Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Jan. 15) -- Gil Grissom's CSI goodbye boosts CBS to top spot
01/16/09 10:49 AM
By ED BARK
President Bush's farewell address mucked up prime-time schedules, but viewers still found CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Gil Grissom's goodbye at 15 minutes past the show's usual 8 p.m. start time.
CSI drew 558,012 D-FW viewers to easily rank as Tuesday's top draw. CBS was the only network to push back its prime-time lineup by 15 minutes. ABC NBC and Fox all chose to join substitute programming "in progress." Namely Scrubs on ABC, My Name Is Earl on NBC and Kitchen Nightmares on Fox. Their combined 498,225 viewers fell short of CSI's total.
Bush's 7 to 7:15 p.m. goodbye speech played this way with local audiences:
CBS -- 298,935 viewers
ABC -- 225,862 viewers
Univision -- 166,075 viewers
Fox -- 152,789 viewers
NBC -- 119,574 viewers
Fox News Channel -- 66,430 viewers
MSNBC -- 33,215 viewers
CNN -- 26,572 viewers
PBS -- 13,286 viewers
In local news derby results, WFAA8 recovered from Wednesday's very rare shutout to win at 6 and 10 p.m. in both total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
WFAA8 also took the 5 p.m. gold in total viewers and shared the 25-to-54 lead with Fox4.
At 6 a.m., Fox4 narrowly won in total viewers but NBC5 again countered with a strong first place finish among 25-to-54-year-olds.
President Bush's farewell address mucked up prime-time schedules, but viewers still found CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Gil Grissom's goodbye at 15 minutes past the show's usual 8 p.m. start time.
CSI drew 558,012 D-FW viewers to easily rank as Tuesday's top draw. CBS was the only network to push back its prime-time lineup by 15 minutes. ABC NBC and Fox all chose to join substitute programming "in progress." Namely Scrubs on ABC, My Name Is Earl on NBC and Kitchen Nightmares on Fox. Their combined 498,225 viewers fell short of CSI's total.
Bush's 7 to 7:15 p.m. goodbye speech played this way with local audiences:
CBS -- 298,935 viewers
ABC -- 225,862 viewers
Univision -- 166,075 viewers
Fox -- 152,789 viewers
NBC -- 119,574 viewers
Fox News Channel -- 66,430 viewers
MSNBC -- 33,215 viewers
CNN -- 26,572 viewers
PBS -- 13,286 viewers
In local news derby results, WFAA8 recovered from Wednesday's very rare shutout to win at 6 and 10 p.m. in both total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
WFAA8 also took the 5 p.m. gold in total viewers and shared the 25-to-54 lead with Fox4.
At 6 a.m., Fox4 narrowly won in total viewers but NBC5 again countered with a strong first place finish among 25-to-54-year-olds.