Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., April 29)
04/30/08 09:51 AM
By ED BARK
Last gasping in New Orleans, the Dallas Mavericks ended their season Tuesday night with less than stellar ratings on a combo of TXA21 and TNT.
The local telecast drew 121,780 D-FW homes while 65,031 watched on cable. A not-so-grand total of 186,811 homes was the second smallest crowd for the Mavs' five NBA playoff games. The Game 2 blowout loss to New Orleans drew 165,621 homes. Another Dallas loss, in Game 4, drew the most homes (309,321) during another short but sour run for the NBA title.
With the Mavs on ice, attention turns to the Dallas Stars, who iced San Jose in overtime while playing mostly opposite the Mavs on MY27. The game averaged 72,865 homes, peaking at a nice-sized 129,087 from 9 to 9:15 p.m. That was good enough to outdraw the first 15 minutes of Law & Order: SVU on NBC.
In the prime-time entertainment Nielsens, Fox's American Idol performance show (270,352 homes) ranked No. 1 for the night by a few smidges over ABC's Dancing with the Stars results show (255,738 homes), which evicted former American Pie eyeful Shannon Elizabeth. Meanwhile, contestant Cristian de la Fuente said he'll dance on for his fans despite rupturing a tendon in his biceps earlier this week. Boy, are they gonna milk that.
At 9 p.m., ABC had nice returns for the return of Women's Murder Club, which won the time period in total homes and tied Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast for first among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.
The major four-way news competitions saw NBC5 come down off its early morning ratings high -- for a day at least. WFAA8 won decisively at 6 a.m. in total homes and nipped Fox4 among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock slipped to a distant third in both measurements. WFAA8 now has a slim lead over its two main early morning rivals after the first four weekdays of the May "sweeps."
WFAA8 also cruised to comfortable wins at 10 p.m. in total homes and in the 25-to-54 demo. It added a pair of 6 p.m. victories and ran first in total homes at 5 p.m. WFAA8 and Fox4 shared the lead in that earlier hour among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Last gasping in New Orleans, the Dallas Mavericks ended their season Tuesday night with less than stellar ratings on a combo of TXA21 and TNT.
The local telecast drew 121,780 D-FW homes while 65,031 watched on cable. A not-so-grand total of 186,811 homes was the second smallest crowd for the Mavs' five NBA playoff games. The Game 2 blowout loss to New Orleans drew 165,621 homes. Another Dallas loss, in Game 4, drew the most homes (309,321) during another short but sour run for the NBA title.
With the Mavs on ice, attention turns to the Dallas Stars, who iced San Jose in overtime while playing mostly opposite the Mavs on MY27. The game averaged 72,865 homes, peaking at a nice-sized 129,087 from 9 to 9:15 p.m. That was good enough to outdraw the first 15 minutes of Law & Order: SVU on NBC.
In the prime-time entertainment Nielsens, Fox's American Idol performance show (270,352 homes) ranked No. 1 for the night by a few smidges over ABC's Dancing with the Stars results show (255,738 homes), which evicted former American Pie eyeful Shannon Elizabeth. Meanwhile, contestant Cristian de la Fuente said he'll dance on for his fans despite rupturing a tendon in his biceps earlier this week. Boy, are they gonna milk that.
At 9 p.m., ABC had nice returns for the return of Women's Murder Club, which won the time period in total homes and tied Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast for first among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.
The major four-way news competitions saw NBC5 come down off its early morning ratings high -- for a day at least. WFAA8 won decisively at 6 a.m. in total homes and nipped Fox4 among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock slipped to a distant third in both measurements. WFAA8 now has a slim lead over its two main early morning rivals after the first four weekdays of the May "sweeps."
WFAA8 also cruised to comfortable wins at 10 p.m. in total homes and in the 25-to-54 demo. It added a pair of 6 p.m. victories and ran first in total homes at 5 p.m. WFAA8 and Fox4 shared the lead in that earlier hour among 25-to-54-year-olds.