Jan 2007
Earning another stripe: Mr. Peppermint gets to be 80
01/31/07 06:58 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
Jerry Haynes, best known in these
parts as candy-striped Mr. Peppermint, hit 80 years
of age Wednesday (Jan. 31). For a cool interview with
him by Unfair Park's Robert Wilonsky, go here.
My own memories of Jerry are colored by his numerous roles in made-for-TV movies, including stellar work as no good "Uncle Jimmy" in 1986's Houston: The Legend of Texas. Take a look at his voluminous list of credits!
So a belated happy birthday, Jerry. Here's to ya and long live Mr. Peppermint in this vintage clip:
Ed Bark
My own memories of Jerry are colored by his numerous roles in made-for-TV movies, including stellar work as no good "Uncle Jimmy" in 1986's Houston: The Legend of Texas. Take a look at his voluminous list of credits!
So a belated happy birthday, Jerry. Here's to ya and long live Mr. Peppermint in this vintage clip:
Ed Bark
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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Jan. 30)
01/31/07 02:25 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Pun intended. Fox's Tuesday night ratings are blazing like a House afire.
The return of its dark-mooded doc, paired with another bad audition-pocked episode of American Idol, gave Fox an unambiguously unbeatable duo both locally and nationally.
In the country at large, House drew its largest audience ever and also became the most-watched scripted telecast of this season on any network. And Idol continued to outpace last season's record-setting fifth edition.
The D-FW haul for Idol led Fox4 to a sweep of the prime-time ratings. That included another timeslot win for the station's local 9 p.m. newscast, which has been feeding off bounteous lead-in audiences in January.
Idol's auditions from Birmingham, Ala. set the table with 376,040 homes, well more than twice the audience for 7 p.m. runnerup NCIS (147,560 homes). It was even less of a contest among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with Idol bringing in 258,000 of 'em to squash CW33's second place Gilmore Girls (72,000).
Even grandma and grandpa are kickin' with Idol, although it was a pretty close race for the roses with NCIS. Among D-FWians 55 years and older, Idol had a 10.9 Nielsen rating (174,400 viewers) to beat back NCIS (147,200).
House also won across the board, with its 302,260 homes doubling up on CBS' competing The Unit (133,280 homes). Fox4's 9 p.m. news then caught the wave with 223,720 homes, outpointing ABC's runnerup Boston Legal (190,400).
The Dallas Mavericks-Seattle Sonics game on Fox Sports Southwest fared decently against all the high-powered Fox attractions, averaging a respectable 123,760 homes.
The four-way local news wars again gave three stations some reason to celebrate while CBS11 typically watched paint peel.
Belo8 won at 10 p.m. in total homes but trailed NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock prevailed at 6 a.m. in homes while Fox4 took the 25-to-54 crown. Belo8 swept the 5 and 6 p.m. competitions in both ratings measurements.
Pun intended. Fox's Tuesday night ratings are blazing like a House afire.
The return of its dark-mooded doc, paired with another bad audition-pocked episode of American Idol, gave Fox an unambiguously unbeatable duo both locally and nationally.
In the country at large, House drew its largest audience ever and also became the most-watched scripted telecast of this season on any network. And Idol continued to outpace last season's record-setting fifth edition.
The D-FW haul for Idol led Fox4 to a sweep of the prime-time ratings. That included another timeslot win for the station's local 9 p.m. newscast, which has been feeding off bounteous lead-in audiences in January.
Idol's auditions from Birmingham, Ala. set the table with 376,040 homes, well more than twice the audience for 7 p.m. runnerup NCIS (147,560 homes). It was even less of a contest among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with Idol bringing in 258,000 of 'em to squash CW33's second place Gilmore Girls (72,000).
Even grandma and grandpa are kickin' with Idol, although it was a pretty close race for the roses with NCIS. Among D-FWians 55 years and older, Idol had a 10.9 Nielsen rating (174,400 viewers) to beat back NCIS (147,200).
House also won across the board, with its 302,260 homes doubling up on CBS' competing The Unit (133,280 homes). Fox4's 9 p.m. news then caught the wave with 223,720 homes, outpointing ABC's runnerup Boston Legal (190,400).
The Dallas Mavericks-Seattle Sonics game on Fox Sports Southwest fared decently against all the high-powered Fox attractions, averaging a respectable 123,760 homes.
The four-way local news wars again gave three stations some reason to celebrate while CBS11 typically watched paint peel.
Belo8 won at 10 p.m. in total homes but trailed NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock prevailed at 6 a.m. in homes while Fox4 took the 25-to-54 crown. Belo8 swept the 5 and 6 p.m. competitions in both ratings measurements.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Jan. 29)
01/30/07 04:03 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Heroes remained hot in head-to-head 8 p.m. competition with 24 Monday. Still, D-FW's most-watched program overall was Deal or No Deal, which drew 252,280 total homes compared to Heroes' 209,440 and 24's 171,360.
Heroes is NBC's demographic darling, though, whipping all comers Monday among 25-to-54-year-olds, 18-to-49-year-olds and 18-to-34-year-olds. CSI: Miami, usually a formidable player with those audiences, was in reruns along with the rest of CBS' Monday night lineup. Here's a telescoped playback:
25-54
Heroes -- 203,770
Deal or No Deal -- 149,240
24 -- 114,800
18-49
Heroes -- 180,000
24 -- 111,000
Deal or No Deal -- 108,000
18-34
Heroes -- 80,325
24 -- 46,589
Deal or No Deal -- 40,163
NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip continued to struggle at 9 p.m., finishing fourth in homes, 25-54 and 18-49. It got much worse among 18-to-34-year-olds, where Studio 60 plunged to 6th place, even trailing CW33's local newscast.
Fox4's 9 p.m. news had another big night, finishing first in both homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds in that time slot. It also placed a close second, behind CSI: Miami, in the battle for 25-to-54-year-olds.
In the daily four-way local news derbies, NBC5 and Belo8 tied in homes at 10 p.m. But the Peacock easily prevailed with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
Fox4's Good Day had twin wins at 6 a.m. while Belo8 did likewise at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. spoils were split between Belo8 (homes) and NBC5 (25-54).
Heroes remained hot in head-to-head 8 p.m. competition with 24 Monday. Still, D-FW's most-watched program overall was Deal or No Deal, which drew 252,280 total homes compared to Heroes' 209,440 and 24's 171,360.
Heroes is NBC's demographic darling, though, whipping all comers Monday among 25-to-54-year-olds, 18-to-49-year-olds and 18-to-34-year-olds. CSI: Miami, usually a formidable player with those audiences, was in reruns along with the rest of CBS' Monday night lineup. Here's a telescoped playback:
25-54
Heroes -- 203,770
Deal or No Deal -- 149,240
24 -- 114,800
18-49
Heroes -- 180,000
24 -- 111,000
Deal or No Deal -- 108,000
18-34
Heroes -- 80,325
24 -- 46,589
Deal or No Deal -- 40,163
NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip continued to struggle at 9 p.m., finishing fourth in homes, 25-54 and 18-49. It got much worse among 18-to-34-year-olds, where Studio 60 plunged to 6th place, even trailing CW33's local newscast.
Fox4's 9 p.m. news had another big night, finishing first in both homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds in that time slot. It also placed a close second, behind CSI: Miami, in the battle for 25-to-54-year-olds.
In the daily four-way local news derbies, NBC5 and Belo8 tied in homes at 10 p.m. But the Peacock easily prevailed with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
Fox4's Good Day had twin wins at 6 a.m. while Belo8 did likewise at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. spoils were split between Belo8 (homes) and NBC5 (25-54).
Glass menagerie: Anchors at a loss in
Daybreak's new Victory Park digs
01/29/07 06:06 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Looking fetchingly lonely in the pitch dark of another early Dallas morn, Belo8's shimmering new Victory Park studios entered Week 4 Monday.
Its resident glimmer twins, Justin Farmer and Jackie Hyland, seemed happily under glass, bantering with almost shocking ineptitude on a remixed Daybreak that actually looks as though it's going to be a ratings gamer during the fast-approaching February "sweeps."
Watching the full two hours, from 5 to 7 a.m., can leave one bothered and bewildered, but certainly not bewitched.
Holdover weatherman Greg Fields clearly has been ordered to serve himself sunny side up. He used to be acceptably agreeable, but now he's almost Tickle Me Elmo. Incumbent traffic stopper Alexa Conomos likewise is in heavy makeover mode, a Belo babe in the grand tradition of -- well, that didn't use to matter.
Both are capable, though, and neither is the problem. It's the relative newcomers, Farmer and Hyland, who make one wonder whether the show's new transparent surroundings are accentuating their glaring transparencies. Or maybe it's just a consultant telling them to dumb it down a bit 'cause that's what works in the age of YouTube and Kevin Federline Super Bowl commercials.
OK, it was just one day, although it seemed all too indicative of the two anchors' everyday approach. Early on came a story about brave Perky the female duck, who battled back from gunshot wounds and being pronounced dead.
"He's a cute little guy, too," opined Hyland, who at least might have been expected to get the gender right, but didn't. "Really cute little ducky."
