Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Oct. 5)
10/18/06 02:28 AM
By ED BARK
ABC's Grey's Anatomy again ruled the ratings roost in D/FW, but both the network and Belo8 have to be more than a trifle disappointed in the hit med drama's Thursday night supporting cast.
Grey's lured a highly impressive 372,000 advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds to thump CBS' competing CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (174,000). The 8 p.m. slot's other ostensible big cheese, NBC's Deal or No Deal, melted down to just 57,000 younger viewers.
Then the bottom fell out at 9 p.m., with ABC's new Six Degrees dropping two-thirds of its inherited 18-to-49 audience. Meanwhile, NBC's ER docs more than tripled Deal's punchless performance, drawing 213,000 younger viewers to spank second-place Six Degrees (126,000). CBS' new Shark also dropped the ball, sinking to 99,000 of those heavily courted 18-to-49-year-olds.
From 7 to 8 p.m., the second episode of ABC's Ugly Betty beat CBS' runnerup Survivor: Cook Islands in total homes (235,620 to 185,640). But the score dramatically changed with 18-to-49-year-olds. Here's a telescoped look:
The Office (NBC) -- 135,000
Survivor -- 132,000
Smallville (CW) -- 126,000
Ugly Betty -- 117,000
My Name is Earl (NBC) -- 96,000
Fox's Mets-Dodgers playoff game struck out in both ratings categories.
In the local newscast derby, NBC5 won at 10 p.m. in total homes and the advertiser-preferred 25-to-54-year-old target audience for non-entertainment programming. Belo8 took the 5 and 6 p.m. races in both competitions. And at 6 a.m., Fox4 won as usual with 25-to-54-year-olds while NBC5 claimed first in total homes.
ABC's Grey's Anatomy again ruled the ratings roost in D/FW, but both the network and Belo8 have to be more than a trifle disappointed in the hit med drama's Thursday night supporting cast.
Grey's lured a highly impressive 372,000 advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds to thump CBS' competing CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (174,000). The 8 p.m. slot's other ostensible big cheese, NBC's Deal or No Deal, melted down to just 57,000 younger viewers.
Then the bottom fell out at 9 p.m., with ABC's new Six Degrees dropping two-thirds of its inherited 18-to-49 audience. Meanwhile, NBC's ER docs more than tripled Deal's punchless performance, drawing 213,000 younger viewers to spank second-place Six Degrees (126,000). CBS' new Shark also dropped the ball, sinking to 99,000 of those heavily courted 18-to-49-year-olds.
From 7 to 8 p.m., the second episode of ABC's Ugly Betty beat CBS' runnerup Survivor: Cook Islands in total homes (235,620 to 185,640). But the score dramatically changed with 18-to-49-year-olds. Here's a telescoped look:
The Office (NBC) -- 135,000
Survivor -- 132,000
Smallville (CW) -- 126,000
Ugly Betty -- 117,000
My Name is Earl (NBC) -- 96,000
Fox's Mets-Dodgers playoff game struck out in both ratings categories.
In the local newscast derby, NBC5 won at 10 p.m. in total homes and the advertiser-preferred 25-to-54-year-old target audience for non-entertainment programming. Belo8 took the 5 and 6 p.m. races in both competitions. And at 6 a.m., Fox4 won as usual with 25-to-54-year-olds while NBC5 claimed first in total homes.
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