The Ratings Experts from RESEARCH DIRECTOR, INC. – working hand in glove with the numbers crunchers from XTRENDS – are back for round two of our monthly foray into the Nielsen cinematic universe. In case you missed it, this month marks 10 years of our collaboration for this column. Stations have come and gone, entire broadcasting companies have disappeared, but still we soldier on because the ratings never sleep. This SEPTEMBER survey period actually ran from AUGUST 18th through .