She and Farmer were only warming up. Hyland dutifully touted all the Screen Actors Guild awards her home network, ABC, had won Sunday night, including an acting trophy for Chandra Wilson of Grey's Anatomy. She had the line of the night during her acceptance speech, telling the nation, "It's about those 10 cast members sittin' over there, and the one in rehab."
She referred to Grey's regular Isaiah Washington's "recent homophobic outburst," Hyland said a little too cheerily. Then Farmer plowed in with a very odd query that made him appear to be either brain-dead -- or brain-dead.
"So they keep mentioning this guy," he told Hyland. "Do you think that they're just trying to make fun of this show, that it's really not that big of a deal? Or are they sort of just putting him out there alone?"
Say what? Hyland, not the sharpest tack at her very best, responded with a studied, "I'm not sure."
"How do you read that?" Farmer pressed.
"I don't know. I really can't, I can't get a good grasp on that one."
Farmer tried to get a grip. "As long as people keep watching it, right?"
Hyland knew how to answer that one, all right. "Exactly," she said. "It's a great show, that's for sure."
The Daybreak show itself was very light on staff-generated reporting Monday. Cynthia Vega, the only correspondent out and about, reported live three times from the construction-hampered Wycliff toll plaza, where motorists will be allowed to drive through without a toll tag and be billed later.
Synergy also was in full swing, with six different references to Sunday's "exclusive" report on DISD credit card misuses in the Belo-owned Dallas Morning News. Shill better here.
A story on mandatory downtown parking lot beautification ended with Farmer twitting Hyland for being "excited" when she first heard about the project.
"Why not?" she lamely riffed back. "Ya know, it's nice to hang out in the parking lot. Are you . . .?"
While Hyland threw up her hands, Farmer ad libbed another wiffle ball. "No, I'm serious," he said. "You can't have a concrete town, can you, Leslie?"
Um, it's Alexa.
Former Daybreak co-anchor Debbie Denmon, bounced in favor of Hyland, then had a little smidgen of a story on longtime KKDA (104.5 FM) morning drive personality Nanette Lee, who "has been silenced about her departure -- until now," Farmer intoned.
Lee hardly spilled the beans, telling Denmon that KKDA had decided to go "in a different direction." Viewers then were told to get the rest of the story on Belo8's website.
(We pause briefly to note that Belo8 admonishing a station for not letting someone say goodbye is the height of hypocrisy at a corporation that squelched former DMN book critic Jerome Weeks' very civil, non-accusatory farewell column on grounds that were never explained. Many of us didn't bother trying, knowing that management wouldn't tolerate anything within shouting distance of the real truth.)
OK, back to the center ring attraction, where things really got screwy during Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts' live promotional segment on Monday's stories. At the end of it, Farmer volunteered, "I had a dream recently. Jackie and I were in separate beds, of course. But we had our own beds in the newsroom. And our boss was saying, 'You guys can't be that comfortable. Get out of bed!' "
Roberts literally didn't know what to say, stammering for a good five seconds before Farmer added, "Don't turn it into something it's not."
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no," Roberts managed. "But you need the nap. Or something."
Maybe a sedative.
We'll put this column to bed with Farmer's viewer advisory near show's end, when he touted free samples of "the Colonel's crispy 'streeps.' "
"Mmm, sounds good," Hyland chirped on cue before Farmer peeped, "Chicken strips, all right?"
Daybreak otherwise is served scrambled.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., Jan.
26-28)
01/29/07 02:42 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Those old-school Hallmark Hall of Fame movies can still fill up a ratings scorecard.
Sunday night's rarity, The Valley of Light on CBS, corralled 273,700 homes in D-FW to easily win the 8 to 10 p.m. time slot and also rank as the most-watched program of the day. It helped that ABC's Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters were in repeats. But Valley handily beat competing first-run episodes of NBC's The Apprentice (168,980 homes) and Crossing Jordan (123,760).
Although not nearly the phenomenon it once was, The Apprentice did improve significantly over NBC's preceding two-hour live presentation of Grease: You're the One That I Want. It wasn't, drawing a strictly off-Broadway 99,960 homes in D-FW to finish a simpering third from 6 to 8 p.m.
At high noon Sunday, many of you should have been watching Uncle Barky's alma mater Wisconsin Badgers extend their winning streak to a nation-leading 17 games with a win on Iowa's home court. But you weren't. The No. 2-ranked Badgers and that other team pulled in just 11,900 homes on CBS against the competing Suns-Cavaliers contest on ABC (102,340 homes).
Friday's local news wars wins again were split between Belo8 and NBC5.
The Peacock won at 10 p.m. in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. NBC5 also notched a 6 a.m. victory in homes, but Belo8 inched past Fox4 by one-one hundredth of a rating point among 25-to-54-year-olds. Belo8 won on both ratings scorecards at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Those old-school Hallmark Hall of Fame movies can still fill up a ratings scorecard.
Sunday night's rarity, The Valley of Light on CBS, corralled 273,700 homes in D-FW to easily win the 8 to 10 p.m. time slot and also rank as the most-watched program of the day. It helped that ABC's Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters were in repeats. But Valley handily beat competing first-run episodes of NBC's The Apprentice (168,980 homes) and Crossing Jordan (123,760).
Although not nearly the phenomenon it once was, The Apprentice did improve significantly over NBC's preceding two-hour live presentation of Grease: You're the One That I Want. It wasn't, drawing a strictly off-Broadway 99,960 homes in D-FW to finish a simpering third from 6 to 8 p.m.
At high noon Sunday, many of you should have been watching Uncle Barky's alma mater Wisconsin Badgers extend their winning streak to a nation-leading 17 games with a win on Iowa's home court. But you weren't. The No. 2-ranked Badgers and that other team pulled in just 11,900 homes on CBS against the competing Suns-Cavaliers contest on ABC (102,340 homes).
Friday's local news wars wins again were split between Belo8 and NBC5.
The Peacock won at 10 p.m. in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. NBC5 also notched a 6 a.m. victory in homes, but Belo8 inched past Fox4 by one-one hundredth of a rating point among 25-to-54-year-olds. Belo8 won on both ratings scorecards at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Gordo's ready for his closeups. How 'bout you?
01/26/07 05:15 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Comes the news, first reported on FrontBurner, that The Ticket's own Gordon Keith will be getting his own show next month on KFWD-TV (Channel 52).
Last seen panhandling in El Paso, Keith will be teaming with fun-loving Belo Corp., which has a "strategic alliance" with Ch. 52 and also owns WFAA-TV (Channel 8), The Dallas Morning News and Quick, for which he writes a weekly column.
Otherwise heard on The Ticket's (1310 AM) Dunham and Miller morning drive show, Keith can be seen at the midnight hour on Thursdays, beginning Feb. 15. Or so he says here.
Earlier in his pathetic, er, peripatetic career, Keith was a featured attraction on Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban's wild-eyed latenight TV show. There the veteran funnyman became best known for the tagline, "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss your brains goodbye." Actually he stole that one from Howard Hesseman, who made that observation while introducing the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on a vintage People's Choice Awards show. True story.
Keith, whose observational humor has been compared to the disease Ricketts, can be relied on to bring a light Gallagher touch to his new TV endeavor. As a longtime admirer of his work, Uncle Barky says, "Break a leg -- and make it a compound fracture!"
But we kid Gordon Keith, also known as the Red Buttons of D-FW. In reality he's long been too big for this town. But then so was Colby Donaldson.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Jan. 25)
01/26/07 10:40 AM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
This used to be a contest, but no more. At least not in D-FW.
Firstrun episodes of ABC's Grey's Anatomy and CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation collided again at 8 p.m. Thursday. The Gus Grissom-less forensics experts are still mopping blood off their show. Grey's had a 19.2 Nielsen rating (456,960 homes), besting American Idol's Wednesday night haul by 9,520 homes. CSI's 8.8 rating equals 209,440 homes, less than half the audience for Grey's.
It's much closer nationwide, where where Grey's averaged a 15.2 rating in the preliminary Nielsens compared to CSI's 13.5.
Elsewhere, the Fox network's new 10 a.m. Morning Show with Mike & Juliet so far is laying an egg locally. This week's Monday through Thursday editions averaged just 13,685 homes, with Thursday's show sinking to a rock-bottom 4,760 homes. The time slot leader is ABC's The View, which had 76,160 homes on Thursday.
The day's local news wars were dominated by Belo8, which scored big with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming. The ABC station swept the 6 a.m. and 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts in that demo. It also won at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. in total homes. Fox4 prevented a double grand slam by winning at 6 a.m. in homes.
The February "sweeps" start on Thursday, Feb. 1, with close races again likely at 6 a.m. and 6 and 10 p.m. Belo8 looks like a lock at 5 p.m. in both audience measurements.
Unclebarky.com again will provide daily in-depth looks at the 10 p.m. wars, beginning next Friday (Feb. 2). Prepare yourselves for a no-holds-barred barrage of purse snatchings, "smash and grabs" and wacko medical alerts.
This used to be a contest, but no more. At least not in D-FW.
Firstrun episodes of ABC's Grey's Anatomy and CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation collided again at 8 p.m. Thursday. The Gus Grissom-less forensics experts are still mopping blood off their show. Grey's had a 19.2 Nielsen rating (456,960 homes), besting American Idol's Wednesday night haul by 9,520 homes. CSI's 8.8 rating equals 209,440 homes, less than half the audience for Grey's.
