Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Jan. 6)
01/07/09 10:06 AM
By ED BARK
New episodes of CBS' regularly scheduled crime dramas left a collection of dead opposing shows in Tuesday's prime-time Nielsens.
NCIS, The Mentalist and Without A Trace all won their time slots in total viewers, with NCIS as usual racking up the biggest crowd (438,438 viewers).
But Mentalist and Trace tripped and fell among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with NBC's combo of The Biggest Loser and Law & Order: SVU on top. The second hour of Loser had more 18-to-49-year-olds than any other Tuesday show, weighing in with 178,266.
ABC struggled with the premiere of Homeland Security USA and the network's first two new episodes of Scrubs, which spent its first seven seasons on NBC.
Homeland ran third in both ratings measurements, beating only Fox's repeat of House in the 7 p.m. hour. Scrubs was third in total viewers, ahead of Fox's Fringe rerun. It improved to second among 18-to-49-year-olds with Tuesday's first episode before falling back to third from 8:30 to 9 p.m.
It'll only get worse for ABC next Tuesday, when Fox's American Idol splashes back into play with a two-hour eighth season premiere.
The local news derby at last had something for everyone, with all four major TV news providers claiming at least one first.
WFAA8 again dominated at 10 p.m., winning in total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 took a pair of golds at 6 a.m., in each case nipping the usual frontrunning Fox4.
CBS11 recorded a very rare win at 6 p.m. in total viewers, with WFAA8 on top with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 won at 5 p.m. in total viewers, but NBC5 had the edge in the 25-to-54 age range.
New episodes of CBS' regularly scheduled crime dramas left a collection of dead opposing shows in Tuesday's prime-time Nielsens.
NCIS, The Mentalist and Without A Trace all won their time slots in total viewers, with NCIS as usual racking up the biggest crowd (438,438 viewers).
But Mentalist and Trace tripped and fell among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with NBC's combo of The Biggest Loser and Law & Order: SVU on top. The second hour of Loser had more 18-to-49-year-olds than any other Tuesday show, weighing in with 178,266.
ABC struggled with the premiere of Homeland Security USA and the network's first two new episodes of Scrubs, which spent its first seven seasons on NBC.
Homeland ran third in both ratings measurements, beating only Fox's repeat of House in the 7 p.m. hour. Scrubs was third in total viewers, ahead of Fox's Fringe rerun. It improved to second among 18-to-49-year-olds with Tuesday's first episode before falling back to third from 8:30 to 9 p.m.
It'll only get worse for ABC next Tuesday, when Fox's American Idol splashes back into play with a two-hour eighth season premiere.
The local news derby at last had something for everyone, with all four major TV news providers claiming at least one first.
WFAA8 again dominated at 10 p.m., winning in total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 took a pair of golds at 6 a.m., in each case nipping the usual frontrunning Fox4.
CBS11 recorded a very rare win at 6 p.m. in total viewers, with WFAA8 on top with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 won at 5 p.m. in total viewers, but NBC5 had the edge in the 25-to-54 age range.
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