Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Dec. 19)
12/20/06 04:07 PM
By ED BARK
D-FW's Fox4 news loves it when competing networks hit rerun cycles. It inflates audiences for the station's homegrown 9 p.m. newscast, which had a big night on Tuesday.
Opposite repeats of CSI: NY, Law & Order: SVU and Boston Legal, Fox4 romped to a first place finish in total homes and with the two key advertiser demographics, 25-to-54-year-olds for news and 18-to-49-year-olds for entertainment programming. That just doesn't happen when CBS, NBC and ABC have original episodes of those series.
The big showing by Fox4's 9 p.m. news (190,400 homes) helped put its 10 p.m. newscast in a stronger position than usual. It placed a close third in both homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, easily outpointing CBS11 in both measurements.
Belo8 won the 10 p.m. competition in homes, but lost to NBC5 with 25-to-54-year-olds. It was the opposite outcome at 6 a.m., with the Peacock prevailing in homes but Belo8 taking first in the 25-to-54-year-old subset.
NBC5 also was tops at 6 p.m. in homes, with Fox4 taking the 25-to-54 race. At 5 p.m., Belo8 won in total homes and tied for first with NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
On the entertainment front, NBC's latest big-money game show, Identity, drooped from its strong Monday night premiere. It finished third in homes and second among 18-to-49-year-olds. NBC is running Identity all this week, with illusionist Penn Jillette as ringmaster.
D-FW's Fox4 news loves it when competing networks hit rerun cycles. It inflates audiences for the station's homegrown 9 p.m. newscast, which had a big night on Tuesday.
Opposite repeats of CSI: NY, Law & Order: SVU and Boston Legal, Fox4 romped to a first place finish in total homes and with the two key advertiser demographics, 25-to-54-year-olds for news and 18-to-49-year-olds for entertainment programming. That just doesn't happen when CBS, NBC and ABC have original episodes of those series.
The big showing by Fox4's 9 p.m. news (190,400 homes) helped put its 10 p.m. newscast in a stronger position than usual. It placed a close third in both homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, easily outpointing CBS11 in both measurements.
Belo8 won the 10 p.m. competition in homes, but lost to NBC5 with 25-to-54-year-olds. It was the opposite outcome at 6 a.m., with the Peacock prevailing in homes but Belo8 taking first in the 25-to-54-year-old subset.
NBC5 also was tops at 6 p.m. in homes, with Fox4 taking the 25-to-54 race. At 5 p.m., Belo8 won in total homes and tied for first with NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
On the entertainment front, NBC's latest big-money game show, Identity, drooped from its strong Monday night premiere. It finished third in homes and second among 18-to-49-year-olds. NBC is running Identity all this week, with illusionist Penn Jillette as ringmaster.
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