Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Oct. 19)
10/20/06 04:17 PM
By ED BARK
NBC5 and CBS11 made most of the noise in Thursday's local newscast battles, with the latter station coming up a rare winner at 6 p.m. in both total homes and advertiser-coveted 25-to-54-year-olds.
Otherwise NBC5 wore the party hats, winning across the board in D-FW's two most important local news time periods, 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The station also notched a win in total homes at 5 p.m., with Belo8 prevailing at that hour with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 had an all-around bad day, and that even goes for Good Day, which finished an unaccustomed third at 6 a.m. with younger viewers. But the 7 to 9 a.m. portion of the show again bested the three network offerings in both ratings measurements. That remains one of the market's most impressive feats.
On the entertainment front, ABC continues to struggle with Six Degrees, its 9 p.m. followup act to the super-hot Grey's Anatomy. The hospital drama had another smashing win, attracting 411,740 homes opposite CBS' runnerup CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (266,560 homes). NBC's Deal or No Deal lagged in third place with 140,420 homes.
Audiences then flowed to the amazingly resilient ER, transforming NBC5 from least-watched to most-watched locally. ER hauled in 278,460 homes to dominate both Six Degrees (166,600) and CBS' Shark (188,020). The audience lead-in from ER then sparked NBC5's 10 p.m. newscast, which cruised to another easy Thursday night win.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
NBC5 and CBS11 made most of the noise in Thursday's local newscast battles, with the latter station coming up a rare winner at 6 p.m. in both total homes and advertiser-coveted 25-to-54-year-olds.
Otherwise NBC5 wore the party hats, winning across the board in D-FW's two most important local news time periods, 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The station also notched a win in total homes at 5 p.m., with Belo8 prevailing at that hour with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 had an all-around bad day, and that even goes for Good Day, which finished an unaccustomed third at 6 a.m. with younger viewers. But the 7 to 9 a.m. portion of the show again bested the three network offerings in both ratings measurements. That remains one of the market's most impressive feats.
On the entertainment front, ABC continues to struggle with Six Degrees, its 9 p.m. followup act to the super-hot Grey's Anatomy. The hospital drama had another smashing win, attracting 411,740 homes opposite CBS' runnerup CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (266,560 homes). NBC's Deal or No Deal lagged in third place with 140,420 homes.
Audiences then flowed to the amazingly resilient ER, transforming NBC5 from least-watched to most-watched locally. ER hauled in 278,460 homes to dominate both Six Degrees (166,600) and CBS' Shark (188,020). The audience lead-in from ER then sparked NBC5's 10 p.m. newscast, which cruised to another easy Thursday night win.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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