Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Jan. 23)
01/24/07 12:27 PM
By ED BARK
Lead-in audiences still stir the drink in TV Land. That's why President Bush's State of the Union address drew its largest crowd on Fox Tuesday night despite a big audience fall-off. Here's a telescoped look at the D-FW numbers (Note that Fox4 simulcast the Fox News Channel coverage):
Fox4
Lead-in: American Idol -- 385,560 homes
State of the Union -- 204,680
CBS11
Lead-in: NCIS -- 197,540 homes
State of the Union -- 138,040
NBC5
Lead-in: Dateline -- 109,480 homes
State of the Union -- 97,580
Belo8
Lead-in: America's Funniest Home Videos -- 66,640 homes
State of the Union -- 90,440
Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast also profited Tuesday night, handily winning its time slot opposite a mix of network comedy repeats and the Democratic Party's response.
Over on Fox Sports Southwest, the early starting Dallas Mavericks-Orlando Magic game averaged an audience of 88,060 homes from 6 to 8:30 p.m. That swamped the National Hockey League's All-Star game warmup on the Versus cable network. Its Young Stars & NHL Skills event, held at Dallas' American Airlines Center, drew 7,140 homes.
In the local news derby, NBC5 swept the four major competitions -- 6 a.m. and 5, 6 and 10 p.m. -- among 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock also won in total homes at 6 a.m., but Belo8 had the upper hand at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
Lead-in audiences still stir the drink in TV Land. That's why President Bush's State of the Union address drew its largest crowd on Fox Tuesday night despite a big audience fall-off. Here's a telescoped look at the D-FW numbers (Note that Fox4 simulcast the Fox News Channel coverage):
Fox4
Lead-in: American Idol -- 385,560 homes
State of the Union -- 204,680
CBS11
Lead-in: NCIS -- 197,540 homes
State of the Union -- 138,040
NBC5
Lead-in: Dateline -- 109,480 homes
State of the Union -- 97,580
Belo8
Lead-in: America's Funniest Home Videos -- 66,640 homes
State of the Union -- 90,440
Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast also profited Tuesday night, handily winning its time slot opposite a mix of network comedy repeats and the Democratic Party's response.
Over on Fox Sports Southwest, the early starting Dallas Mavericks-Orlando Magic game averaged an audience of 88,060 homes from 6 to 8:30 p.m. That swamped the National Hockey League's All-Star game warmup on the Versus cable network. Its Young Stars & NHL Skills event, held at Dallas' American Airlines Center, drew 7,140 homes.
In the local news derby, NBC5 swept the four major competitions -- 6 a.m. and 5, 6 and 10 p.m. -- among 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock also won in total homes at 6 a.m., but Belo8 had the upper hand at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
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