Unknown to each other, both have entered to be in a TV reality show called The Challenge and, as part of a deceitful scheme to boost the flagging ratings ( the show is on the verge of being cancelled if these don't improve ), the producers think it would be fun to put both twins on the same team when they hate each other.

Maybe that doesn't fit the business strategy, that's fine, but don't whinge when we don't get the ratings we want.

The move came as during the 1999 – 2000 season, The WB dropped to sixth place in the ratings behind UPN, losing 19 % of its household audience ; network executives attributed the ratings decline in large part due to WGN-TV's decision to remove WB network programming from its national superstation feed after deciding the network's national distribution was large enough that broadcasting its programming outside of Chicago was no longer necessary, reducing The WB's potential household audience by 10 million homes ; this expansion was due to a series of affiliation deals for the network with station groups such as Sinclair Broadcast Group in the years following The WB's launch, as well as the network launching The WB 100 + Station Group, a national cable-only service that debuted in September 1998 serving areas with a Nielsen market ranking of # 99 and above that did not have enough broadcast stations to support an over-the-air affiliate ( WGN-TV continued to carry WB programming over-the-air in the Chicago market and on cable providers in northeastern Illinois and far northwestern Indiana until the network shut down in 2006 ).

In 1917 women were first able to join the Navy for jobs other than nurse ; they were able to become yeomen, electricians ( radio operators ), and any other ratings necessary to the naval district operations.

However, he was unable to deliver the ratings necessary and his syndication was quickly cancelled.

Zagat Survey () was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners.

He finished with an approval rating of 68 %, which matched those of Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt as the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era.

The premiere was dubbed a ratings hit, with an audience of 3. 3 million total viewers.

Selig's decision to extend the traditional post-season schedule into November in an attempt to increase Nielsen ratings was met with widespread disdain, both inside and outside the baseball community.

The show had a mixture of humor combined with rather intricate plots that never generated strong ratings.

Earlier in 1961, a Television Audience Measurement ( TAM ) showed that 75 % of available viewers ( 15 million ) tuned into Corrie and by 1964 the programme had over 20 million regular viewers, with ratings peaking on 2 December 1964, at 21. 36 million viewers.

Such storylines were unpopular with viewers and ratings dropped and in October 2001, Macnaught was abruptly moved to another Granada department and Carolyn Reynolds took over.

Corrie continued to struggle in the ratings, with EastEnders introducing some of its strongest stories.

Such units were made with ratings up to hundreds of kilowatts, and were important in the development of HVDC power transmission.

Before the development of silicon power rectifier diodes, cuprous oxide and later selenium was used ; its low efficiency gave it a much higher forward voltage drop ( typically 1. 4 to 1. 7 V per " cell ", with multiple cells stacked to increase the peak inverse voltage rating in high voltage rectifiers ), and required a large heat sink ( often an extension of the diode ’ s metal substrate ), much larger than a silicon diode of the same current ratings would require.

The third ending was actually meant to be the official ending due to low TV ratings and the Fujiko Fujio duo being busy with other works, but Doraemon did not leave their minds and restarted in the next month's issue.

This produced more economical engines with earlier four-cylinder designs rated at 40 horsepower ( 30 kW ) and six-cylinder designs rated as low as 80 horsepower ( 60 kW ), compared with the large volume V-8 American engines with power ratings in the range from 250 to 350 hp, some even over 400hp.

The very largest electric motors are used for propulsion of large ships, and for such purposes as pipeline compressors, with ratings in the thousands of kilowatts.

The show was perceived by management as " too close to the bone " for a network significantly focused upon its prime time current affairs ratings battle with rival stations.

* A high challenge fire wall is a wall used to separate transformers, structures, or buildings or a wall subdividing a building with high fire challenge occupancies, having enhanced fire resistance ratings and enhanced appurtenance protection to prevent the spread of fire, and having structural stability.

Mr. Tako, head of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, is frustrated with the television shows his company is sponsoring and wants something to boost his ratings.

Though the show had respectable ratings ( it sat at # 16 for the 1970-71 season ), it was dropped in July 1971 by CBS as part of the so-called " Rural Purge " ( along with fellow country-themed shows The Beverly Hillbillies, Mayberry R. F. D.

According to the show's producer, Sam Lovullo, the ratings showed improvement with these classic reruns ; however, the series was finally canceled in 1993 at the conclusion of its 25th season.

Fitch raised Indonesia's long-term and local currency debt rating to BBB-from BB + with both ratings is stable.

Moody ’ s raised Indonesia's foreign and local currency bond ratings to Baa3 from Ba1 with a stable outlook.

While there are many sources of error with performance ratings, error can be reduced through rater training and through the use of behaviorally-anchored rating scales.

6809 cores are available in VHDL and can be programmed into FPGA and used as an embedded processor with speed ratings up to 40 MHz.

The series began as a mid-season replacement in spring of 1987, and did well enough to be renewed for the fall television season, but the viewer ratings could not be sustained, due perhaps to direct competition with CBS's Top 20 hit Dallas ( also produced by Lorimar ) and NBC's Top 30 hit Miami Vice.

* 1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.

Meanwhile, Brown's ratings are lower in issues that deal with agriculture and economics such as National Taxpayers Union-Positions on Tax and Spending ( 5 %), American Farm Bureau Federation – Positions ( 33 %), and United States Chamber of Commerce – Positions ( 13 %).

According to the entry in Les Brown's Encyclopedia of Television, the Nielsen ratings for the special were supposedly not as high as expected, possibly because both films had already aired ( albeit separately ) on NBC in previous years.

Throughout her husband's term in office, she maintained high approval ratings despite opposition from some conservative Republicans who objected to her more moderate and liberal positions on social issues.

It covers candidates and elected officials in six basic areas: background information, issue positions ( via the Political Courage Test ), voting records, campaign finances, interest group ratings, and speeches and public statements.

One proposed method of determining whether a regime is an illiberal democracy is to determine whether " it has regular, free, fair, and competitive elections to fill the principal positions of power in the country, but it does not qualify as Free in Freedom House's annual ratings of civil liberties and political rights.

Fitch Ratings is the smallest of the " big three " NRSROs, covering a more limited share of the market than S & P and Moody's, though it has grown with acquisitions and frequently positions itself as a " tie-breaker " when the other two agencies have ratings similar, but not equal, in scale.

The move is believed to be in response to an ad run during a June 3 airing of an episode of Mad Men urging Dish Network customers to inform the company to keep the three AMC Networks channels on the satellite provider with Dish Network stating that the relocated channel positions better reflect the channels ’ ratings.

The radio show is considered successful, scoring top positions in the radio ratings in the crucial Sydney and Melbourne markets, as well as Perth.

According to ratings by the National Journal, Nelson's votes have been liberal on economic matters, moderate on social issues, and liberal but close to the center on foreign policy.

As the economy continued improving and Putin executed several popular moves, such as reining in the unpopular oligarchs, Putin's approval ratings stayed high and he won the 2004 presidential election with over 70 % of the votes.

* Profiles of the Congressmen from each district as well as each state's Senators, including voting record on key votes, advocacy group ratings, etc.

However, in ratings measuring 17 key legislative votes of the 2005-2006 term of the 109th Congress, issued by Public Citizen, he was the only congressional representative from NY ( Senate or House ), out of 31 total and 9 Republicans, to score a perfect 0.

They decided to adopt a TV network-like ratings model where the audience votes on which films they like, and popular filmmakers were allowed to screen more films accordingly.

This fact was underscored by decreasing phone votes and ratings, which were released after the show's final.