Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., June 9) -- hockey's grand finale gets cold shoulder
06/10/10 09:55 AM
By ED BARK
NBC already is bragging about the best national ratings for any Stanley Cup clincher in 36 years, dating to the 1974 finale between Philadelphia and Boston.
In D-FW, though, the Chicago Blackhawks' first NHL title since 1961 couldn't even outdraw a repeat of ABC's Cougar Town. But hey, Chicago's overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers did beat a new 9 p.m. episode of ABC's canceled Happy Town. A sis a boom a bah.
The climactic NHL game of the season averaged 74,649 total viewers in a viewing area of 6.8 million. The brief overtime period, with Chicago winning on a semi-phantom goal in which the puck got stuck in the net, spilled into the early minutes of 10 p.m. local newscasts. That portion of the game had a high of 115,367 viewers, still not good enough to beat any of the three newscasts in play.
Hockey perked up a bit among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, though. The game outdrew Cougar Town/Happy Town, Fox4's 9 p.m. newscast and a rerun of CBS' CSI: NY in that key demographic. And the overtime portion tied WFAA8's 10 p.m. newscast for second place behind Fox4's late night edition.
Another two-hour edition of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance (which will have no North Texas finalists) ran first among 18-to-49-year-olds from 7 to 8 p.m. before a repeat of CBS' Criminal Minds took over. Hockey then had the 9 to 10 p.m. win.
In Wednesday's local news derby results, WFAA8 swept the three-way 10 p.m. competition in total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 added another pair of 6 a.m. wins and also ran the table at 5 p.m.
WFAA8 and CBS11 tied for first at 6 p.m. in total viewers, with WFAA8 winning outright among 25-to-54-year-olds.
NBC already is bragging about the best national ratings for any Stanley Cup clincher in 36 years, dating to the 1974 finale between Philadelphia and Boston.
In D-FW, though, the Chicago Blackhawks' first NHL title since 1961 couldn't even outdraw a repeat of ABC's Cougar Town. But hey, Chicago's overtime win over the Philadelphia Flyers did beat a new 9 p.m. episode of ABC's canceled Happy Town. A sis a boom a bah.
The climactic NHL game of the season averaged 74,649 total viewers in a viewing area of 6.8 million. The brief overtime period, with Chicago winning on a semi-phantom goal in which the puck got stuck in the net, spilled into the early minutes of 10 p.m. local newscasts. That portion of the game had a high of 115,367 viewers, still not good enough to beat any of the three newscasts in play.
Hockey perked up a bit among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, though. The game outdrew Cougar Town/Happy Town, Fox4's 9 p.m. newscast and a rerun of CBS' CSI: NY in that key demographic. And the overtime portion tied WFAA8's 10 p.m. newscast for second place behind Fox4's late night edition.
Another two-hour edition of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance (which will have no North Texas finalists) ran first among 18-to-49-year-olds from 7 to 8 p.m. before a repeat of CBS' Criminal Minds took over. Hockey then had the 9 to 10 p.m. win.
In Wednesday's local news derby results, WFAA8 swept the three-way 10 p.m. competition in total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 added another pair of 6 a.m. wins and also ran the table at 5 p.m.
WFAA8 and CBS11 tied for first at 6 p.m. in total viewers, with WFAA8 winning outright among 25-to-54-year-olds.
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