Here are the rules:
1. You pick FIVE (5) shows. Use only ONE of the following 4 methods of picking your roster of 5 shows:

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1. 1 show from #1 to #10, 1 show from #11 to #25, 1 show from #26 to #40, 3 shows from #41 to last place
   
2. 2 shows from #11 to #25, 1 show from #26 to #40, 2 shows from #41 to last place
   
3. 1 show from #1 to #40, 1 show from #26 to #40, 3 shows from #41 to last place
   
4. 2 shows from #11 to #40, 4 shows from #41 to last place
   

NEW RULE entitled the TV-aholic RULE (named for the user who first suggested it - thanks!): Each method requires at least ONE show from each of the FIVE main networks - ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW

NEW RULE: If you're picking a show that airs on more than one day and/or timeslot within the week, the game will count only the highest ranking of that show for that week! For example, "Bones" airs twice in one week: once at 8 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. Whichever show ranks higher will count.

Now, what is a WILDCARD?

A WILDCARD is a show that did not air between the start of the 2007-08 season until January 20, 2008 but will air during January 31-February 27, 2008 and you can pick from in its associated category. WILDCARD shows can pertain to new shows, returning shows, and one-time airings (excluding breaking news) like sporting events, awards shows, and special TV movies. They are labeled topWCs (for the #1 to #15 category), midWCs (for the #16 to #40 category), and botWCs (for the #41 to last place category).

2. You'll obtain points as follows:

• The list the game will refer to will be based on a combination of VIEWER and 18-49 season numbers of primetime shows from the start of the 2007-08 season until January 20, 2008.
  
  
• The points for your chosen show each week will use this formula:
  
  202 - (Viewer Rank position of your show + Adults 18-49 Rank position of your show)
  
  For example, you choose "Desperate Housewives" for the game. The show ranks #2 in a week during the 4-week period of the game, you'll get 99 points for that week [ 101 - (2) = 99 ]
  
  BONUS: You'll get credit for a show that attracts more people than its season average. This doesn't apply to first-time airings, although it does apply to annual events or returning series. As for series that airs multiple times during a week, I'll count the highest of the separate season averages for that show, like Deal or No Deal, I'd only count the Monday season average and not a Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday season average. Here's the formula factoring in the bonus:
  
  { 202 - (Viewer Rank position of your show + Adults 18-49 Rank position of your show) } * { 1 + ((Viewers this week - Viewers this season)/(Viewers this season)) } * { 1 + ((A18-49 this week - A18-49 this season)/(A18-49 this season)) }
  
  For example, if your pick "Desperate Housewives" averages 20 million viewers with a 10.0 A18-49 rating before the game starts, and it ranks #2 in a week in viewers and 18-49 during the 4-week period of the game attracting 22 million people with a 11.0 A18-49 rating, you'll earn 239.58 points (Your resulting points from this bonus will be rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point):
  
  [ { 202 - (2 + 2) } * { 1 + ((22-20)/(20)) } * { 1 + ((11-10)/(10)) } = 239.58 ]
  
  This bonus only applies to INCREASES (and not DECREASES) from the season average; if using the same example of the 20-million-viewer average for "Desperate Housewives" and in a particular week, it finishes #2 with 18 million, the original formula is applied [ 101 - (2) = 99 ]
  
  For this game only, each series' season average will NOT FLUCTUATE during this entire 4-week period, so a season average ENTERING into the game is only the figure this particular game will implement.
  
  Shows ranking #100 and below will each get 1 point.
  
  
  I won't count any shows from Telemundo (TEL), and most cable shows.
  
  I probably won't have all the information about the current programs and each of their future airings in this game period, so if you have any information about the shows on this list before the deadline, please post them on this thread. This chart of shows will be continuously updated with airing dates from now until the game deadline, but not even I have a confirmed schedule for the entire period of January 31-February 27, 2008. Multiplication factors CAN change after the game deadline has passed due to short-notice changes of airings (explanation of levels of factors described below ratings list) occur, but still pick at your own risk. This web page helps create your roster for posting on this forum. It'll warn you about what and what not to pick. Feel free to use it when you can. The web page is a BETA version so if you see any flaws, please post.
  
  
  
  EXPLANATION OF MULTIPLICATION FACTORS
  There are numbers like "3.84x" and "0.96x" next to each show. For our game, each respective number is their multiplication factor for each week that show airs to give incentive to anyone who wishes to use them. Obviously, without these factors, for example, a one-time event (which will always have a factor of at least 3.84) or a show that doesn't air a full 4 weeks in the game would not even come close in being competitive in points compared to a show that airs for each week in the 4-week game period.
  
