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Algorithms · July 2017

TV Networks Renamed Shows With Gibberish to Fool Nielsen's Rating Bots

ABC, CBS and NBC aired intentionally misspelled show titles so Nielsen's automated matching system would treat repeats as separate shows. The rating bots never stood a chance against human spelling errors.

Source: Daily Caller News Foundation

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