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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Dec. 15) -- although it's been said many times, many ways, crime pays (on CBS)

By ED BARK
CBS wrapped its holiday season programming in body bags Tuesday night, with new episodes of NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife making merry, merry in the D-FW Nielsen ratings.

All three dramas easily won their time slots in total viewers, with NCIS again leading the way as the night's most-watched attraction (339,315 viewers). NCIS and Good Wife also were tops among advertiser-favored 18-to-49-year-olds. But NCIS: Los Angeles was tripped up by the second hour of NBC's The Sing-Off, which narrowly took the gold in that key demographic.

ABC's seasonal reprise of A Charlie Brown Christmas, preempted last week by WFAA8's Good Morning Texas After Dark, hung tough in the 7 p.m. hour with a runner-up finish in both ratings measurements. The network then plunged to fourth place with new episodes of Scrubs and Better Off Ted, and a rerun of The Forgotten.

CBS11's 10 p.m. newscast again benefited from CBS' potent prime-time lineup, edging a trampolining WFAA8 for first place in total viewers while tying NBC5 for first place among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.

There was another first-place tie at 6 a.m., with Fox4 and NBC5 sharing the total viewers gold. Fox4 then nipped both the Peacock and WFAA8 for the top spot with 25-to-54-year-olds.

Fox4 and NBC5 also split the local newscast spoils at 5 p.m., where the Peacock ran first in total viewers and Fox4 won in the 25-to-54 demographic.

WFAA8 scored its only first of the day with a 6 p.m. win in total viewers. The race among 25-to-54-year-olds ended in a three-way tie among Fox4, NBC5 and CBS11.
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