________________
Time                 Adults 18-64   Adults 65+
6-7:00 a.m.            8.7%             8.6%
7-8:00 a.m.           10.3%            14.1%
8-9:00 a.m.           10.7%            17.4%
9-10:00 a.m.          11.5%            18.0%
10-11:00 a.m.         12.0%            18.0%
11-12:00 noon         12.5%            19.8%
12-1:00 p.m.          13.6%            23.5%
1-2:00 p.m.           15.0%            25.2%
2-3:00 p.m.           15.1%            24.3%
3-4:00 p.m.           15.8%            25.6%
4-5:00 p.m.           16.9%            28.2%
5-6:00 p.m.           19.6%            34.3%
6-7:00 p.m.           23.9%            44.7%
7-8:00 p.m.           29.6%            51.9%
8-9:00 p.m.           35.8%            55.5%
9-10:00 p.m.          39.8%            56.6%
10-11:00 p.m.         37.9%            50.8%
11-12:00 midnight     28.1%            33.3%
12-1:00 a.m.          18.0%            15.8%
1-2:00 a.m.           11.9%             8.6%

______________________________________________

Request for Answer Clarification by maricich-ga on 12 Apr 2006 14:10 PDT
Bobby,

Just wondering-- do you know if Horizon Media continually updates its
studies on the Senior Population's TV Usage?  The study quoted by
Media Life is from 2000.  I will call Horizon directly, but just
thought I would check.

Thanks!

Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 12 Apr 2006 15:04 PDT
Unfortunatley I did not find an updated version of their Senior
television research on their website.

HEre is their contact information

Horizon Media, Inc.
630 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017
212-916-8600 
fax 212-916-8685 
Toll Free #: 1-800-MEDIA01


CONTACT HORIZON MEDIA
For all general inquiries please contact:
Jill Backlin
Director of Corporate Communications
jbacklin@hmi-inc.com
maricich-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
Thank you for the clarification.

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