Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Aug. 29)
08/30/07 09:11 AM
By ED BARK
CBS swept the prime-time ratings in total homes Wednesday with a firstrun Power of 10 followed by reruns of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
Then the roof caved in on CBS11's 10 p.m. newscast. Unlike the previous night, it squandered a substantial lead-in advantage to place a distant third behind frontrunning Belo8 and runnerup NBC5. The ratings-starved station still has a l-o-o-o-o-o-o-ng way to go, with or without the just-canned "First Five Minutes" open.
Belo8 also won at 10 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. The ABC station otherwise had a tougher time on the three other major newscast battlefields.
Fox4 won at 6 a.m. in both ratings measurements, with Belo8 placing second ahead of a lately slumping NBC5.
Belo8 had the edge in total homes at 5 p.m. while NBC5 placed first at 6 p.m.
The Peacock also won at the later hour among 25-to-54-year-olds, with Fox4 taking that prize at 5 p.m.
CBS swept the prime-time ratings in total homes Wednesday with a firstrun Power of 10 followed by reruns of Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
Then the roof caved in on CBS11's 10 p.m. newscast. Unlike the previous night, it squandered a substantial lead-in advantage to place a distant third behind frontrunning Belo8 and runnerup NBC5. The ratings-starved station still has a l-o-o-o-o-o-o-ng way to go, with or without the just-canned "First Five Minutes" open.
Belo8 also won at 10 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. The ABC station otherwise had a tougher time on the three other major newscast battlefields.
Fox4 won at 6 a.m. in both ratings measurements, with Belo8 placing second ahead of a lately slumping NBC5.
Belo8 had the edge in total homes at 5 p.m. while NBC5 placed first at 6 p.m.
The Peacock also won at the later hour among 25-to-54-year-olds, with Fox4 taking that prize at 5 p.m.
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