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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Feb. 5) -- what's up, docs?

By ED BARK
@unclebarkycom on Twitter
Monday night’s new one-two M.D. punch again put vital signs in the ratings for Fox and ABC.

Fox’s The Resident easily won the 8 p.m. hour with 256,396 D-FW viewers before ABC’s The Good Doctor took control at 9 p.m. with 249,274 viewers. Both dramas also topped their time slots among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.

CBS’ sitcom duo, Kevin Can Wait won from 7 to 7:30 in total viewers (199,419); the second half of NBC’s The Wall then edged CBS’ Man With a Plan in that measurement by a score of 192,297 viewers to 178,053. In the 18-to-49 realm, Kevin and ABC’s second half-hour of The Bachelor were the top draws from 7 to 8 p.m.

Here are Monday’s local news derby results.

TEGNA8 swept the 10 p.m. competitions in total viewers and with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).

Fox4 notched two more wins at 6 a.m. and NBC5 did likewise at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. firsts went to the Peacock in total viewers and Fox4 among 25-to-54-year-olds.

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