Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Aug. 16)
08/17/07 10:03 AM
By ED BARK
Paced by a dominating performance from the So You Think You Can Dance finale, Fox4 swept Thursday's prime-time ratings, with nothing else even close.
Dancing drew 180,880 homes from 7 to 9 p.m., with a repeat of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation running a distant second (111,860 homes). The hoof-and-puff competition also smoked all comers in the advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-old competish (see, I'm sounding like Daily Variety). Its 136,400 viewers in that realm more than doubled the crowd for ABC's Grey's Anatomy repeat (58,900 of 'em).
Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast likewise easily controlled the last hour of prime-time, emerging as Thursday's most-watched program in total homes (204,680).
The 10 p.m. news competition went to Belo8 in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
Belo8 also won in homes at 5 and 6 p.m., but otherwise couldn't get to the winner's circle. NBC5 took first place at 5 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds and Fox4 topped the 6 p.m. Nielsens in that demographic.
The 6 a.m. ratings again belonged to Fox4, with CBS11 continuing to experience very trying times at that hour. Here's a telescoped look at Thursday's top-to-bottom disparities in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds.
TOTAL HOMES
Fox4 -- 76,170
Belo8 -- 69,020
NBC5 -- 57,120
CBS11 -- 16,660
25-to-54-YEAR-OLDS
Fox4 -- 60,270
Belo8 -- 40,180
NBC5 -- 25,830
CBS11-- 861
No, that last number's not a misprint. But it sure is a jolt.
Paced by a dominating performance from the So You Think You Can Dance finale, Fox4 swept Thursday's prime-time ratings, with nothing else even close.
Dancing drew 180,880 homes from 7 to 9 p.m., with a repeat of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation running a distant second (111,860 homes). The hoof-and-puff competition also smoked all comers in the advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-old competish (see, I'm sounding like Daily Variety). Its 136,400 viewers in that realm more than doubled the crowd for ABC's Grey's Anatomy repeat (58,900 of 'em).
Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast likewise easily controlled the last hour of prime-time, emerging as Thursday's most-watched program in total homes (204,680).
The 10 p.m. news competition went to Belo8 in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
Belo8 also won in homes at 5 and 6 p.m., but otherwise couldn't get to the winner's circle. NBC5 took first place at 5 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds and Fox4 topped the 6 p.m. Nielsens in that demographic.
The 6 a.m. ratings again belonged to Fox4, with CBS11 continuing to experience very trying times at that hour. Here's a telescoped look at Thursday's top-to-bottom disparities in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds.
TOTAL HOMES
Fox4 -- 76,170
Belo8 -- 69,020
NBC5 -- 57,120
CBS11 -- 16,660
25-to-54-YEAR-OLDS
Fox4 -- 60,270
Belo8 -- 40,180
NBC5 -- 25,830
CBS11-- 861
No, that last number's not a misprint. But it sure is a jolt.
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