Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon.-Tues., Dec. 25-26)
12/27/06 01:27 PM
By ED BARK
Christmas Day's Grinch-like Cowboys-Eagles game on NBC had a 28.7 Nielsen rating (683,060 D-FW homes), again obliterating all in its path. That was 1.6 ratings points and 38,080 homes better than the Thanksgiving Day outing against the Buccaneers, which had a far happier outcome.
NBC's subsequent, expanded Christmas night edition of Deal or No Deal feasted on the game's big lead-in audience, averaging 328,440 homes for its two hours.
Another big-money game show, 1 vs. 100, then slipped to 211,820 homes, still good enough to easily win its time period against the concluding hour of Pirates of the Caribbean on ABC. NBC5's 10 p.m. newscast retained that audience in cruising to an easy win in homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
On Tuesday night, CBS' two-hour Kennedy Center Honors special controlled the 8 to 10 p.m. slot with an average of 142,800 homes. The program came and went without Jessica's Simpson's bungled rendition of "Nine to Five" on behalf of honoree Dolly Parton. Simpson asked that it be snipped from the televised presentation, and CBS obliged her.
Belo8 took Tuesday's 10 p.m. news battle in total homes but was nipped by NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
The Peacock scored twin wins at 6 a.m., with viewing levels well below normal. Fox4 won with 25-to-54-year-olds at both 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Total homes victories at those hours respectively went to NBC5 and Belo8.
Christmas Day's Grinch-like Cowboys-Eagles game on NBC had a 28.7 Nielsen rating (683,060 D-FW homes), again obliterating all in its path. That was 1.6 ratings points and 38,080 homes better than the Thanksgiving Day outing against the Buccaneers, which had a far happier outcome.
NBC's subsequent, expanded Christmas night edition of Deal or No Deal feasted on the game's big lead-in audience, averaging 328,440 homes for its two hours.
Another big-money game show, 1 vs. 100, then slipped to 211,820 homes, still good enough to easily win its time period against the concluding hour of Pirates of the Caribbean on ABC. NBC5's 10 p.m. newscast retained that audience in cruising to an easy win in homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
On Tuesday night, CBS' two-hour Kennedy Center Honors special controlled the 8 to 10 p.m. slot with an average of 142,800 homes. The program came and went without Jessica's Simpson's bungled rendition of "Nine to Five" on behalf of honoree Dolly Parton. Simpson asked that it be snipped from the televised presentation, and CBS obliged her.
Belo8 took Tuesday's 10 p.m. news battle in total homes but was nipped by NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
The Peacock scored twin wins at 6 a.m., with viewing levels well below normal. Fox4 won with 25-to-54-year-olds at both 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Total homes victories at those hours respectively went to NBC5 and Belo8.
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