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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 12) -- ample audiences for TNT dramas, HR derby

By ED BARK
Cable didn't entirely steal the show from the Big Four broadcast networks Monday night. But TNT and ESPN took some good swings.

The 9 p.m. premiere of TNT's Rizzoli & Isles crime series, co-starring Dallas native Angie Harmon, drew a respectable 142,512 D-FW viewers in beating competition from NBC's Dateline and Fox4's local newscast. And an 8 p.m. new episode of TNT's The Closer had 115,367 viewers, outpointing Fox's Dallas-made The Good Guys and NBC's Last Comic Standing.

On ESPN, the annual pre-All Star game home run derby averaged 135,726 viewers from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

ABC's latest two-hour chunk of The Bachelorette as usual was Monday's top draw, with 264,666 viewers from 7 to 9 p.m. Bachelorette also dominated with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, more than doubling the haul of its closest competitor, CBS' Two and a Half Men rerun.

In local news derby results, WFAA8 topped the 10 p.m. Nielsens in total viewers while NBC5 again won among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming on most stations.

The Peacock also ran first at 6 a.m. in total viewers, but shared the gold with Fox4 in the 25-to-54 demographic.

CBS11 won at 6 p.m. in total viewers, with Fox4 on top with 25-to-54-year-olds. NBC5 ran the table at 5 p.m.
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