It's much closer nationwide, where where Grey's averaged a 15.2 rating in the preliminary Nielsens compared to CSI's 13.5.
Elsewhere, the Fox network's new 10 a.m. Morning Show with Mike & Juliet so far is laying an egg locally. This week's Monday through Thursday editions averaged just 13,685 homes, with Thursday's show sinking to a rock-bottom 4,760 homes. The time slot leader is ABC's The View, which had 76,160 homes on Thursday.
The day's local news wars were dominated by Belo8, which scored big with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming. The ABC station swept the 6 a.m. and 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts in that demo. It also won at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. in total homes. Fox4 prevented a double grand slam by winning at 6 a.m. in homes.
The February "sweeps" start on Thursday, Feb. 1, with close races again likely at 6 a.m. and 6 and 10 p.m. Belo8 looks like a lock at 5 p.m. in both audience measurements.
Unclebarky.com again will provide daily in-depth looks at the 10 p.m. wars, beginning next Friday (Feb. 2). Prepare yourselves for a no-holds-barred barrage of purse snatchings, "smash and grabs" and wacko medical alerts.
Bling-le bells
01/25/07 09:44 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
"Neon" Deion Sanders has seen the light. The former Dallas Cowboys cornerback will be in a giving mood when he teams with TXA 21 news for weekly Sunday night segments called SandersClaus
Sanders says in a news release that his reach-out effort is "a part of my calling to provoke change . . . I've come to the realization that pain, suffering and need know no ethnicity, demographic or financial status.
"The station's "First in Prime" Sunday night newscast will "profile a deserving local individual or family with considerable needs and then reveal how Deion and TXA 21 were able to partner with Dallas/Fort Worth companies to meet those needs."
Potential recipients can be nominated online here.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Jan. 24)
01/25/07 02:50 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Idol worship remains epidemic in D-FW -- and anywhere else for that matter.
Wednesday's two-hour edition, built around New York auditions, amassed an average of 447,440 homes from 7 to 9 p.m. That gave Fox a better than three-to-one audience advantage over the closest competitor, NBC's Deal or No Deal (130,900 homes from 8 to 9 p.m.).
It was even more of a slaughterhouse among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds. Idol drew 381,000 of 'em, almost five times the number for runnerup D or No D (78,000).
Another excellent episode of NBC's Friday Night Lights paid the price, but did manage an overall second place finish in homes (102,340) from 7 to 8 p.m.
Idol's tailwind again propelled Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast to a time slot win against network programming, including CBS' CSI: NY.
Wednesday night's NHL All-Star game, which originated from Dallas' American Airlines Center, lured 11,900 homes locally to cable's little-known Versus network.
Fox4's early morning Good Day also benefited from having a promo during Idol. It edged NBC5 at 6 a.m. in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock retaliated with wins in both ratings measurements at 10 p.m. and 6 p.m. Belo8 as usual turned the same trick at 5 p.m.
Idol worship remains epidemic in D-FW -- and anywhere else for that matter.
Wednesday's two-hour edition, built around New York auditions, amassed an average of 447,440 homes from 7 to 9 p.m. That gave Fox a better than three-to-one audience advantage over the closest competitor, NBC's Deal or No Deal (130,900 homes from 8 to 9 p.m.).
It was even more of a slaughterhouse among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds. Idol drew 381,000 of 'em, almost five times the number for runnerup D or No D (78,000).
Another excellent episode of NBC's Friday Night Lights paid the price, but did manage an overall second place finish in homes (102,340) from 7 to 8 p.m.
Idol's tailwind again propelled Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast to a time slot win against network programming, including CBS' CSI: NY.
Wednesday night's NHL All-Star game, which originated from Dallas' American Airlines Center, lured 11,900 homes locally to cable's little-known Versus network.
Fox4's early morning Good Day also benefited from having a promo during Idol. It edged NBC5 at 6 a.m. in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock retaliated with wins in both ratings measurements at 10 p.m. and 6 p.m. Belo8 as usual turned the same trick at 5 p.m.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Jan. 23)
01/24/07 12:27 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Lead-in audiences still stir the drink in TV Land. That's why President Bush's State of the Union address drew its largest crowd on Fox Tuesday night despite a big audience fall-off. Here's a telescoped look at the D-FW numbers (Note that Fox4 simulcast the Fox News Channel coverage):
Fox4
Lead-in: American Idol -- 385,560 homes
State of the Union -- 204,680
CBS11
Lead-in: NCIS -- 197,540 homes
State of the Union -- 138,040
NBC5
Lead-in: Dateline -- 109,480 homes
State of the Union -- 97,580
Belo8
Lead-in: America's Funniest Home Videos -- 66,640 homes
State of the Union -- 90,440
Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast also profited Tuesday night, handily winning its time slot opposite a mix of network comedy repeats and the Democratic Party's response.
Over on Fox Sports Southwest, the early starting Dallas Mavericks-Orlando Magic game averaged an audience of 88,060 homes from 6 to 8:30 p.m. That swamped the National Hockey League's All-Star game warmup on the Versus cable network. Its Young Stars & NHL Skills event, held at Dallas' American Airlines Center, drew 7,140 homes.
In the local news derby, NBC5 swept the four major competitions -- 6 a.m. and 5, 6 and 10 p.m. -- among 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock also won in total homes at 6 a.m., but Belo8 had the upper hand at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
Lead-in audiences still stir the drink in TV Land. That's why President Bush's State of the Union address drew its largest crowd on Fox Tuesday night despite a big audience fall-off. Here's a telescoped look at the D-FW numbers (Note that Fox4 simulcast the Fox News Channel coverage):
Fox4
Lead-in: American Idol -- 385,560 homes
State of the Union -- 204,680
CBS11
Lead-in: NCIS -- 197,540 homes
State of the Union -- 138,040
NBC5
Lead-in: Dateline -- 109,480 homes
State of the Union -- 97,580
Belo8
Lead-in: America's Funniest Home Videos -- 66,640 homes
State of the Union -- 90,440
Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast also profited Tuesday night, handily winning its time slot opposite a mix of network comedy repeats and the Democratic Party's response.
Over on Fox Sports Southwest, the early starting Dallas Mavericks-Orlando Magic game averaged an audience of 88,060 homes from 6 to 8:30 p.m. That swamped the National Hockey League's All-Star game warmup on the Versus cable network. Its Young Stars & NHL Skills event, held at Dallas' American Airlines Center, drew 7,140 homes.
In the local news derby, NBC5 swept the four major competitions -- 6 a.m. and 5, 6 and 10 p.m. -- among 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target audience for news programming.
The Peacock also won in total homes at 6 a.m., but Belo8 had the upper hand at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Jan. 22)
01/23/07 11:24 AM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Heroes continued to perform heroically for NBC after a lengthy hiatus while D-FW audiences for Fox's 24 and Prison Break were perplexingly low.
The Peacock's breakout freshman hit drew 247,520 homes to win its 8 to 9 p.m. slot opposite CBS' runnerup comedy combo of Two and a Half Men and Old Christine and third-place 24. But Heroes was more impressive among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds while 24 lagged behind even ABC's Supernanny. Here's a telescoped look at how the shows played locally with this key demographic:
Heroes -- 201,000 (6.7 Nielsen rating)
Two and a Half Men -- 144,000 (4.8 rating)
Old Christine -- 102,000 (3.4 rating)
Supernanny -- 96,000 (3.2 rating)
24 -- 90,000 (3.0 rating)
The lackluster showing in D-FW doesn't reflect national ratings for 24, which had a much stronger 5.4 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds in its first faceoff against Heroes (6.5 rating).
Prison Break also is lagging well behind the national average despite being filmed in North Texas this season. Its return to Fox Monday night ran a dismal fifth with 18-to-49-year-olds with a 1.5 rating in that demographic. Nationally, Prison Break pulled a 4.2 rating in the 18-to-49 demo, its highest of the season.
Heroes was Monday's most-watched show with 18-to-49-year-olds, but the total homes crown went to CBS' CSI: Miami (345,100). That squelched competition from new episodes of ABC's What About Brian (128,250 homes) and NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (119,000).
Belo8 had a big day on the local news front, sweeping the 6 a.m., and the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. competitions among 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target audience for news programming. The ABC station also won in homes at 5, 6 and 10 p.m., with NBC5 prevailing at 6 a.m.
Heroes continued to perform heroically for NBC after a lengthy hiatus while D-FW audiences for Fox's 24 and Prison Break were perplexingly low.
The Peacock's breakout freshman hit drew 247,520 homes to win its 8 to 9 p.m. slot opposite CBS' runnerup comedy combo of Two and a Half Men and Old Christine and third-place 24. But Heroes was more impressive among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds while 24 lagged behind even ABC's Supernanny. Here's a telescoped look at how the shows played locally with this key demographic:
Heroes -- 201,000 (6.7 Nielsen rating)
Two and a Half Men -- 144,000 (4.8 rating)
Old Christine -- 102,000 (3.4 rating)
Supernanny -- 96,000 (3.2 rating)
24 -- 90,000 (3.0 rating)
The lackluster showing in D-FW doesn't reflect national ratings for 24, which had a much stronger 5.4 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds in its first faceoff against Heroes (6.5 rating).
