Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., June 29-July 1)
07/02/07 10:19 AM
By ED BARK
NBC's non-stop deification of Diana paid off marginally Sunday night with a climactic concert tribute to the late princess.
The Peacock's one-hour special from London's Wembley Stadium, anchored by a hoarse Matt Lauer, controlled the 7 to 8 p.m. slot Sunday with 157,080 D-FW homes. A competing rerun of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (140,420 homes) almost beat it, though. And ABC's preceding America's Funniest Home Videos drew prime-time's biggest crowd with 171,360 homes. Fall down, go boom.
The concert included performances by creaky relics -- Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Elton John, Tom Jones -- and over-praised newer artists -- Fergie, Nelly Furtado. Wholly unexceptional.
Meanwhile, the lately hot Texas Rangers dominated Sunday's daytime ratings with another one-run win over Boston at storied Fenway Park. MY27's telecast averaged 78,540 homes in more than tripling the audience for NBC's competing Wimbledon tennis tournament coverage.
Local newscasts drew Friday's biggest audiences, with the rain, rain that won't go away keeping viewers in touch and inside more than usual.
Belo8 took the 10 p.m. prizes in both total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
Fox4 again won comfortably in both measurements at 6 a.m. while NBC5 continued to dent what otherwise has been a 5 and 6 p.m. stronghold for Belo8.
The Peacock won at 5 and 6 p.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds, with Belo8 slipping to third behind Fox4.
NBC5 also had a win in total homes at 5 p.m., but Belo8 took first place at 6 p.m.
Why the recent slippage? NBC5's 4 p.m. local newscasts have been whipping Belo8's Oprah reruns at that hour, giving the Peacock's early evening newscasts stronger lead-in audiences. Bad weather and the damage it causes help to keep newscasts on ratings upswings.
NBC's non-stop deification of Diana paid off marginally Sunday night with a climactic concert tribute to the late princess.
The Peacock's one-hour special from London's Wembley Stadium, anchored by a hoarse Matt Lauer, controlled the 7 to 8 p.m. slot Sunday with 157,080 D-FW homes. A competing rerun of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (140,420 homes) almost beat it, though. And ABC's preceding America's Funniest Home Videos drew prime-time's biggest crowd with 171,360 homes. Fall down, go boom.
The concert included performances by creaky relics -- Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Elton John, Tom Jones -- and over-praised newer artists -- Fergie, Nelly Furtado. Wholly unexceptional.
Meanwhile, the lately hot Texas Rangers dominated Sunday's daytime ratings with another one-run win over Boston at storied Fenway Park. MY27's telecast averaged 78,540 homes in more than tripling the audience for NBC's competing Wimbledon tennis tournament coverage.
Local newscasts drew Friday's biggest audiences, with the rain, rain that won't go away keeping viewers in touch and inside more than usual.
Belo8 took the 10 p.m. prizes in both total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
Fox4 again won comfortably in both measurements at 6 a.m. while NBC5 continued to dent what otherwise has been a 5 and 6 p.m. stronghold for Belo8.
The Peacock won at 5 and 6 p.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds, with Belo8 slipping to third behind Fox4.
NBC5 also had a win in total homes at 5 p.m., but Belo8 took first place at 6 p.m.
Why the recent slippage? NBC5's 4 p.m. local newscasts have been whipping Belo8's Oprah reruns at that hour, giving the Peacock's early evening newscasts stronger lead-in audiences. Bad weather and the damage it causes help to keep newscasts on ratings upswings.
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