The ratings represent a weight value in pounds, with higher values given to horses which showed greater ability.

Like it or not, that rating represents the best indicator of the city's creditworthiness.

The rating represents 1 percent of the nation's estimated 87.4 million homes with television.

Those ratings represent an improvement of nearly 50 percent in the 15 markets, the syndicator said.

Each overnight rating represents 675,000 television households in the 49 major markets.

The ratings represent the percentage of households watching a particular show.

The rating indirectly represents the probability of winning an even game against other rated players.

In the second week, ratings were down to 1.084 million viewers, representing a 6% audience share.

The rating represents the percentage of total sets in the markets that are tuned to a particular show.

Among women 18 to 49, the 1.7 rating represented a 32 percent drop.