Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., April 17)
04/18/07 10:28 AM
By ED BARK
American Idol and Dancing with the Stars dominated as usual Tuesday night, but so did ABC's Prime Time Live special on the mass murders at Virginia Tech University.
Fox's latest Idol performance show drew 340,030 homes, more than doubling the audience for its closest competitor (CBS' NCIS with 166,600 homes).
Then it was Dancing's turn at 8 p.m., with the ABC show amassing 321,300 homes to thump Fox's competing House (207,060).
A 9 p.m. edition of Prime Time Live held most of Dancing's audience. Its 295,210 homes almost doubled up on Fox4's local newscast (154,700).
Dancing's audience remains sharply split along gender lines among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds. Here's the breakdown:
18-to-49-Year-Old Women
Dancing -- 123,647
House -- 77,851
The Unit (CBS) -- 30,530
18-to-49-Year-Old Men
The Unit -- 73,790
Dancing -- 59,660
House -- 40,820
In the sports arena, the Dallas Mavericks as always led the way. The team's late night, lopsided loss to Golden State on TXA21 averaged 126,140 homes and tied American Idol as Tuesday's most-watched attraction among 18-to-49-year-old males.
The Dallas Stars' Stanley Cup playoff loss to Vancouver managed 54,307 homes while the Texas Rangers' win against the White Sox had 38,080 homes on Fox Sports Southwest.
For the second straight day, Belo8 nearly pulled off a rare, magical, double grand slam in the primary local news wars.
The ABC station won at 6 a.m. and at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. But NBC5 took first place at 6 a.m. in homes, with Belo8 sweeping the other competitions.
The four-week May sweeps, TV's last big battleground of the 2006-'07 season, starts on Thursday, April 26.
American Idol and Dancing with the Stars dominated as usual Tuesday night, but so did ABC's Prime Time Live special on the mass murders at Virginia Tech University.
Fox's latest Idol performance show drew 340,030 homes, more than doubling the audience for its closest competitor (CBS' NCIS with 166,600 homes).
Then it was Dancing's turn at 8 p.m., with the ABC show amassing 321,300 homes to thump Fox's competing House (207,060).
A 9 p.m. edition of Prime Time Live held most of Dancing's audience. Its 295,210 homes almost doubled up on Fox4's local newscast (154,700).
Dancing's audience remains sharply split along gender lines among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds. Here's the breakdown:
18-to-49-Year-Old Women
Dancing -- 123,647
House -- 77,851
The Unit (CBS) -- 30,530
18-to-49-Year-Old Men
The Unit -- 73,790
Dancing -- 59,660
House -- 40,820
In the sports arena, the Dallas Mavericks as always led the way. The team's late night, lopsided loss to Golden State on TXA21 averaged 126,140 homes and tied American Idol as Tuesday's most-watched attraction among 18-to-49-year-old males.
The Dallas Stars' Stanley Cup playoff loss to Vancouver managed 54,307 homes while the Texas Rangers' win against the White Sox had 38,080 homes on Fox Sports Southwest.
For the second straight day, Belo8 nearly pulled off a rare, magical, double grand slam in the primary local news wars.
The ABC station won at 6 a.m. and at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. But NBC5 took first place at 6 a.m. in homes, with Belo8 sweeping the other competitions.
The four-week May sweeps, TV's last big battleground of the 2006-'07 season, starts on Thursday, April 26.
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