Please refer to exmalibu's ratings post for Wednesday, April 30 for final 18-49 demographic ratings.

Remember: Your earnings for a show is worth double your wager, if you guessed the 18-49 demo exactly for that respective show.

Final Standings for Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Earnings  Name               Profit   Invest    Saved
-----------------------------------------------------
M$ 25.30  CaseyM           +M$ 5.30  M$16.00  M$ 4.00
   24.50  yankeesrj12      +   4.50    17.40     2.60
   23.90  WBBWE            +   3.90    19.40     0.60
   22.00  himymfan22       +   2.00    17.60     2.40
   21.90  Zedman2          +   1.90    20.00     0.00
   21.50  Douglas          +   1.50    18.70     1.30
   21.40  Obveeus          +   1.40    19.60     0.40
   21.30  vlis             +   1.30    20.00     0.00
   19.10  tvfan300         -   0.90    19.30     0.70
   17.90  TV-aholic        -   2.10    17.30     2.70
   17.60  exmalibu         -   2.40    19.50     0.50
   17.20  patrick555       -   2.80    20.00     0.00
   15.40  Marc Berman      -   4.60    19.10     0.90

Overall Standings up to Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Total                                                                                 May01-  May08-  May15-
Earnings  Name                Apr24   Apr25   Apr26   Apr27   Apr28   Apr29   Apr30   May07   May14   May21
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M$142.50  WBBWE             M$21.00 M$21.80 M$11.50 M$20.70 M$20.00 M$23.60 M$23.90
  141.90  Zedman2             16.80   23.10   11.10   19.40   27.20   22.40   21.90
  133.10  Douglas             17.50   19.40    8.60   18.00   18.30   29.80   21.50
  131.80  himymfan22          18.60   19.10    8.80   22.70   23.90   16.70   22.00
  129.50  vlis                17.70   19.60   11.60   17.80   21.50   20.00   21.30
  128.60  Obveeus             17.90   18.60    8.90   19.50   18.40   23.90   21.40
  126.60  patrick555          25.00   14.80    8.30   22.90   18.50   19.90   17.20
  119.60  CaseyM              17.50    ---     9.90   21.80   17.90   27.00   25.30
  117.60  yankeesrj12         19.70    ---    10.20   19.00   22.90   21.30   24.50
  113.50  TV-aholic           17.80   18.50    ---    20.10   17.60   21.60   17.90
  107.30  tvfan300            17.90   20.50    9.20    ---    19.20   21.40   19.10
  101.50  Marc Berman         20.20   19.40    ---     ---    18.60   27.90   15.40
   89.50  exmalibu            15.80   16.80    ---     ---    20.10   19.20   17.60
   43.80  dumont              16.60   18.60    8.60    ---     ---     ---     --- 
   43.80  spotupj             22.60   21.20    ---     ---     ---     ---     --- 
   24.10  Penguin             24.10    ---     ---     ---     ---     ---     --- 
   23.70  DJSteve1022         23.70    ---     ---     ---     ---     ---     --- 
   17.70  tvratingsjunkie     17.70    ---     ---     ---     ---     ---     --- 
    7.50  MCMLXXIX             ---     ---     7.50    ---     ---     ---     --- 

Douglas, can you help me undestand the calculation. Here's what I would have expected.....

  						
	                        guess	---------	actual	abs	return
WIFE SWAP		              2.1		2.2	0.1	0.9
SUPERNANNY	                        2.2		2.2	0	4.4
BOSTON LEGAL	              2		1.9	0.1	0.9
'TIL DEATH	                        2.2		2	0.2	0.8
BACK TO YOU: 		    2.8		2.6	0.2	0.8
AMERICAN IDOL 7		    8.7		8.4	0.3	0.7
---------		                                                       	8.5

If you mult your wager by (1- the abs of the guess/actual) and then divide by demo guess arent you left with 1-abs. The wager and demo guess are the same #.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: vlis,

The formula is (1-(ABS(guess-actual)/guess)).

I'll break down how you earned M$21.30:

                                                             18-49            18-49
Program                                                 Net  Guess   Wager   Actual   Earned
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WIFE SWAP: Sundstrom/Tower                              ABC    2.1   M$2.10    2.2   M$ 2.00
SUPERNANNY: Clause Family                               ABC    2.2   M$2.20    2.2   M$ 4.40
BOSTON LEGAL: Indecent Proposals                        ABC    2.0   M$2.00    1.9   M$ 1.90
'TIL DEATH: Sob Story                                   FOX    2.2   M$2.20    2.0   M$ 2.00
BACK TO YOU: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back           FOX    2.8   M$2.80    2.6   M$ 2.60
AMERICAN IDOL 7: Results Show                           FOX    8.7   M$8.70    8.4   M$ 8.40
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                              TOTAL: M$21.30

quote:

Originally posted by vlis:
Douglas, can you help me understand the calculation. Here's what I would have expected.....