The show is named for Charles Spearman, who developed Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, the statistical technique used to survey the public to produce the show's rankings.
The series began development in May 2009,[2] and was officially announced in early August 2009.
[5] Channel Ten also advertises the fact that The Spearman Experiment's results are chosen by the public rather than television executives, as is the case with 20 to One.
The Spearman Experiment drew 1.039 million viewers nationally for its premiere episode making it the 11th most viewed program of the day.
The fourth week, it dropped to 668,000 which made it the 17th most watched program that evening.