It was an act clearly meant to increase viewership.

It attracted 390,000 viewers, with encores increasing viewership to over half a million.

Beyond that, however, Moore actually resisted many of the other changes made over the years to increase viewership.

In 2010, Days of our Lives continued to increase viewership and has as high as 3.6 million viewers on several days.

In order to increase viewership, the Kotters had twin girls, but this did not prove to be enough to regain the show's earlier momentum.

NBC, which won the ratings race for the 1995-96 season, was the only large network to have increased viewership from the 1994-95 season.

Whether that would increase viewership is a subject of debate.

"Now the objective is to drive people specifically to the games, and, stepping back, to increase overall viewership of the network."

The episode was promoted as "The last episode before the finale" to increase viewership.

A badge was given to members who joined to help spread the word of the show to increase viewership and the show's ratings.