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Historical Ratings
- Tips: use Communications & Mass Media Complete to locate articles in Broadcast & Cable
- Click "Search within this publication": Type 'nielsen' and 'ratings' in separate search boxes. Choose Full Text to view Nielsen Ratings Chart(s).
- Click the Volume/Issue/Date: Type 'nielsen' and 'ratings' in separate search boxes. Choose Full Text to view Nielsen Ratings Chart(s).
- USA Today (print & online)Publication Date: 1982-current- Nielsen charts published in the Life section (section D) weekly, on variable days
- Find Newspapers in the News and Microforms Library (current 4 weeks)
- The Futon Critic: Ratings- TV ratings, news, listings and information dated June 2003-current
- Includes previous day, weekly, season-to-date ratings, weekly primetime ratings reports, previous year comparisons where available - Media Life Magazine [last broadcast ratings: March 22, 2017]- Website last updated March 2017
- Broadcast: weekly and season-to-date primetime, top 25 (by age and household)
- Includes Spanish-language, Hispanic English-language, and African American ratings/rankings data - TV-AHOLIC, Classic TV Ratings and Rankings- Top 30 program data for seasons 1965-66 through 1984-85
- Includes USA Today Ratings Archive from the 1980s-90s - TVWeek- Articles about television ratings