Oprah Winfrey is going to be punished after she begged viewers to please watch her TV channel on Sunday.
In a tweet on Sunday - since removed - Oprah Winfrey said ''Every 1 who can please turn to OWN especially if u have a Neilsen box.'' After that people started started attacking her as being desperate and pathetic.
According to Deadline the problem is that according to the contracts TV channels have with Nielsen - the viewership measuring company - channels and shows cannot make a direct appeal to Nielsen households specifically to watch a specific programme and thereby influence their normal viewing patterns.
When it happens, Nielsen usually refused to issue a viewership number for that viewership on that day, and it might now happen for OWN for Sunday because of Oprah Winfrey's tweet.
In a new statement Oprah Winfrey says ''I removed the tweet at the request of Nielsen. I intended no harm and apologize for the reference.''
According to Entertainment Weekly that got a statement from Nielsen the company is ''reviewing this incident with our clients and we may withhold, breakout and/or make a note in the ratings. We take any violation of our policy seriously and will work with clients to resolve the situation.''
