Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Sept. 10)
09/11/07 12:16 PM
By ED BARK
Happily tackling broadcast reruns as the fall season nears, ESPN's opening Monday Night Football doubleheader outpointed all competing programs in D-FW.
The opening Bengals-Ravens game averaged 199,719 homes. Then the mostly late night Cardinals-49ers matchup hit on 172,928 homes. Think what the audience might be if the announcing trios for either game weren't so damned annoying. Let's tell "Jaws" (Ron Jaworski) to wire his shut.
Meanwhile, TNT's third season finale of The Closer drew 82,810 total homes from 8 to 9 p.m., beating reruns of both Fox's Prison Break and NBC's Heroes.
The 10:30 p..m. premiere of cheeky Hollywood tattler TMZ on Fox4 ran fourth in total homes with 73,068 of 'em. But it popped up to second place with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, edging both ABC's Nightline and CBS' Late Show with David Letterman.
The local news derby again saw CBS11 squander a substantial 9:45 to 10 p.m. lead-in advantage from a CSI: Miami repeat. Instead Belo8 led the way in total homes but fell to second behind NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. CBS11 ran third in both measurements.
Fox4 won at 6 a.m. in total homes, but Belo8's Daybreak took first by a paper-thin margin in the 25-to-54 demo.
Fox4 turned the tables at 6 p.m., winning with 25-to-54-year-olds while Belo8 was tops in total homes.
NBC5 won in both measurements at 5 p.m.
Happily tackling broadcast reruns as the fall season nears, ESPN's opening Monday Night Football doubleheader outpointed all competing programs in D-FW.
The opening Bengals-Ravens game averaged 199,719 homes. Then the mostly late night Cardinals-49ers matchup hit on 172,928 homes. Think what the audience might be if the announcing trios for either game weren't so damned annoying. Let's tell "Jaws" (Ron Jaworski) to wire his shut.
Meanwhile, TNT's third season finale of The Closer drew 82,810 total homes from 8 to 9 p.m., beating reruns of both Fox's Prison Break and NBC's Heroes.
The 10:30 p..m. premiere of cheeky Hollywood tattler TMZ on Fox4 ran fourth in total homes with 73,068 of 'em. But it popped up to second place with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, edging both ABC's Nightline and CBS' Late Show with David Letterman.
The local news derby again saw CBS11 squander a substantial 9:45 to 10 p.m. lead-in advantage from a CSI: Miami repeat. Instead Belo8 led the way in total homes but fell to second behind NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. CBS11 ran third in both measurements.
Fox4 won at 6 a.m. in total homes, but Belo8's Daybreak took first by a paper-thin margin in the 25-to-54 demo.
Fox4 turned the tables at 6 p.m., winning with 25-to-54-year-olds while Belo8 was tops in total homes.
NBC5 won in both measurements at 5 p.m.
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