Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Dec. 11)
12/12/07 09:27 AM
By ED BARK
Viewers staged their own Cane mutiny Tuesday on a mostly ho ho ho hum night in the D-FW Nielsens.
The once heavily promoted Jimmy Smits star vehicle came up empty from 8 to 10 p.m. with a pair of first-run episodes on CBS. Worse yet, rival networks in part went the repeat route.
Cane averaged just 99,860 total homes to finish fourth in the two-hour time slot. It also flunked badly with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, barely beating CW 33 News at Nine. Cane isn't officially canceled yet, but that's only a formality.
Tuesday's biggest draw, Belo8's 10 p.m. newscast, pulled in 245,996 total homes. The ABC station also placed first at 10 p.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. NBC5 ran a close second in that key demographic while CBS11 plunged to fourth place in both ratings measurements.
Fox4 again controlled the 6 a.m. ratings, particularly with 25-to-54-year-olds. Belo8 likewise ran the table at 5 and 6 p.m.
Viewers staged their own Cane mutiny Tuesday on a mostly ho ho ho hum night in the D-FW Nielsens.
The once heavily promoted Jimmy Smits star vehicle came up empty from 8 to 10 p.m. with a pair of first-run episodes on CBS. Worse yet, rival networks in part went the repeat route.
Cane averaged just 99,860 total homes to finish fourth in the two-hour time slot. It also flunked badly with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, barely beating CW 33 News at Nine. Cane isn't officially canceled yet, but that's only a formality.
Tuesday's biggest draw, Belo8's 10 p.m. newscast, pulled in 245,996 total homes. The ABC station also placed first at 10 p.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. NBC5 ran a close second in that key demographic while CBS11 plunged to fourth place in both ratings measurements.
Fox4 again controlled the 6 a.m. ratings, particularly with 25-to-54-year-olds. Belo8 likewise ran the table at 5 and 6 p.m.
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