Prison Break also is lagging well behind the national average despite being filmed in North Texas this season. Its return to Fox Monday night ran a dismal fifth with 18-to-49-year-olds with a 1.5 rating in that demographic. Nationally, Prison Break pulled a 4.2 rating in the 18-to-49 demo, its highest of the season.
Heroes was Monday's most-watched show with 18-to-49-year-olds, but the total homes crown went to CBS' CSI: Miami (345,100). That squelched competition from new episodes of ABC's What About Brian (128,250 homes) and NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (119,000).
Belo8 had a big day on the local news front, sweeping the 6 a.m., and the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. competitions among 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target audience for news programming. The ABC station also won in homes at 5, 6 and 10 p.m., with NBC5 prevailing at 6 a.m.
Hansen style: "Unplugged" anchor kisses off Big Bill
as Oz's Wicked Witch
01/22/07 11:19 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
He's neck-tieing himself now, in deference to Belo8 management. Sports anchor Dale Hansen will never wear a choke collar, though. He proved it again on Monday's 10 p.m. newscast with a withering Wizard of Oz sendup that sent Bill Parcells off to the tune of "Ding dong, the Wicked Witch is dead."
"Well, I do some of these to amuse myself. And I'm amused right now," said Hansen after the piece ended with a tight shot of a glowering Parcells. At its best, "Hansen Unplugged" is a shock to the system. This one had enough voltage to power an electric chair.
Hansen at first lit a few lightbulbs.
Successful head coaches have varying temperaments, he said. Tom Landry was stoic and outwardly unemotional while Jimmy Johnson "would scream and yell at everybody." But both won Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys after surrounding themselves with quality staffs working for a boss "they liked and respected."
Not so Parcells, said Hansen. "Most if not all of his assistants hated working for the man . . . The Cowboys and their fans deserve better than that."
That set the stage for the Wizard of Oz footage, with Hansen depicting Valley Ranch as Emerald City.
"We have an owner who doesn't have a brain," Hansen said. "Too many in the organization don't have the courage anymore to speak out (Cowardly Lions). A $10 million dollar receiver who doesn't have a heart (the Tin Man). At least his heart wasn't in it. But at least Bill Parcells is gone. And if it is going to get better, that's a good place to start."
Those fighting last words came as "Ding dong the Wicked Witch is dead" played Big Bill off the Cowboys' grand stage. Fair? Not entirely. But it sure was fun to watch and it definitely will be all over D-FW talk radio Tuesday morning and afternoon.
"That is a great movie and a great analogy," Belo8 anchor Gloria Campos chimed in.
It's also "a very good decision to get Parcells out of Valley Ranch now," Hansen said.
Anchor John McCaa could only shake his head and tightly smile. "He never fails," he said of Hansen as the station shifted to Nightline.
You now can see the video on the Above the Fold Blog page. Except that the closing anchor comments have been snipped off.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., Jan.
19-21)
01/22/07 02:53 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Sunday night's down-to-the-last-seconds AFC championship game peaked at 875,840 homes in its final quarter-hour (9 to 9:15 p.m.) after doubling the audience for ABC's Desperate Housewives from 8 to 9 p.m.
Overall, CBS' telecast of the Indianapolis Colts-New England Patriots contest averaged 604,520 homes in D-FW. Those aren't Cowboys numbers, but that's still a blockbuster.
Fox's one-sided daytime game between the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints did almost as well with a 24.4 rating (580,720 homes). It peaked at 678,300 homes between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m.
The games had huge male deliveries among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds. Here's a look at the audience high-points with both sexes in this demographic:
Colts-Patriots
897,000 men between 9 and 9:15 p.m.
585,000 women between 9 and 9:15 p.m.
Bears-Saints
726,000 men between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m.
315,000 women in four different dayparts.
Here's another gender bender. Desperate Housewives averaged 387,000 women in the 18-to-49 demo from 8 to 9 p.m. DH drew just 165,000 males in that same age group. Or as some might put it -- girlymen.
In Friday's local news derby, NBC5 took the 10 p.m. cup in total homes while Belo8 placed an infrequent first with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
The Peacock won the 6 a.m. competition in both ratings measurements, as did Belo8 at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. honors were split, with Belo8 finishing first in homes and NBC5 on top among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Sunday night's down-to-the-last-seconds AFC championship game peaked at 875,840 homes in its final quarter-hour (9 to 9:15 p.m.) after doubling the audience for ABC's Desperate Housewives from 8 to 9 p.m.
Overall, CBS' telecast of the Indianapolis Colts-New England Patriots contest averaged 604,520 homes in D-FW. Those aren't Cowboys numbers, but that's still a blockbuster.
Fox's one-sided daytime game between the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints did almost as well with a 24.4 rating (580,720 homes). It peaked at 678,300 homes between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m.
The games had huge male deliveries among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds. Here's a look at the audience high-points with both sexes in this demographic:
Colts-Patriots
897,000 men between 9 and 9:15 p.m.
585,000 women between 9 and 9:15 p.m.
Bears-Saints
726,000 men between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m.
315,000 women in four different dayparts.
Here's another gender bender. Desperate Housewives averaged 387,000 women in the 18-to-49 demo from 8 to 9 p.m. DH drew just 165,000 males in that same age group. Or as some might put it -- girlymen.
In Friday's local news derby, NBC5 took the 10 p.m. cup in total homes while Belo8 placed an infrequent first with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
The Peacock won the 6 a.m. competition in both ratings measurements, as did Belo8 at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. honors were split, with Belo8 finishing first in homes and NBC5 on top among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Jan. 18)
01/19/07 03:36 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
They're no American Idols, but ABC's Golden Globe-winning combo of Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy can still light up a ratings score sheet.
Both series flexed new episodes Thursday night, with Grey's winning with surprising ease over a firstrun CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS. A total of 428,400 homes in D-FW had Grey's in view, compared to only 259,420 for CSI.
At 7 p.m., Ugly Betty drew a robust 337,970 homes opposite a CSI repeat (164,220) and new episodes of NBC's My Name Is Earl (111,860) and The Office (99,960).
Over on Ch. 21, the late-starting Dallas-Mavericks-Los Angeles Lakers Game (also shown on TNT) averaged a nice-sized 192,780 homes. In some ways Ch. 21 is penalized by the Mavs' success. The more they win, the more exposure they get on TNT and ESPN. That cuts into the local broadcast audience. Still, it beats the alternative.
News-wise, NBC5 again scored twin victories at 10 p.m. in homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target audience for news programming. The Peacock also took the 6 a.m. contest in homes, but fell to second behind Fox4 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Belo8 as usual won at 5 p.m. in both measurements. It shared the spoils with NBC5 at 6 p.m. finishing first in homes but behind the Peacock in the 25-54 demo.
They're no American Idols, but ABC's Golden Globe-winning combo of Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy can still light up a ratings score sheet.
Both series flexed new episodes Thursday night, with Grey's winning with surprising ease over a firstrun CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS. A total of 428,400 homes in D-FW had Grey's in view, compared to only 259,420 for CSI.
At 7 p.m., Ugly Betty drew a robust 337,970 homes opposite a CSI repeat (164,220) and new episodes of NBC's My Name Is Earl (111,860) and The Office (99,960).
Over on Ch. 21, the late-starting Dallas-Mavericks-Los Angeles Lakers Game (also shown on TNT) averaged a nice-sized 192,780 homes. In some ways Ch. 21 is penalized by the Mavs' success. The more they win, the more exposure they get on TNT and ESPN. That cuts into the local broadcast audience. Still, it beats the alternative.
News-wise, NBC5 again scored twin victories at 10 p.m. in homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target audience for news programming. The Peacock also took the 6 a.m. contest in homes, but fell to second behind Fox4 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Belo8 as usual won at 5 p.m. in both measurements. It shared the spoils with NBC5 at 6 p.m. finishing first in homes but behind the Peacock in the 25-54 demo.
Think gets a TV window
01/18/07 04:23 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
KERA radio's (90.1 FM) noon to 2 p.m.
talk show Think will be seen and heard
in a new half-hour TV version premiering Feb. 2nd.
The show will air at 7:30 Fridays, save for the last Friday of the month. Host Krys Boyd, whose radio Think was launched last November, also gets the companion TV gig on Channel 13. KERA says the show will have an interview segment or round table discussion, a look at the current North Texas arts calendar and an arts, culture or lifestyle review.
Ed Bark
The show will air at 7:30 Fridays, save for the last Friday of the month. Host Krys Boyd, whose radio Think was launched last November, also gets the companion TV gig on Channel 13. KERA says the show will have an interview segment or round table discussion, a look at the current North Texas arts calendar and an arts, culture or lifestyle review.
Ed Bark
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Jan. 17)
01/18/07 03:33 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Although it's been said many times, many ways, there's nothing like an Arctic Blast to heat up the local TV news ratings.
D-FW's waker-uppers benefited in a big way Wednesday, with NBC5 drawing roughly double its usual audience from 6 to 7 a.m. The Peacock's 226,100 homes led the way but all four major stations registered sizable upticks. Runnerup Belo8 had 188,020 homes, followed by Fox4 (178,500) and CBS11 (97,580). That's a combined total of 690,200 homes caught in the spell of which reporters and anchors would have the biggest b-r-r-r-rain freezes.
