Usage
The purpose of the {{Television season ratings}} template is to add a formatted ratings table to pages for television series, specifically the main article, displaying the timeslots, ratings and similar information for each season, for up to 50 seasons.
Syntax
{{Television season ratings
| title = TEXT
| multiseries = TEXT
| width = NUMBER
| series{1-50} = TEXT
| series_length{1-50} = TEXT
| n{1-50} = TEXT
| link{1-50} = TEXT
| timeslot{1-50} = TEXT
| timeslot_length{1-50} = TEXT
| network{1-50} = TEXT
| network_length{1-50} = TEXT
| episodes{1-50} = NUMBER
| start{1-50} = DATE
| startrating{1-50} = NUMBER
| end{1-50} = DATE
| endrating{1-50} = NUMBER
| season{1-50} = NUMBER
| rank{1-50} = NUMBER
| viewers{1-50} = NUMBER
| 18_49_rank{1-50} = NUMBER
| 18_49_rating{1-50} = NUMBER
| references{1-50} = REFERENCE(S)
| season_length{1-50} = TEXT
| rank_length{1-50} = TEXT
| viewers_length{1-50} = TEXT
| 18_49_rank_length{1-50} = TEXT
| 18_49_rating_length{1-50} = TEXT
| references_length{1-50} = TEXT
| hide_timeslot = TEXT
| hide_tv_season = TEXT
| hide_viewers = TEXT
| hide_rank = TEXT
| hide_18_49_rank = TEXT
| hide_18_49_rating = TEXT
| hide_FLratings = TEXT
| show_caption = TEXT
| show_network = TEXT
| show_references = TEXT
| timezone = TEXT
| unit = TEXT
| nolink = TEXT
}}
Example
Code
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{{Television season ratings
| title = Show
| link1 = Main Page
| timeslot1 = Monday 10 p.m.
| timeslot_length1 = 2
| episodes1 = 13
| start1 = {{Start date|2013|6|24}}
| startrating1 = 13.53
| end1 = {{End date|2013|9|16}}
| endrating1 = 12.10
| season1 = 2012–13
| rank1 = 50
| viewers1 = 11.19
| 18_49_rank1 = 4
| 18_49_rating1 = 2.7/8
| link2 = Main Page
| episodes2 = 13
| start2 = {{Start date|2014|6|30}}
| startrating2 = 9.41
| end2 = {{End date|2014|9|22}}
| endrating2 = 7.52
| season2 = 2013–14
| rank2 = 76
| viewers2 = 7.17
| 18_49_rank2 = 9
| 18_49_rating2 = 1.6/5
| link3 = Main Page
| timeslot3 = Thursday 9 p.m.
| episodes3 = 13
| start3 = {{Start date|2015|6|25}}
| startrating3 = 6.25
| end3 = {{End date|2015|9|10}}
| endrating3 = 4.23
| season3 = 2014–15
| rank3 = 43
| viewers3 = 4.70
| 18_49_rank3 = 10
| 18_49_rating3 = 1.0/4
}}
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| Season | Timeslot (ET) | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | TV season | Viewership rank |
Avg. viewers (millions) |
18–49 rank |
Avg. 18–49 rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Viewers (millions) |
Date | Viewers (millions) | ||||||||
| 1 | Monday 10 p.m. | 13 | June 24, 2013 | 13.53 | September 16, 2013 | 12.10 | 2012–13 | 50 | 11.19 | 4 | 2.7/8 |
| 2 | 13 | June 30, 2014 | 9.41 | September 22, 2014 | 7.52 | 2013–14 | 76 | 7.17 | 9 | 1.6/5 | |
| 3 | Thursday 9 p.m. | 13 | June 25, 2015 | 6.25 | September 10, 2015 | 4.23 | 2014–15 | 43 | 4.70 | 10 | 1.0/4 |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | title | The title of the series in the table's caption, which uses {{Screen reader-only}} to not be displayed in a browser but be voiced by a screen reader, defaults to the page name. Set this parameter (in plain text) to change the series' title if it should not be the page name. Format: Text |
Text | Optional | |
| Multi-Series | multiseries | Set to include the "Series" column, for producting a table with multiple series. Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Width | width | Width of the ratings table, as a percentage without the % sign, if it is required to be something other than the automatic width. Format: 100 |
Number | Optional | |
| Values | Series | series{1-50} | Use it |multiseries= is set, to include the linked series title.Format: Arrow |
Text/Link | Optional |
| Series Length | series_length{1-50} | Use if |multiseries= and |series= are set, to determine the rowspan of the linked series title. Include even if it is set to 1.Format: 8 |
Number | Optional | |
| Number | n{1-50} | Customizable season number to change from the default automatically incrementing number, useful for multiple series where the season number is not the same as the parameter number. Format: 8 |
Number | Optional | |
| Link | link{1-50} | The link to the season's ratings table on the episodes page if available, without square brackets, where more detailed information is available. Format: List of The 100 episodes#Season 1 |
Text | Optional | |
| Timeslot | timeslot{1-50} | The timeslot for the season in question, including the day of the week and hour. Format: Wednesday 9:00 pm |
Text | Optional | |
| Timeslot Length | timeslot_length{1-50} | How many consecutive seasons that the series has stayed in the same timeslot for. Format: 2 Exclusion: 1 |
Number | Optional | |
| Network | network{1-50} | The Network for the season in question. Format: CBS |
Text | Optional | |
| Network Length | network_length{1-50} | How many consecutive seasons that the series has stayed on the same Network. Format: 2 Exclusion: 1 |
Number | Optional | |
| Episodes | episodes{1-50} | The number of episodes included in the season in question. The count is for the total episodes, rather than how many have aired. Format: 16 Exclusion: TBA |
Number | Optional | |
| Start date | start{1-50} | The start date for the entire season in question; this is, the air date of the premiere episode. A start date is required for the row to display. Format: {{Start date|2014|03|19}}Exclusion: TBA |
Date | Required | |
| Premiere viewers | startrating{1-50} | The viewers for the premiere of the season in millions, sourced accordingly; this should be the same value that is displayed in the season's episode table for the episode. Format: 2.73 Exclusion: TBD |
