Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Sept. 27) -- newcomer SEAL Team is prime-time's top draw
09/28/17 12:23 PM
By ED BARK
@unclebarkycom on Twitter
The premiere of CBS’ SEAL Team drew an overall older crowd Wednesday, but it was still more than enough to put the military drama at the top of the prime-time class.
David Boreanaz’s latest star turn lured 298,115 D-FW viewers in the 8 p.m. hour, improving on the 239,946 from CBS’ 7 p.m. lead-in, Survivor. Both shows won their time slots in this measurement before CBS’ Criminal Minds fell to second place (174,506 viewers) behind Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast (225,404).
The season premiere of Fox’s Empire, which used to be a juggernaut, ran second at 7 p.m. in total viewers (210,862), barely beating NBC’s competing Blacklist (196,320). But Empire won its slot among advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds with 86,592 viewers while Fox4’s 9 p.m. news had the only time slot sweep with 96,213 viewers in this key demographic.
In the 8 p.m. hour, ABC’s Modern Family won from 8 to 8:30 p.m. in the 18-to-49 realm (67,349 viewers) before the second half of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU took over with 57,728 viewers.
The 9 p.m. season premiere of ABC’s Designated Survivor ran a distant last with 18-to-49-year-olds among the Big Four broadcast networks and nipped NBC’s competing Chicago PD for third place in total viewers.
Here are Wednesday’s four-way local news derby results.
TEGNA8 swept the 10 p.m. competitions in total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 continued to reign at 6 a.m. with twin wins and NBC5 ran the table at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. firsts went to TEGNA8 in total viewers and to Fox4 narrowly over NBC5 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
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The premiere of CBS’ SEAL Team drew an overall older crowd Wednesday, but it was still more than enough to put the military drama at the top of the prime-time class.
David Boreanaz’s latest star turn lured 298,115 D-FW viewers in the 8 p.m. hour, improving on the 239,946 from CBS’ 7 p.m. lead-in, Survivor. Both shows won their time slots in this measurement before CBS’ Criminal Minds fell to second place (174,506 viewers) behind Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast (225,404).
The season premiere of Fox’s Empire, which used to be a juggernaut, ran second at 7 p.m. in total viewers (210,862), barely beating NBC’s competing Blacklist (196,320). But Empire won its slot among advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds with 86,592 viewers while Fox4’s 9 p.m. news had the only time slot sweep with 96,213 viewers in this key demographic.
In the 8 p.m. hour, ABC’s Modern Family won from 8 to 8:30 p.m. in the 18-to-49 realm (67,349 viewers) before the second half of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU took over with 57,728 viewers.
The 9 p.m. season premiere of ABC’s Designated Survivor ran a distant last with 18-to-49-year-olds among the Big Four broadcast networks and nipped NBC’s competing Chicago PD for third place in total viewers.
Here are Wednesday’s four-way local news derby results.
TEGNA8 swept the 10 p.m. competitions in total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 continued to reign at 6 a.m. with twin wins and NBC5 ran the table at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. firsts went to TEGNA8 in total viewers and to Fox4 narrowly over NBC5 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
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