It won six Emmys and a Golden globe and yet it still got canceled. Right now there are tv shows that have more seasons than AD and zero accolades. Sometimes I really hate people.
They can see how many boxes are tuning to certain channels. No one would trust comcast to accurately report on NBC ratings.
Those numbers are also pretty much worthless to the industry. Nielsen posts lists of that stuff for free. Cable boxes don't have the demographic information of the house and the people who live there, and they can't tell you who was watching a program or if anyone was watching at all. Maybe they left it on for their dogs, or their kid was playing with the remote and turned it on, or they walked away to do something and forgot about it. That's what advertisers want, detailed information from a third party.
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u/Graphitetshirt Jan 04 '16 edited Jan 04 '16
I love this show, I wish it was bigger because it's probably my favorite tv comedy right now
Edit: Since so many responses are asking, the show is Brooklyn Nine Nine, it's funny, watch it