curte are that only 4,000 homes in the US compared to that there is about 93 million televisons in the US have the Neilson people meter in their homes. Neilson believes that with the 4,000 meters out there, that it should be enough to accurtely describle what channels are being watched and when. The Neilson ratings also make it hardrt for smaller televison stations to find how many viewers they attract due to the small number of people who have the people meter. All in all you cannot believe TV ratings fully due to the facts of how the information is collected from the small number of people that have Neilson people meters....