Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Sept. 19)
09/20/07 08:57 AM
By ED BARK
Fox's Back to You, marking the prime-time returns of Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, fought off CBS' competing and controversial Kid Nation Wednesday on the fall season's first big night of new series premieres.
NBC's returning Deal or No Deal also played tough, though, particularly with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds. Here are the 7 to 7:30 p.m. D-FW stats, when all three shows were fighting for audience:
TOTAL HOMES
Back to You -- 138,829
Kid Nation -- 136,394
Deal or No Deal -- 127,869
18-to-49
Deal or No Deal -- 97,650
Back to You -- 83,700
Kid Nation -- 60,450
At 8 p.m., Fox's new Kitchen Nightmares, starring combustible chef Gordon Ramsay, fell to 87,682 total homes and 55,800 viewers in the 18-to-49 demo. That put it in fourth and third place respectively.
The CW's 8 p.m. premiere of Gossip Girl drew 43,841 total homes and had 27,900 viewers in the 18-to-49-year-old measurement. GG fared better with 18-to-34-year-olds, though, drawing 14,459 of 'em to finish in a virtual three-way first place tie with CBS' Criminal Minds repeat and ABC's Come Rain or Come Shine: From Grey's Anatomy to Private Practice.
In the local news derby, Belo8 had another big night at 10 p.m., crunching runnerup NBC5 in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser audience for news programming.
Fox4 had twin wins at 6 a.m. and tied Belo8 at 5 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds. The ABC station otherwise ran the table, winning at 5 p.m. in total homes and in both ratings measurements at 6 p.m.
Fox's Back to You, marking the prime-time returns of Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, fought off CBS' competing and controversial Kid Nation Wednesday on the fall season's first big night of new series premieres.
NBC's returning Deal or No Deal also played tough, though, particularly with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds. Here are the 7 to 7:30 p.m. D-FW stats, when all three shows were fighting for audience:
TOTAL HOMES
Back to You -- 138,829
Kid Nation -- 136,394
Deal or No Deal -- 127,869
18-to-49
Deal or No Deal -- 97,650
Back to You -- 83,700
Kid Nation -- 60,450
At 8 p.m., Fox's new Kitchen Nightmares, starring combustible chef Gordon Ramsay, fell to 87,682 total homes and 55,800 viewers in the 18-to-49 demo. That put it in fourth and third place respectively.
The CW's 8 p.m. premiere of Gossip Girl drew 43,841 total homes and had 27,900 viewers in the 18-to-49-year-old measurement. GG fared better with 18-to-34-year-olds, though, drawing 14,459 of 'em to finish in a virtual three-way first place tie with CBS' Criminal Minds repeat and ABC's Come Rain or Come Shine: From Grey's Anatomy to Private Practice.
In the local news derby, Belo8 had another big night at 10 p.m., crunching runnerup NBC5 in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser audience for news programming.
Fox4 had twin wins at 6 a.m. and tied Belo8 at 5 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds. The ABC station otherwise ran the table, winning at 5 p.m. in total homes and in both ratings measurements at 6 p.m.
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