Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs.-Sun., July 4-7) -- World Cup soccer brunch serves up an Eggs Benedict
07/08/19 11:33 AM
By ED BARK
@unclebarkycom on Twitter
Fox was served well by the U.S. women’s Sunday brunch soccer win over the Netherlands to win their second straight World Cup.
The match, which ran from 10 to 11:54 a.m., averaged 449,875 D-FW viewers, with a peak crowd of 534,227 for the closing minutes. A decent-sized percentage -- 178,133 -- were within the advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old age range.
Both totals easily ranked as Sunday’s high points. ABC’s 7 p.m. episode of Celebrity Family Feud ranked second in both total viewers (189,791) and with 18-to-49ers (63,403).
OK, let’s rewind back to the Fourth of July, where NBC’s prime-time presentation of the Macy’s Fireworks show fizzled in the face of Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast. It was the day’s top draw in total viewers with 147,615 and also ranked No. 1 in the 18-to-49 demographic (45,288).
ABC’s 7 p.m. edition of Steph Curry’s Holey Moley miniature golf game show spent the night in the rough with 49,205 total viewers and just 6,038 within the 18-to-49 motherlode. But the network’s 9 p.m. hour of Reef Break in comparison drove into the ratings fairway with 112,469 total viewers and 24,154 in the 18-to-49 realm.
We won’t bother with the local news derby results because holiday exemptions were mostly in play. Only WFAA8 played for keeps on both July 4th and 5th.
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@unclebarkycom on Twitter
Fox was served well by the U.S. women’s Sunday brunch soccer win over the Netherlands to win their second straight World Cup.
The match, which ran from 10 to 11:54 a.m., averaged 449,875 D-FW viewers, with a peak crowd of 534,227 for the closing minutes. A decent-sized percentage -- 178,133 -- were within the advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old age range.
Both totals easily ranked as Sunday’s high points. ABC’s 7 p.m. episode of Celebrity Family Feud ranked second in both total viewers (189,791) and with 18-to-49ers (63,403).
OK, let’s rewind back to the Fourth of July, where NBC’s prime-time presentation of the Macy’s Fireworks show fizzled in the face of Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast. It was the day’s top draw in total viewers with 147,615 and also ranked No. 1 in the 18-to-49 demographic (45,288).
ABC’s 7 p.m. edition of Steph Curry’s Holey Moley miniature golf game show spent the night in the rough with 49,205 total viewers and just 6,038 within the 18-to-49 motherlode. But the network’s 9 p.m. hour of Reef Break in comparison drove into the ratings fairway with 112,469 total viewers and 24,154 in the 18-to-49 realm.
We won’t bother with the local news derby results because holiday exemptions were mostly in play. Only WFAA8 played for keeps on both July 4th and 5th.
Email comments or questions to: unclebarky@verizon.net