(P.S. Sorry not to be there. This trip to Pasadena for the networks' midseason "press tour" was planned well in advance and is invaluable in further flying the flag of unclebarky.com. Amazingly, though, the temps out here have ranged between the 20s and 50s for much of the time. It even snowed a bit in Malibu Wednesday. So if the newscasts in D-FW are over the top, imagine what's going on here. Some reporters are even wearing jackets out in the field.)
NBC5 also won at 6 a.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target audience for news programming.
Belo8 took first in total homes at 10 p.m., but lost to NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds. The 5 and 6 p.m. competitions were won by Belo8 in both ratings measurements.
On the entertainment front, the new season's second two-hour edition of Fox's American Idol obliterated everything from 7 to 9 p.m. Here's how bad it was:
American Idol -- 22.1 rating (525,980 homes)
Closest competitor -- CBS' Criminal Minds (7.9 rating/188,020 homes)
The disparity grew among 18-to-49-year-olds, the favored advertiser demo for entertainment programming:
American Idol -- 456,000.
Criminal Minds -- 105,000
Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast again profited from Idol's tailwind, averaging 302,260 homes for its full hour to handily beat all competing network entertainment programming.
Although it's been said many times, many ways, there's nothing like an Arctic Blast to heat up the local TV news ratings.
D-FW's waker-uppers benefited in a big way Wednesday, with NBC5 drawing roughly double its usual audience from 6 to 7 a.m. The Peacock's 226,100 homes led the way but all four major stations registered sizable upticks. Runnerup Belo8 had 188,020 homes, followed by Fox4 (178,500) and CBS11 (97,580). That's a combined total of 690,200 homes caught in the spell of which reporters and anchors would have the biggest b-r-r-r-rain freezes.
(P.S. Sorry not to be there. This trip to Pasadena for the networks' midseason "press tour" was planned well in advance and is invaluable in further flying the flag of unclebarky.com. Amazingly, though, the temps out here have ranged between the 20s and 50s for much of the time. It even snowed a bit in Malibu Wednesday. So if the newscasts in D-FW are over the top, imagine what's going on here. Some reporters are even wearing jackets out in the field.)
NBC5 also won at 6 a.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target audience for news programming.
Belo8 took first in total homes at 10 p.m., but lost to NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds. The 5 and 6 p.m. competitions were won by Belo8 in both ratings measurements.
On the entertainment front, the new season's second two-hour edition of Fox's American Idol obliterated everything from 7 to 9 p.m. Here's how bad it was:
American Idol -- 22.1 rating (525,980 homes)
Closest competitor -- CBS' Criminal Minds (7.9 rating/188,020 homes)
The disparity grew among 18-to-49-year-olds, the favored advertiser demo for entertainment programming:
American Idol -- 456,000.
Criminal Minds -- 105,000
Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast again profited from Idol's tailwind, averaging 302,260 homes for its full hour to handily beat all competing network entertainment programming.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Jan. 16)
01/17/07 03:21 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Shivering D-FW got warm and toasty with the sixth season premiere of American Idol Tuesday, giving competing programming a cold shoulder between 7 and 9 p.m.
Idol amassed 514,080 homes locally, replicating its dominating performance in the national Nielsens (see Above the Fold). Opposite the Fox phenomenon, CBS' NCIS managed the highest draw, hitting 190,400 homes from 7 to 7:15 p.m. before falling off.
Idol also made a mega-showing with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, averaging 465,000 of them for the show's full two hours. The Dallas Mavericks-Houston Rockets game on Ch. 21 managed a competing high of 132,000 in the 18-49 demographic during the 8 to 8:30 portion of the game. Once Idol ended, the Mavs game vaulted to 201,000 viewers in this key demo.
The stiff wind at its back from idol helped Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast outdraw all competing programming. It averaged a heady 278,460 homes from 9 to 10 p.m., good enough to beat both the Mavs and NBC's usually formidable Law & Order: SVU. The first 15 minutes of the newscast totaled 395,080 homes before viewers began migrating elsewhere.
In the four major local news faceoffs, NBC5 rolled to two more easy wins at 10 p.m. The Peacock more than doubled the audience of its closest competitor (Belo8) in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
Belo8 won at 5 and 6 p.m. in both ratings measurements. At 6 a.m., Fox4 prevailed in homes and Belo8 took first place with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Shivering D-FW got warm and toasty with the sixth season premiere of American Idol Tuesday, giving competing programming a cold shoulder between 7 and 9 p.m.
Idol amassed 514,080 homes locally, replicating its dominating performance in the national Nielsens (see Above the Fold). Opposite the Fox phenomenon, CBS' NCIS managed the highest draw, hitting 190,400 homes from 7 to 7:15 p.m. before falling off.
Idol also made a mega-showing with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, averaging 465,000 of them for the show's full two hours. The Dallas Mavericks-Houston Rockets game on Ch. 21 managed a competing high of 132,000 in the 18-49 demographic during the 8 to 8:30 portion of the game. Once Idol ended, the Mavs game vaulted to 201,000 viewers in this key demo.
The stiff wind at its back from idol helped Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast outdraw all competing programming. It averaged a heady 278,460 homes from 9 to 10 p.m., good enough to beat both the Mavs and NBC's usually formidable Law & Order: SVU. The first 15 minutes of the newscast totaled 395,080 homes before viewers began migrating elsewhere.
In the four major local news faceoffs, NBC5 rolled to two more easy wins at 10 p.m. The Peacock more than doubled the audience of its closest competitor (Belo8) in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
Belo8 won at 5 and 6 p.m. in both ratings measurements. At 6 a.m., Fox4 prevailed in homes and Belo8 took first place with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri-Mon., Jan. 12-15)
01/16/07 05:52 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
NBC's three-hour Golden Globes telecast flexed world domination in D-FW Monday night, with the Peacock's local 10 p.m. newscast sharing the spoils.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual awards for movies and television lured 352,240 homes locally, squelching Fox's second-place 24 (190,400 homes) by a wide margin. The Globes also lapped up advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, drawing 231,000 of them compared to third-place 24's 87,000. Second place with 18-to-49-year-olds surprisingly went to ABC's combo of Wife Swap and Super Nanny.
NBC5's Monday latenight newscasts breezed to overwhelming wins in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser demo for news programming. In each measurement, the Peacock more than doubled the audience of its closest newscast competitor. Even in a remote control world, "lead-in" audiences can still be big difference makers.
NBC5 also won in homes at 6 a.m. and tied Fox4 with 25-to-54-year-olds. Belo8 placed first in homes at 5 and 6 p.m. but NBC5 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds at both hours.
Sunday night's prime-time Nielsens were overrun by CBS' runover telecast of the New England-San Diego NFL playoff game, which averaged 654,500 homes in its final hour (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.).
Fox's two-hour liftoff of 24's sixth season drew 223,720 homes from 7 to 9 p.m., placing second to a combination of football and 60 Minutes for the first hour and ABC's Desperate Housewives for the second. Squelched were NBC's Grease: You're the One That I Want and The Apprentice, both of which placed fourth from 7 to 9 p.m. in homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds.
Also of note on Sunday: Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast profited from the big freeze in D-FW. It commanded the 9 to 10 p.m. slot with 297,500 homes.
On Friday, the four principal local newscast battles went like this:
NBC5 and Belo8 tied for first in total homes at 10 p.m., with the Peacock winning among 25-to-54-year-olds.
NBC won in both audience measurements at 6 a.m. while Belo8 did the same at 5 p.m.
The 6 p.m. bounty went to Belo8 in homes and Fox4 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
NBC's three-hour Golden Globes telecast flexed world domination in D-FW Monday night, with the Peacock's local 10 p.m. newscast sharing the spoils.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual awards for movies and television lured 352,240 homes locally, squelching Fox's second-place 24 (190,400 homes) by a wide margin. The Globes also lapped up advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, drawing 231,000 of them compared to third-place 24's 87,000. Second place with 18-to-49-year-olds surprisingly went to ABC's combo of Wife Swap and Super Nanny.
NBC5's Monday latenight newscasts breezed to overwhelming wins in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser demo for news programming. In each measurement, the Peacock more than doubled the audience of its closest newscast competitor. Even in a remote control world, "lead-in" audiences can still be big difference makers.
NBC5 also won in homes at 6 a.m. and tied Fox4 with 25-to-54-year-olds. Belo8 placed first in homes at 5 and 6 p.m. but NBC5 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds at both hours.
Sunday night's prime-time Nielsens were overrun by CBS' runover telecast of the New England-San Diego NFL playoff game, which averaged 654,500 homes in its final hour (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.).
Fox's two-hour liftoff of 24's sixth season drew 223,720 homes from 7 to 9 p.m., placing second to a combination of football and 60 Minutes for the first hour and ABC's Desperate Housewives for the second. Squelched were NBC's Grease: You're the One That I Want and The Apprentice, both of which placed fourth from 7 to 9 p.m. in homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds.
Also of note on Sunday: Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast profited from the big freeze in D-FW. It commanded the 9 to 10 p.m. slot with 297,500 homes.
On Friday, the four principal local newscast battles went like this:
NBC5 and Belo8 tied for first in total homes at 10 p.m., with the Peacock winning among 25-to-54-year-olds.
