Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Aug. 20)
08/21/07 10:55 AM
By ED BARK
Fox4 had a mid- to late-summer night's dream Monday, controlling most of prime-time and also winning across the board in the key newscast audience demographic of 25-to-54-year-olds.
For starters, the Fox network's cut-and-paste TV's Funniest Moments special controlled the 7 to 9 p.m. slot in both total homes (161,840) and among 18-to-49-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for entertainment programming.
Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast then beat all competing programs in the 25-to-54 demo and finished second by small margins to CBS' CSI: Miami in both total homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds.
Meanwhile, 7 to 9 p.m. repeats of NBC's Thank God You're Here and Heroes barely had a pulse with D-FW audiences, respectively luring 45,220 and 40,460 total homes.
Fox4's 6 a.m. and 5, 6 and 10 p.m. local newscasts ran the table among 25-to-54-year-olds, the favored advertiser target audience for news programming. Belo8 claimed a share of the lead at 5 p.m.. But the ABC station drooped badly at 6 a.m., where Fox4 drew 77,490 viewers in the 25-to-54 demo compared to Belo8's third-place 28,700 viewers.
NBC5 ran just a smidgen behind Fox4 in the 10 p.m. ratings for 25-to-54-year-olds. It was more bad news for CBS11, though. Despite a substantial lead-in from CSI: Miami, CBS11 ran a distant fifth in this key demo. Univision's Noticias 23 newscast tied for second with the Peacock.
Belo8 had a better day in the total homes Nielsens, finishing first by comfortable margins at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
Fox4 continued its dominance at 6 a.m., again outpointing runnerup NBC5.
Fox4 had a mid- to late-summer night's dream Monday, controlling most of prime-time and also winning across the board in the key newscast audience demographic of 25-to-54-year-olds.
For starters, the Fox network's cut-and-paste TV's Funniest Moments special controlled the 7 to 9 p.m. slot in both total homes (161,840) and among 18-to-49-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for entertainment programming.
Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast then beat all competing programs in the 25-to-54 demo and finished second by small margins to CBS' CSI: Miami in both total homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds.
Meanwhile, 7 to 9 p.m. repeats of NBC's Thank God You're Here and Heroes barely had a pulse with D-FW audiences, respectively luring 45,220 and 40,460 total homes.
Fox4's 6 a.m. and 5, 6 and 10 p.m. local newscasts ran the table among 25-to-54-year-olds, the favored advertiser target audience for news programming. Belo8 claimed a share of the lead at 5 p.m.. But the ABC station drooped badly at 6 a.m., where Fox4 drew 77,490 viewers in the 25-to-54 demo compared to Belo8's third-place 28,700 viewers.
NBC5 ran just a smidgen behind Fox4 in the 10 p.m. ratings for 25-to-54-year-olds. It was more bad news for CBS11, though. Despite a substantial lead-in from CSI: Miami, CBS11 ran a distant fifth in this key demo. Univision's Noticias 23 newscast tied for second with the Peacock.
Belo8 had a better day in the total homes Nielsens, finishing first by comfortable margins at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
Fox4 continued its dominance at 6 a.m., again outpointing runnerup NBC5.
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