Number | Optional | |
| End date | end{1-50} | The end date for the entire season in question; this is, the air date of the finale episode. Format: {{End date|2014|06|11}}Exclusion: TBA |
Date | Optional | |
| Finale viewers | endrating{1-50} | The viewers for the finale of the season in millions, sourced accordingly; this should be the same value that is displayed in the season's episode table for the episode. Format: 2.73 Exclusion: TBD |
Number | Optional | |
| TV season | season{1-50} | The television season of the season in question. This should only be in the format "2015–16", so that it directly links to 2015–16 United States network television schedule, for example. It will not automatically link if |nolink= is set.Format: 2015–16 |
Numbers | Required | |
| Rank | rank{1-50} | The official rank released by the network for the entire season compared to other series, sourced accordingly. Format: 150 Exclusion: TBD |
Number | Optional | |
| Viewers | viewers{1-50} | The official average viewers released by the network for the entire season, sourced accordingly. Format: 2.59 Exclusion: TBD |
Number | Optional | |
| 18–49 rank | 18_49_rank{1-50} | The official 18–49 rank released by the network for the entire season, sourced accordingly. Format: 2.59 Exclusion: TBD |
Number | Optional | |
| 18–49 rating | 18_49_rating{1-50} | The official 18–49 rating released by the network for the entire season, sourced accordingly. Format: 2.59 Exclusion: TBD |
Number | Optional | |
| References | references{1-50} | A column dedicated to listing references. Format: {{cite web}} Exclusion: N/A |
Reference | Optional | |
| Span Columns |
Season | season_length{1-50} | The rowspan of the season_length column. Set to a number for the first season, and set corresponding seasons to hide. Example format: 3 for Season 1, hide for Season 2 and Season 3. |
Number/Text | Optional |
| Rank | rank_length{1-50} | The rowspan of the rank_length column. Set to a number for the first season, and set corresponding seasons to hide. Example format: 3 for Season 1, hide for Season 2 and Season 3. |
Number/Text | Optional | |
| Viewers | viewers_length{1-50} | The rowspan of the viewers_length column. Set to a number for the first season, and set corresponding seasons to hide. Example format: 3 for Season 1, hide for Season 2 and Season 3. |
Number/Text | Optional | |
| 18–49 rank | 18_49_rank_length{1-50} | The rowspan of the 18_49_rank_length column. Set to a number for the first season, and set corresponding seasons to hide. Example format: 3 for Season 1, hide for Season 2 and Season 3. |
Number/Text | Optional | |
| 18–49 rating | 18_49_rating_length{1-50} | The rowspan of the 18_49_rating_length column. Set to a number for the first season, and set corresponding seasons to hide. Example format: 3 for Season 1, hide for Season 2 and Season 3. |
Number/Text | Optional | |
| References | references_length{1-50} | The rowspan of the references column. Set to a number for the first season, and set corresponding seasons to hide. Example format: 3 for Season 1, hide for Season 2 and Season 3. |
Number/Text | Optional | |
| Toggle Columns |
Timeslot | hide_timeslot | Whether or not to hide the Timeslot column, if it is not required (e.g. for shows that frequently change timeslots). Format: y |
Text | Optional |
| TV season | hide_tv_season | Whether or not to hide the TV season column, if it is not required (e.g. for shows on kids' channels such as Disney/Nickelodeon). Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Viewers | hide_viewers | Whether or not to hide the Viewership column, if it is not required (e.g. for shows on kids' channels such as Disney/Nickelodeon). Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Viewership rank | hide_rank | Whether or not to hide the Viewership rank column, if it is not required (e.g. for shows on kids' channels such as Disney/Nickelodeon). Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| 18–49 rank | hide_18_49_rank | Whether or not to hide the 18–49 rank column, if it is not required. Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Avg. 18–49 rating | hide_18_49_rating | Whether or not to hide the Avg. 18–49 rating column, if it is not required. Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Avg. First/last aired ratings | hide_FLratings | Whether or not to hide the ratings for the first/last aired columns, if it is not required. Setting this will condense the header row further when it hide the relevant cells. Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Show Caption | show_caption | Whether or not to show the table's caption, if it is not placed immediately below a heading, where the heading is effectively identical to the table's caption. Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Show Network | show_network | Whether or not to show the Network column, if it is required. Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Show References | show_references | Whether or not to show the References column, if it is required. Format: y |
Text | Optional | |
| Timezone | timezone | The timezone of all of the timeslots for the series. Format: [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] Exclusion: ET |
Text/Link | Optional | |
| Unit | unit | The unit override for the Viewers column header. Format: (thousands) Exclusion: (millions) Hide: |
Text | Optional | |
| No link | nolink | If set, it will allow the season column to be linked manually, or simply plain text. Format: y |
Text | Optional | |