NBC won in both audience measurements at 6 a.m. while Belo8 did the same at 5 p.m.
The 6 p.m. bounty went to Belo8 in homes and Fox4 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Jan. 11)
01/12/07 12:46 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
A new episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy returned in midseason form Thursday, feasting on a competing repeat of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and firstrun episodes of NBC's Scrubs and 30 Rock.
But then it got ugly for ABC in D-FW. Check out these audience windfalls and shortfalls:
8 to 9 p.m.
Grey's Anatomy -- 428,400 homes
CSI -- 157,080
Scrubs and 30 Rock -- 97,580
9 to 10 p.m.
ABC's new episode of Men In Trees -- 176,120 homes
CBS' rerun of Shark -- 183,260
NBC's new episode of ER -- 247,520
That's a recipe for another NBC5 local news win at 10 p.m. in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target for news programming. The station should send ER a gold-plated stethoscope for its continued medical miracles. In its 13th season, ER is still more than doubling the ratings of its lead-in comedies. Meanwhile, Men In Trees is Dutch Elm Disease for Belo8.
In other news slots, NBC5 won in homes at 6 a.m., but Belo8 took the 25-to-54 crown in a tight three-way battle with NBC5 and Fox4.
Belo8 won in both ratings measurements at 6 p.m. NBC5 finished first in homes at 5 p.m. and tied Belo8 for the top spot among 25-to-54-year-olds.
A new episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy returned in midseason form Thursday, feasting on a competing repeat of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and firstrun episodes of NBC's Scrubs and 30 Rock.
But then it got ugly for ABC in D-FW. Check out these audience windfalls and shortfalls:
8 to 9 p.m.
Grey's Anatomy -- 428,400 homes
CSI -- 157,080
Scrubs and 30 Rock -- 97,580
9 to 10 p.m.
ABC's new episode of Men In Trees -- 176,120 homes
CBS' rerun of Shark -- 183,260
NBC's new episode of ER -- 247,520
That's a recipe for another NBC5 local news win at 10 p.m. in both homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target for news programming. The station should send ER a gold-plated stethoscope for its continued medical miracles. In its 13th season, ER is still more than doubling the ratings of its lead-in comedies. Meanwhile, Men In Trees is Dutch Elm Disease for Belo8.
In other news slots, NBC5 won in homes at 6 a.m., but Belo8 took the 25-to-54 crown in a tight three-way battle with NBC5 and Fox4.
Belo8 won in both ratings measurements at 6 p.m. NBC5 finished first in homes at 5 p.m. and tied Belo8 for the top spot among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Jan. 10)
01/11/07 06:07 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
President Bush's prime-time Iraq war address bridged entertainment programming Wednesday night, with ABC's coverage on Belo8 the preferred venue in D-FW. Here's a telescoped look at total homes numbers from 8 to 8:30 p.m. on the four broadcast carriers:
ABC -- 185,640 homes
NBC -- 126,140
Fox -- 90,440
CBS -- 83,330
That's more dispiriting news for Katie Couric, especially when you're outdrawn by the premiere of CBS' preceding Armed & Famous, in which Erik Estrada, La Toya Jackson and other has-beens pretend they're Muncie, Ind. cops. That mess attracted a hardly imposing 104,720 homes from 7 to 8 p.m., tying Fox's Bones for fourth in the time slot.
A&F fared better with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, placing third behind ABC's runnerup According to Jim episodes and The CW's frontrunning Beauty & the Geek.
Local news Nielsens again gave NBC5 wins at 10 p.m. in homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
Fox4 continued its rediscovered winning ways at 6 a.m., topping the charts in both ratings measurements. Belo 8 as usual had twin victories at 5 p.m. The ABC station also tied NBC5 for first at 6 p.m. in total homes. But Fox4 won at that hour with 25-to-54-year-olds.
President Bush's prime-time Iraq war address bridged entertainment programming Wednesday night, with ABC's coverage on Belo8 the preferred venue in D-FW. Here's a telescoped look at total homes numbers from 8 to 8:30 p.m. on the four broadcast carriers:
ABC -- 185,640 homes
NBC -- 126,140
Fox -- 90,440
CBS -- 83,330
That's more dispiriting news for Katie Couric, especially when you're outdrawn by the premiere of CBS' preceding Armed & Famous, in which Erik Estrada, La Toya Jackson and other has-beens pretend they're Muncie, Ind. cops. That mess attracted a hardly imposing 104,720 homes from 7 to 8 p.m., tying Fox's Bones for fourth in the time slot.
A&F fared better with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, placing third behind ABC's runnerup According to Jim episodes and The CW's frontrunning Beauty & the Geek.
Local news Nielsens again gave NBC5 wins at 10 p.m. in homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
Fox4 continued its rediscovered winning ways at 6 a.m., topping the charts in both ratings measurements. Belo 8 as usual had twin victories at 5 p.m. The ABC station also tied NBC5 for first at 6 p.m. in total homes. But Fox4 won at that hour with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Jan. 9)
01/10/07 12:47 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
The best-laid plans of network entertainment programmers are being foiled in D-FW by the Dallas Mavericks.
Tuesday night's close win against the Utah Jazz gave Ch. 21 another ratings windfall, particularly with advertiser-preferred younger viewers. The Mavs easily beat all competing programming among 18-to-34-year-olds and were narrowly beaten only by Fox's House in the 18-to-49-year-old demo. Overall, the game drew 176,120 homes, finishing second to House from 8 to 9 p.m. and tying CBS' People's Choice Awards and NBC's Law & Order combo in the 8 to 10 p.m. slot.
The local news derby saw NBC5 score commanding wins at 10 p.m. in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
At 6 a.m., Fox4 continued to pull out of a recent slump, winning in homes and tying NBC5 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
The Peacock won in homes at 6 p.m. and tied Belo8 for first in the 25-to-54 demo. Belo8 won in both measurements at 5 p.m.
The best-laid plans of network entertainment programmers are being foiled in D-FW by the Dallas Mavericks.
Tuesday night's close win against the Utah Jazz gave Ch. 21 another ratings windfall, particularly with advertiser-preferred younger viewers. The Mavs easily beat all competing programming among 18-to-34-year-olds and were narrowly beaten only by Fox's House in the 18-to-49-year-old demo. Overall, the game drew 176,120 homes, finishing second to House from 8 to 9 p.m. and tying CBS' People's Choice Awards and NBC's Law & Order combo in the 8 to 10 p.m. slot.
The local news derby saw NBC5 score commanding wins at 10 p.m. in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the key advertiser target for news programming.
At 6 a.m., Fox4 continued to pull out of a recent slump, winning in homes and tying NBC5 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
The Peacock won in homes at 6 p.m. and tied Belo8 for first in the 25-to-54 demo. Belo8 won in both measurements at 5 p.m.
Survivor is comin' to town
01/09/07 08:35 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
An open casting call for CBS'
Survivor 15: Top Secret Location will be held
in Grand Prairie on Jan. 19.
The venue is Bankston Dodge Superstore, 2615 Interstate 20 at Great Southwest Pkwy., where applicants can put themselves to the test from 11 a..m. to 7 p.m. You must be 21, a U.S. citizen, in "excellent" physical and mental health and willing to authorize a potentially embarrassing background check.
To download an application and get more details, go here.
Ed Bark
The venue is Bankston Dodge Superstore, 2615 Interstate 20 at Great Southwest Pkwy., where applicants can put themselves to the test from 11 a..m. to 7 p.m. You must be 21, a U.S. citizen, in "excellent" physical and mental health and willing to authorize a potentially embarrassing background check.
To download an application and get more details, go here.
Ed Bark
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Jan. 8)
01/09/07 02:29 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Florida's surprising domination of Ohio State didn't stop the BCS championship game from dominating the D-FW ratings Monday night.
The 41-14 rout had an overall 16.7 Nielsen rating (397,460 homes) in handily beating all competing programming. It also lured a throng of advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds (333,000), assuring Fox a prosperous beginning to a New Year that will kick into overdrive next week with the season premieres of 24 and American Idol.
On the news front, the debut of Belo8's high-priced Victory Park studios had no immediate payoff. The ABC station's principal showcase in the new digs, Daybreak, placed third in total homes behind frontrunner Fox4 and runnerup NBC5. Daybreak did score a thin, one-tenth of a rating point victory among 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target for news programming. But it had been doing well with that demo anyway.
NBC5 otherwise notched twin victories at 10 p.m., although the BCS championship game was drawing more than twice as many viewers at that hour. The Peacock also won at 6 p.m. in both ratings measurements.
At 5 p.m. NBC5 notched a total homes win and tied in the 25-to-54-year-old chase with Belo8.
Florida's surprising domination of Ohio State didn't stop the BCS championship game from dominating the D-FW ratings Monday night.
The 41-14 rout had an overall 16.7 Nielsen rating (397,460 homes) in handily beating all competing programming. It also lured a throng of advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds (333,000), assuring Fox a prosperous beginning to a New Year that will kick into overdrive next week with the season premieres of 24 and American Idol.
On the news front, the debut of Belo8's high-priced Victory Park studios had no immediate payoff. The ABC station's principal showcase in the new digs, Daybreak, placed third in total homes behind frontrunner Fox4 and runnerup NBC5. Daybreak did score a thin, one-tenth of a rating point victory among 25-to-54-year-olds, the principal advertiser target for news programming. But it had been doing well with that demo anyway.