  Factors are determined by the number of potential showings within the 4-week game period: 3.84x for 1 showing, 1.92x for 2 showings, 1.28x for 3 showings, 0.96x for 4 showings. The multiplication factors are more for some select shows that are not expected to do well in the ratings, and in terms of factors for wildcards, they vary from show to show to keep each show competitive. The multiplication factors for topWC, midWC and some botWC shows will take on a fraction form. Here's the format of this fraction:
  
  (Wildcard points target for the game) divided by (projected points show could earn without its mult. factor)
  
  If a topWC that airs just one time in the game is projected to be the #1 show of its week, the multiplication factor is 3.84, which is 384 divided by 100.
  
  For those who still follow me, if you notice that despite the multiplication factors, shows that DID air from the start of the 2007-08 season until January 20, 2008 and airs for 4 weeks in the 4-week period has the potential to earn the most amount of points.
  
  Here's an example: say AMERICAN IDOL will finish #1 for its week. The show would get 100 points only for that week which is great for the week. But because it only aired ONCE, the show earns you ONLY 100 points for the entire 4-week period. With its multiplication factor of 3.84 in place, the event now earns 384 points for the entire game, making the choice for this WILDCARD more appealing. Yet, a show that averages a #4 position each week for the 4 weeks in the game period, will earn you greater points (388, in fact) than the WILDCARD that finished #1 for its one week. (If you're still confused by this mathematical explanation, don't worry - just think of WILDCARDs and less frequently aired programs being on some even playing field in points in the game with shows currently on the air).
  

3. You can have similar shows on your roster than other players but you can't copy the exact 5 shows from another player. Any duplicate 5-show roster found after the deadline will be nullified.



4. Even after you initially post your roster, you CAN change it as much as you can before the submission deadline, keeping in mind RULE #3 about copying an exact 5-show roster from another player. However, you CANNOT change your roster of shows after deadline has passed, which means you are stuck with the 5 shows you picked in the 4-week period. So choose well!



5. You can also post as many comment and discussion posts as you want in this thread. Especially since I added MUCH more information in the instructions, you definitely can ask me any questions in this thread.



6. It is preferable that when EDITING your roster, you do so as a REPLY and not clicking the "Edit" icon at the bottom right of your post. As a reply, the entries can be TIMESTAMPED, which is important. If a player does "Edit" their roster after their deadline has passed, I'll be forced to go with the roster last posted (not "LAST EDITED") by that player before the deadline.



7. In the regular P.I. Feedback Challenge games, I use the rankings according to a Monday-Sunday week. But since this is based on a sweeps schedule, the rankings for each week in this game will be based on a Thursday-Wednesday week. And inspired by a suggestion from dumont, you have to keep your PIFC points by predicting the 18-49 average rating for the Sweeps period. For more details, go here.



8. This particular game will last 4 weeks from January 31 to February 27 - winner of this game will know if they win on March 15, 2008.



Deadline: Friday, February 1, 2008 7:59a.m. EST

NOTE: Although I created this game, I thought it fair to have a 48-hour waiting period for myself to post my roster in order for anyone else to get first chances at the list of shows. You can make your roster right now; the earliest I can post my roster will be this Tuesday, January 29 at 4:42pm EST

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ROSTER METHOD A:
4. House (FOX) 15.328 m / A18-49: 6.1 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 10.2
17. Brothers & Sisters (ABC) 10.978 m / A18-49: 4.2 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.9
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.8
57. WWE Friday Night Smackdown! (CW) 4.654 m / A18-49: 1.4 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 1.4
subWC: Big Brother 9 (CBS) last summer: 7.108 m / A18-49: 2.7 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.7

ROSTER METHOD A:
4. House (FOX) 15.328 m / A18-49: 6.1 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 7.8
17. Brothers & Sisters (ABC) 10.978 m / A18-49: 4.2 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.3
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.2
subWC: Dexter (CBS) [(400/192)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.5

ROSTER METHOD A:
topWC: NFL 2007: Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs. Patriots (FOX) last season: 93.184 m / A18-49: 35.2 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 36.0
15. 60 Minutes (CBS) 13.907 m / A18-49: 3.1 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.7
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.5
subWC: Eli Stone (ABC) [(400/384)x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.5
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.4

