Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., April 16) -- big day for WFAA8 news
04/17/12 11:48 AM
By ED BARK
It seemed like old times Monday for WFAA8's local newscasts, which came close to an exceedingly rare double grand slam in the four major four-way competitions.
Buoyed by boffo ratings for a new episode of ABC's Castle, WFAA8 won comfortably at 10 p.m. in both total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. The ABC affiliate also swept the 5 and 6 p.m. faceoffs and tied Fox4 for first place at 6 a.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds.
WFAA8's only loss came in the early morning total viewers measurement, where Fox4 nipped NBC5 for first place with WFAA8 a close third and CBS11 again at the bottom of a ratings quarry.
In Monday's prime-time tallies, two-hour editions of ABC's Dancing with the Stars and NBC's The Voice again traded first-place finishes from 7 to 9 p.m. Dancing won in total D-FW viewers (392,808) while The Voice hummed along with 18-to-49-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for non-news attractions. CBS' resurgent How I Met Your Mother beat the first half-hour of Dancing in this key demographic, but couldn't quite top The Voice.
Castle cruised at 9 p.m. with 318,383 total viewers while likewise rolling to an easy win among 18-to-49-year-olds. After a 7 to 9 p.m. lineup of new comedy episodes, CBS punted with a Hawaii Five-0 repeat at 9 p.m. It ran third in total viewers and fourth with 18-to-49-year-olds; Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast took the silver in both measurements.
On Fox Sports Southwest, the Mavericks' triple overtime loss at Utah stretched until 11:30 p.m. In its final 15 minutes, the game had a peak total viewers audience of 216,771.
It seemed like old times Monday for WFAA8's local newscasts, which came close to an exceedingly rare double grand slam in the four major four-way competitions.
Buoyed by boffo ratings for a new episode of ABC's Castle, WFAA8 won comfortably at 10 p.m. in both total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. The ABC affiliate also swept the 5 and 6 p.m. faceoffs and tied Fox4 for first place at 6 a.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds.
WFAA8's only loss came in the early morning total viewers measurement, where Fox4 nipped NBC5 for first place with WFAA8 a close third and CBS11 again at the bottom of a ratings quarry.
In Monday's prime-time tallies, two-hour editions of ABC's Dancing with the Stars and NBC's The Voice again traded first-place finishes from 7 to 9 p.m. Dancing won in total D-FW viewers (392,808) while The Voice hummed along with 18-to-49-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for non-news attractions. CBS' resurgent How I Met Your Mother beat the first half-hour of Dancing in this key demographic, but couldn't quite top The Voice.
Castle cruised at 9 p.m. with 318,383 total viewers while likewise rolling to an easy win among 18-to-49-year-olds. After a 7 to 9 p.m. lineup of new comedy episodes, CBS punted with a Hawaii Five-0 repeat at 9 p.m. It ran third in total viewers and fourth with 18-to-49-year-olds; Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast took the silver in both measurements.
On Fox Sports Southwest, the Mavericks' triple overtime loss at Utah stretched until 11:30 p.m. In its final 15 minutes, the game had a peak total viewers audience of 216,771.