NBC5 otherwise notched twin victories at 10 p.m., although the BCS championship game was drawing more than twice as many viewers at that hour. The Peacock also won at 6 p.m. in both ratings measurements.
At 5 p.m. NBC5 notched a total homes win and tied in the 25-to-54-year-old chase with Belo8.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sat., Jan. 5-7)
01/08/07 03:58 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Misery loves company, and the Dallas Cowboys had plenty of it Saturday night on NBC.
The team's super-deflating playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks averaged a mammoth 36.3 rating (863,940 homes) in D-FW, ballooning to a 42 rating (999,600 homes) in the jaw-dropping final 15 minutes. Yes, that's essentially one million living room witnesses to QB Tony Romo's ultimate agony of defeat.
Sunday night's Dallas Mavericks loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, which snapped a 13-game winning streak, averaged 192,780 homes locally. The Ch. 21 telecast beat all competing programming from 10 to 11 p.m., with 235,620 homes tuned in.
Friday's Mavs-San Antonio Spurs game on Ch. 21, also shown on cable, averaged just 99,095 homes for the broadcast version. Those numbers increased as the game went on.
On the entertainment front, Sunday night's twin premieres of NBC's Grease: You're the one That I Want and The Apprentice got off to sluggish starts in D-FW. One That I Want pulled in 154,700 homes in finishing third from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Donald Trump's latest "You're fired" sale, originating from L.A., drooped to 121,380 homes, placing fourth in its concluding hour behind ABC, CBS and Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast.
Friday's local news wars again were dominated by NBC5 and Belo8.
In total homes, Belo8 won at 10 p.m., 6 p.m. and 5 p.m., with the Peacock taking the 6 a.m. contest.
Among 25-to-54-year-olds, the target advertiser audience for news programming, NBC5 took first at 10 p.m. and 6 p.m. while tying Belo8 at 5 p.m.
Fox4 broke through to take the 6 a.m. battle.
It will be interesting to see if Belo8's glassy, glossy Victory Park digs have any impact on the tightening morning race. The ABC station unveiled its new studios on Monday. Daybreak and the noon and 5 p.m. newscasts will be originating from what otherwise is still mostly a construction site awaiting further developments.
Misery loves company, and the Dallas Cowboys had plenty of it Saturday night on NBC.
The team's super-deflating playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks averaged a mammoth 36.3 rating (863,940 homes) in D-FW, ballooning to a 42 rating (999,600 homes) in the jaw-dropping final 15 minutes. Yes, that's essentially one million living room witnesses to QB Tony Romo's ultimate agony of defeat.
Sunday night's Dallas Mavericks loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, which snapped a 13-game winning streak, averaged 192,780 homes locally. The Ch. 21 telecast beat all competing programming from 10 to 11 p.m., with 235,620 homes tuned in.
Friday's Mavs-San Antonio Spurs game on Ch. 21, also shown on cable, averaged just 99,095 homes for the broadcast version. Those numbers increased as the game went on.
On the entertainment front, Sunday night's twin premieres of NBC's Grease: You're the one That I Want and The Apprentice got off to sluggish starts in D-FW. One That I Want pulled in 154,700 homes in finishing third from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Donald Trump's latest "You're fired" sale, originating from L.A., drooped to 121,380 homes, placing fourth in its concluding hour behind ABC, CBS and Fox4's local 9 p.m. newscast.
Friday's local news wars again were dominated by NBC5 and Belo8.
In total homes, Belo8 won at 10 p.m., 6 p.m. and 5 p.m., with the Peacock taking the 6 a.m. contest.
Among 25-to-54-year-olds, the target advertiser audience for news programming, NBC5 took first at 10 p.m. and 6 p.m. while tying Belo8 at 5 p.m.
Fox4 broke through to take the 6 a.m. battle.
It will be interesting to see if Belo8's glassy, glossy Victory Park digs have any impact on the tightening morning race. The ABC station unveiled its new studios on Monday. Daybreak and the noon and 5 p.m. newscasts will be originating from what otherwise is still mostly a construction site awaiting further developments.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Jan. 4)
01/05/07 10:26 AM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
The ball bounced right for the Dallas Mavericks Thursday night, both on the court and in the D-FW Nielsens.
TXA21's telecast of the Mavs-Indiana Pacers game averaged a nice-sized 7.4 rating (176,120 homes), peaking at 226,100 homes between 9:45 and 10 p.m. Beginning with the 7:30 p.m. tipoff, the Mavs' 12th consecutive win scored well against a mix of network repeats and firstrun episodes. It outpointed everything but Ugly Betty on ABC, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS and ER on NBC. The Mavs also outdrew the entire Fox and CW lineups.
ABC's Grey's Anatomy was in repeats, helping the Mavs' cause. But the game also beat new episodes of CBS' Shark, NBC's The Office, Scrubs and 30 Rock and Fox's 'Til Death, The War at Home and The O.C..
Younger viewers in particular flocked to the game. Among 18-to-34-year-olds, only firstrun episodes of CSI and The Office (just barely) beat the Mavs.
One more measurement. Basketball and sports in general continue to attract far more men than women. Here's the split between 18-to-49-year-olds, the key advertiser target audience for non-news programming:
Men -- 89,490
Women -- 39,690
In the local news wars, NBC5 again had twin wins at 10 p.m. in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main target audience for news programming.
NBC5 also took the 6 a.m. race in homes but Belo8 edged the Peacock among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Belo8 won in both measurements at 5 p.m. NBC5 did the same at 6 p.m.
Katie Couric's CBS Evening News continued to fare very poorly in D-FW. It ran a distant fourth in homes Thursday and was crushed in the 25-to-54 demo. Here's a telescoped look at those 25-to-54-year-old numbers:
ABC World News -- 74,620 viewers
Fox4 local news -- 68,880
NBC Nightly News -- 66,010
According to Jim reruns (Ch. 33) -- 34,440
CBS Evening News, The Brady Bunch reruns (Ch. 52), That '70s Show reruns (Ch. 21) -- tied with 14,350 viewers.
And that's the way it is.
The ball bounced right for the Dallas Mavericks Thursday night, both on the court and in the D-FW Nielsens.
TXA21's telecast of the Mavs-Indiana Pacers game averaged a nice-sized 7.4 rating (176,120 homes), peaking at 226,100 homes between 9:45 and 10 p.m. Beginning with the 7:30 p.m. tipoff, the Mavs' 12th consecutive win scored well against a mix of network repeats and firstrun episodes. It outpointed everything but Ugly Betty on ABC, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS and ER on NBC. The Mavs also outdrew the entire Fox and CW lineups.
ABC's Grey's Anatomy was in repeats, helping the Mavs' cause. But the game also beat new episodes of CBS' Shark, NBC's The Office, Scrubs and 30 Rock and Fox's 'Til Death, The War at Home and The O.C..
Younger viewers in particular flocked to the game. Among 18-to-34-year-olds, only firstrun episodes of CSI and The Office (just barely) beat the Mavs.
One more measurement. Basketball and sports in general continue to attract far more men than women. Here's the split between 18-to-49-year-olds, the key advertiser target audience for non-news programming:
Men -- 89,490
Women -- 39,690
In the local news wars, NBC5 again had twin wins at 10 p.m. in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main target audience for news programming.
NBC5 also took the 6 a.m. race in homes but Belo8 edged the Peacock among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Belo8 won in both measurements at 5 p.m. NBC5 did the same at 6 p.m.
Katie Couric's CBS Evening News continued to fare very poorly in D-FW. It ran a distant fourth in homes Thursday and was crushed in the 25-to-54 demo. Here's a telescoped look at those 25-to-54-year-old numbers:
ABC World News -- 74,620 viewers
Fox4 local news -- 68,880
NBC Nightly News -- 66,010
According to Jim reruns (Ch. 33) -- 34,440
CBS Evening News, The Brady Bunch reruns (Ch. 52), That '70s Show reruns (Ch. 21) -- tied with 14,350 viewers.
And that's the way it is.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., Jan. 3)
01/04/07 12:49 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
And the winner of Wednesday's 7 p.m. battle of the network pot-bellied, loudmouth sitcom stars is -- According to Jim.
A new episode of Jim Belushi's ABC series edged Kevin James' first-run King of Queens in both total homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds, the target advertiser audience for entertainment programming.
Alas, both of these enduring it not endearing comedies pounded NBC's Austin-made Friday Night Lights, which had its first outing in a new 7 p.m. Wednesday slot. Lights was even beaten in D-FW by the CW network's competing Beauty & the Geek, which opened with a two-hour opus from 7 to 9 p.m.
The real-life football game on Fox -- a Sugar Bowl matchup of LSU and Notre Dame -- controlled Wednesday night from the 7:30 p.m. kickoff until closing time after 10 p.m. local newscasts. Overall, the game averaged 247,520 homes, a nice uptick from the previous night's Orange Bowl on Fox (159,460 homes).
Two new ABC comedies, The Knights of Prosperity and In Case of Emergency, opened to small crowds from 8 to 9 p.m. Knights ran fourth in homes, but did manage to beat the first half-hour of NBC's new Wednesday edition of Deal or No Deal. Emergency then drooped to fifth place.
