Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., May 15) -- Big Bang, Grey's are heaviest hitters
05/16/14 10:06 AM
By ED BARK
@unclebarkycom on Twitter
The season finales of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory and ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy came up biggest on an active Thursday night in which the conclusion of NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby re-do capped the Peacock’s biggest bust of the season.
Big Bang amassed 497,091 D-FW viewers to easily rank as the night’s most-watched program. Grey’s, which said farewell to charter cast member Sandra Oh’s Dr. Cristina Yang, won its 8 p.m. hour in a close battle with Fox’s American Idol results hour. Grey’s had 262,748 viewers to Idol’s 241,444.
CBS’ Elementary season-ender won at 9 p.m. with 248,546 viewers.
Among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, the 7 to 10 p.m. winners were Big Bang, the second half of Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen, Grey’s and Elementary.
NBC’s 8 to 10 p.m. closeout of Rosemary’s Baby drew a paltry 49,709 total viewers, with just 19,540 in the 18-to-49 age range. That ranked it last among the Big Four broadcast networks in total viewers and it also ran behind The CW’s 8 p.m. episode of Reign among 18-to-49-year-olds. For NBC, Rosemary’s sat at the bottom end of a remake teeter totter whose high point was a holiday season live telecast of The Sound of Music.
In Thursday’s local news derby results, CBS11 won at 10 p.m. in total viewers while WFAA8 drew the most 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
NBC5 edged Fox4 for first place in total viewers at 6 a.m.; the two stations tied for the top spot among 25-to-54-year-olds.
WFAA8 swept the 6 p.m. competitions, with the total viewers portion a tight fight involving all four stations. At 5 p.m., the golds went to NBC5 in total viewers and Fox4 in the 25-to-54 demographic.
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The season finales of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory and ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy came up biggest on an active Thursday night in which the conclusion of NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby re-do capped the Peacock’s biggest bust of the season.
Big Bang amassed 497,091 D-FW viewers to easily rank as the night’s most-watched program. Grey’s, which said farewell to charter cast member Sandra Oh’s Dr. Cristina Yang, won its 8 p.m. hour in a close battle with Fox’s American Idol results hour. Grey’s had 262,748 viewers to Idol’s 241,444.
CBS’ Elementary season-ender won at 9 p.m. with 248,546 viewers.
Among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, the 7 to 10 p.m. winners were Big Bang, the second half of Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen, Grey’s and Elementary.
NBC’s 8 to 10 p.m. closeout of Rosemary’s Baby drew a paltry 49,709 total viewers, with just 19,540 in the 18-to-49 age range. That ranked it last among the Big Four broadcast networks in total viewers and it also ran behind The CW’s 8 p.m. episode of Reign among 18-to-49-year-olds. For NBC, Rosemary’s sat at the bottom end of a remake teeter totter whose high point was a holiday season live telecast of The Sound of Music.
In Thursday’s local news derby results, CBS11 won at 10 p.m. in total viewers while WFAA8 drew the most 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
NBC5 edged Fox4 for first place in total viewers at 6 a.m.; the two stations tied for the top spot among 25-to-54-year-olds.
WFAA8 swept the 6 p.m. competitions, with the total viewers portion a tight fight involving all four stations. At 5 p.m., the golds went to NBC5 in total viewers and Fox4 in the 25-to-54 demographic.
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