Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., April 19)
04/20/07 10:38 AM
By ED BARK
The Dallas Stars finally got a little ratings love Thursday. Not a lot, but a little.
The pucksters' latenight overtime Stanley Cup playoff win against Vancouver averaged 63,268 homes in D-FW, peaking at 80,290 in the game's final 15 minutes on Ch. 27. Those closing numbers were strong enough to beat all competing programming, with the game ending at close to midnight.
Among 18-to-49-year-old males, the Stars even outdrew back-to-back episodes of South Park (TXA21) from 11 p.m. to midnight. Now that's loyalty to the cause.
In prime-time, a new episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy lured a robust 321,300 homes before its followup act, the new October Road, hit a rut with 149,940 homes. The freshman series fared better with advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, though, barely trailing NBC's first-place ER at 9 p.m.
In the local news derby, scratch that 10 p.m. ratings roll that Belo8 had been enjoying this week. NBC5's late night news parlayed a modest lead-in advantage into lopsided wins over Belo8 in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
Fox4 won at 6 a.m. in homes, with Belo8 taking the top spot with 25-to-54-year-olds. Belo8 again swept the 5 and 6 p.m. competitions.
The Dallas Stars finally got a little ratings love Thursday. Not a lot, but a little.
The pucksters' latenight overtime Stanley Cup playoff win against Vancouver averaged 63,268 homes in D-FW, peaking at 80,290 in the game's final 15 minutes on Ch. 27. Those closing numbers were strong enough to beat all competing programming, with the game ending at close to midnight.
Among 18-to-49-year-old males, the Stars even outdrew back-to-back episodes of South Park (TXA21) from 11 p.m. to midnight. Now that's loyalty to the cause.
In prime-time, a new episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy lured a robust 321,300 homes before its followup act, the new October Road, hit a rut with 149,940 homes. The freshman series fared better with advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, though, barely trailing NBC's first-place ER at 9 p.m.
In the local news derby, scratch that 10 p.m. ratings roll that Belo8 had been enjoying this week. NBC5's late night news parlayed a modest lead-in advantage into lopsided wins over Belo8 in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
Fox4 won at 6 a.m. in homes, with Belo8 taking the top spot with 25-to-54-year-olds. Belo8 again swept the 5 and 6 p.m. competitions.
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