Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Aug. 1)
08/02/07 11:41 AM
By ED BARK
ABC's first burn-off of The Nine fell off a ratings cliff following solid numbers for the season finale of American Inventor.
Perhaps viewers are smart enough to know there won't be a resolution to the already canceled serial drama. ABC long ago confirmed that. But the network does have a few un-aired episodes left, and the first one spilled out Wednesday night at 9. It drew a measly 64,260 D-FW homes after the climactic closing 15 minutes of Inventor pulled in 176,120.
Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast again won the last hour of prime-time with 178,500 total homes, edging a repeat of CBS' CSI: NY (171,360 homes).
On the 24 hour cable news front, CNN's continuous live, breaking coverage of the Minneapolis bridge collapse let the ratings way with an average of 55,533 homes from 8 to 11 p.m. Fox News Channel topped the 7 to 8 p.m. hour with 47,600 homes but then dipped to an average of 26,973 homes for the next three hours. MSNBC averaged just 15,470 homes from 7 to 11 p.m.
The local news derby found NBC5 on top at 10 p.m. for the second straight night in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. Belo8 made a nice recovery from its Nine lead-in to finish second.
Fox4 racked up two more wins at 6 a.m. while Belo8 continued its summer-long droop with a pair of third-place finishes behind NBC5.
The Peacock won at 5 p.m. in both ratings measurements and Belo8 did likewise at 6 p.m.
ABC's first burn-off of The Nine fell off a ratings cliff following solid numbers for the season finale of American Inventor.
Perhaps viewers are smart enough to know there won't be a resolution to the already canceled serial drama. ABC long ago confirmed that. But the network does have a few un-aired episodes left, and the first one spilled out Wednesday night at 9. It drew a measly 64,260 D-FW homes after the climactic closing 15 minutes of Inventor pulled in 176,120.
Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast again won the last hour of prime-time with 178,500 total homes, edging a repeat of CBS' CSI: NY (171,360 homes).
On the 24 hour cable news front, CNN's continuous live, breaking coverage of the Minneapolis bridge collapse let the ratings way with an average of 55,533 homes from 8 to 11 p.m. Fox News Channel topped the 7 to 8 p.m. hour with 47,600 homes but then dipped to an average of 26,973 homes for the next three hours. MSNBC averaged just 15,470 homes from 7 to 11 p.m.
The local news derby found NBC5 on top at 10 p.m. for the second straight night in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. Belo8 made a nice recovery from its Nine lead-in to finish second.
Fox4 racked up two more wins at 6 a.m. while Belo8 continued its summer-long droop with a pair of third-place finishes behind NBC5.
The Peacock won at 5 p.m. in both ratings measurements and Belo8 did likewise at 6 p.m.
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