ROSTER METHOD A:
4. House (FOX) 15.328 m / A18-49: 6.1 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 8.1
17. Brothers & Sisters (ABC) 10.978 m / A18-49: 4.2 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.1
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.6
subWC: Big Brother 9 (CBS) last summer: 7.108 m / A18-49: 2.7 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.5
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.5

ROSTER METHOD A:
topWC: Lost (ABC) last season: 13.268 m / A18-49: 5.9 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 6.7
13. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX) 10.080 m / A18-49: 4.2 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.4
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.5
57. WWE Friday Night Smackdown! (CW) 4.654 m / A18-49: 1.4 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 1.5
subWC: Big Brother 9 (CBS) last summer: 7.108 m / A18-49: 2.7 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.7

ROSTER METHOD A:
1. American Idol 7 (Tue.) (FOX) 33.415 m / A18-49: 13.8 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 11.8
25. Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann (ABC) 10.748 m / A18-49: 3.0 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.7
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.0
subWC: Price Is Right (primetime) (CBS) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.5
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.4

ROSTER METHOD A:
topWC: NFL 2007: Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs. Patriots (FOX) last season: 93.184 m / A18-49: 35.2 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 38.1
18. Deal or No Deal (NBC) 12.230 m / A18-49: 3.3 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.9
30. Boston Legal (ABC) 9.743 m / A18-49: 2.5 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.3
50. 48 Hours Mystery (CBS) 6.514 m / A18-49: 1.7 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 1.3
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.1

ROSTER METHOD A:
topWC: NFL 2007: Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs. Patriots (FOX) last season: 93.184 m / A18-49: 35.2 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 37.0
18. Deal or No Deal (NBC) 12.230 m / A18-49: 3.3 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.7
30. Boston Legal (ABC) 9.743 m / A18-49: 2.5 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.3
subWC: Jericho (CBS) last season: 8.236 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.5
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.3

ROSTER METHOD A:
topWC: NFL 2007: Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs. Patriots (FOX) last season: 93.184 m / A18-49: 35.2 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 38.2
18. Deal or No Deal (NBC) 12.230 m / A18-49: 3.3 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.5
27. Supernanny (ABC) 7.949 m / A18-49: 3.2 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.5
58. One Tree Hill (CW) 3.146 m / A18-49: 1.5 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 1.4
subWC: Welcome To The Captain (CBS) [(400/384)x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.6

ROSTER METHOD A:
4. House (FOX) 15.328 m / A18-49: 6.1 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 10.3
midWC: New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) last season: 12.600 m / A18-49: 4.1 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.8
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 6.0
subWC: Eli Stone (ABC) [(400/384)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.0
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.3

ROSTER METHOD A:
topWC: NFL 2007: Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs. Patriots (FOX) last season: 93.184 m / A18-49: 35.2 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 37.0
18. Deal or No Deal (NBC) 12.230 m / A18-49: 3.3 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 5.0
27. Supernanny (ABC) 7.949 m / A18-49: 3.2 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.1
subWC: Big Brother 9 (CBS) last summer: 7.108 m / A18-49: 2.7 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.0
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.3

ROSTER METHOD A:
topWC: NFL 2007: Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs. Patriots (FOX) last season: 93.184 m / A18-49: 35.2 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 35.5
25. Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann (ABC) 10.748 m / A18-49: 3.0 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.0
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 5.0
57. WWE Friday Night Smackdown! (CW) 4.654 m / A18-49: 1.4 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 1.4
subWC: Dexter (CBS) [(400/192)x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.0

ROSTER METHOD A:
topWC: NFL 2007: Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs. Patriots (FOX) last season: 93.184 m / A18-49: 35.2 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 36.5
midWC: New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) last season: 12.600 m / A18-49: 4.1 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.7
botWC: Knight Rider (NBC) [(400/96)x] | my 18-49 guess: 5.0
subWC: Lost: Past, Present & Future (ABC) last season: 9.121 m / A18-49: 2.1 [3.84x] | my 18-49 guess: 3.0
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.5

ROSTER METHOD A:
1. American Idol 7 (Tue.) (FOX) 33.415 m / A18-49: 13.8 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 11.4
18. Deal or No Deal (NBC) 12.230 m / A18-49: 3.3 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 4.8
27. Supernanny (ABC) 7.949 m / A18-49: 3.2 [1.00x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.3
subWC: Big Brother 9 (CBS) last summer: 7.108 m / A18-49: 2.7 [1.28x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.9
subWC: America's Next Top Model 10 (CW) last season: 4.911 m / A18-49: 2.3 [1.92x] | my 18-49 guess: 2.5