Among 18-to-49-year-olds, Knights moved up to second place, outpointing everything except the Sugar Bowl. Emergency ran third in that demo. Both comedies soon will have to go against American Idol, though. Pow, right in the kisser.
The nightly news wars saw NBC5 scoring twin wins at 10 p.m. in homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the prime advertiser target for news programming. Belo 8 controlled the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. contests in both ratings measurements.
At 6 a.m. Fox4 and NBC5 tied in total homes, with Belo8 just a bit behind. The 25-to-54-year-old derby had Belo8 and Fox4 in a first-place tie.
Belo8 clearly has some momentum in the early mornings and Fox4 will be benefiting from a much more potent prime-time lineup when American Idol and 24 return this month. So NBC5 could be hard-pressed to retain its two early morning crowns when the February "sweeps" kick in. Somebody's going to get a wakeup call.
And the winner of Wednesday's 7 p.m. battle of the network pot-bellied, loudmouth sitcom stars is -- According to Jim.
A new episode of Jim Belushi's ABC series edged Kevin James' first-run King of Queens in both total homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds, the target advertiser audience for entertainment programming.
Alas, both of these enduring it not endearing comedies pounded NBC's Austin-made Friday Night Lights, which had its first outing in a new 7 p.m. Wednesday slot. Lights was even beaten in D-FW by the CW network's competing Beauty & the Geek, which opened with a two-hour opus from 7 to 9 p.m.
The real-life football game on Fox -- a Sugar Bowl matchup of LSU and Notre Dame -- controlled Wednesday night from the 7:30 p.m. kickoff until closing time after 10 p.m. local newscasts. Overall, the game averaged 247,520 homes, a nice uptick from the previous night's Orange Bowl on Fox (159,460 homes).
Two new ABC comedies, The Knights of Prosperity and In Case of Emergency, opened to small crowds from 8 to 9 p.m. Knights ran fourth in homes, but did manage to beat the first half-hour of NBC's new Wednesday edition of Deal or No Deal. Emergency then drooped to fifth place.
Among 18-to-49-year-olds, Knights moved up to second place, outpointing everything except the Sugar Bowl. Emergency ran third in that demo. Both comedies soon will have to go against American Idol, though. Pow, right in the kisser.
The nightly news wars saw NBC5 scoring twin wins at 10 p.m. in homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the prime advertiser target for news programming. Belo 8 controlled the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. contests in both ratings measurements.
At 6 a.m. Fox4 and NBC5 tied in total homes, with Belo8 just a bit behind. The 25-to-54-year-old derby had Belo8 and Fox4 in a first-place tie.
Belo8 clearly has some momentum in the early mornings and Fox4 will be benefiting from a much more potent prime-time lineup when American Idol and 24 return this month. So NBC5 could be hard-pressed to retain its two early morning crowns when the February "sweeps" kick in. Somebody's going to get a wakeup call.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Jan. 2)
01/03/07 11:13 AM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Dim the D-FW ratings for Fox's prime-time Orange Bowl telecast, featuring the muffled halftime sounds of Gladys Knight and American Idol champ Taylor Hicks.
The Louisville-Wake Forest matchup, second in the network's BCS "Bowl Bash," attracted an average of 159,460 homes Tuesday night. That was just slightly more than half the crowd for Fox's already renowned New Year's night game between Boise State and Oklahoma (311,780 homes).
NBC's new episode of Law & Order: SVU outdrew the Orange Bowl from 9 to 10 p.m., as did the Peacock's Dateline in the first hour of prime-time. From 8 to 9 p.m., the game averaged its peak audience of 178, 500 homes, nipping NBC's Law & Order: Criminal Intent (176,120 homes).
Big Orange fared worse, though, with 18-to-49-year-olds, the target advertiser audience for non-news programming. The game averaged 81,000 viewers in that demo, placing a distant second to NBC's lineup. CBS' rerun of NCIS also outpointed the Orange Bowl and its pre-game warmup from 7 to 8 p.m.
Local news viewership got back to a post-holiday semblance of normalcy, with NBC5 and Belo8 sharing Tuesday's spoils.
The Peacock took the 10 p.m. crown in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the favored advertiser audience for news programming. NBC5 also won in total homes at 6 a.m., but Belo8 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4's Good Day, which has slumped in the past two months, had perkier ratings after some prime-time promotions during Fox's football telecasts. Among 25-to-54-year-olds, just two-tenths of a rating point (5,654 people) separated first-place Belo8 from third-place NBC5.
Belo8 also won in total homes at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. The ABC station and NBC5 tied for first at 6 p.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds, with the Peacock No. 1 in that demo at 5 p.m.
Dim the D-FW ratings for Fox's prime-time Orange Bowl telecast, featuring the muffled halftime sounds of Gladys Knight and American Idol champ Taylor Hicks.
The Louisville-Wake Forest matchup, second in the network's BCS "Bowl Bash," attracted an average of 159,460 homes Tuesday night. That was just slightly more than half the crowd for Fox's already renowned New Year's night game between Boise State and Oklahoma (311,780 homes).
NBC's new episode of Law & Order: SVU outdrew the Orange Bowl from 9 to 10 p.m., as did the Peacock's Dateline in the first hour of prime-time. From 8 to 9 p.m., the game averaged its peak audience of 178, 500 homes, nipping NBC's Law & Order: Criminal Intent (176,120 homes).
Big Orange fared worse, though, with 18-to-49-year-olds, the target advertiser audience for non-news programming. The game averaged 81,000 viewers in that demo, placing a distant second to NBC's lineup. CBS' rerun of NCIS also outpointed the Orange Bowl and its pre-game warmup from 7 to 8 p.m.
Local news viewership got back to a post-holiday semblance of normalcy, with NBC5 and Belo8 sharing Tuesday's spoils.
The Peacock took the 10 p.m. crown in total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the favored advertiser audience for news programming. NBC5 also won in total homes at 6 a.m., but Belo8 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4's Good Day, which has slumped in the past two months, had perkier ratings after some prime-time promotions during Fox's football telecasts. Among 25-to-54-year-olds, just two-tenths of a rating point (5,654 people) separated first-place Belo8 from third-place NBC5.
Belo8 also won in total homes at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. The ABC station and NBC5 tied for first at 6 p.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds, with the Peacock No. 1 in that demo at 5 p.m.
Exit signs at three D-FW news departments
01/02/07 12:28 PM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
CBS11 has resumed its hunt for a news director after Greg Easterly from Cleveland's Fox-owned WJW-TV decided over the holidays that he'd rather not relocate to Dallas.
Easterly, who also would have run TXA21's news department, decided to rethink the move after attending the stations' Christmas party, CBS11/TXA21 president and general manager Steve Mauldin said Tuesday.
"This was strictly a personal situation," Mauldin said, noting that the Easterlys have a 15-year-old daughter who did not want to be uprooted. "It was very traumatic for them."
Mauldin said he got the news from Easterly on Friday. He was scheduled to join the D-FW stations in mid-January, replacing previous news director Tom Doerr, who returned to Miami. Easterly has Texas ties. He was raised in Stephenville and has a bachelor's degree in communications from Abilene Christian University.
There's no timetable for hiring Easterly's replacement, but "it could be soon," Mauldin said.
CBS11 also confirmed that reporter Eileen Gonzalez has been let go after joining the station in 2003. Mauldin declined to comment further.
Over at NBC5, medical reporter/anchor Carol Wang is leaving after six years at the station. She'll be joining the news department of an Omaha, Neb. TV station. And Natasha Curry has been dropped by Fox4, where she had reported and co-anchored the 5 to 6 a.m. portion of the station's Good Day.
Midway through the November "sweeps," Fox4 moved anchors Tim Ryan and Megan Henderson up an hour in hopes of offsetting NBC5's fast starts in the local Nielsen ratings. But the Peacock's early morning show comfortably won the increasingly important early morning race.
Also at Fox4, the station has hired Natalie Solis from Miami as a new weekend co-anchor.
Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Sun.-Mon., Dec.
31-Jan. 1)
01/02/07 11:57 AM Ed Bark |Permalink
By ED BARK
Paced by the electrifying Boise State-Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl, football pretty much owned the D-FW ratings on New Year's Day. Here's the Nielsen scorecard, from most- to least-watched. (Ratings reflect the overall average audience for the games on local broadcast stations.)
Fiesta Bowl (Fox) -- 311,780 homes
Rose Bowl, Michigan-Southern Cal (ABC) -- 276,080
Cotton Bowl, Auburn-Nebraska (Fox) -- 238,000
Capital One Bowl, Wisconsin-Arkansas (ABC) -- 142,800
Gator Bowl, W. Virginia-Georgia Tech (CBS) -- 59,500
Uncle Barky of course enjoyed his alma mater Badgers' win against the Razorbacks. But the Boise State-Oklahoma contest had possibly the greatest climactic moments in Bowl history. And yes, that even includes last year's Texas-Southern Cal national championship game.
OK, let's rewind to New Year Eve's, where the Dallas Cowboys' stinko performance against the Detroit Lions lured 687,820 homes. That's more than twice the audience for the Fiesta Bowl, proving that the Cowboys are D-FW's top draw no matter what.
In contrast, Sunday night's Green Packers-Chicago Bears matchup on NBC (Brett Favre's last game?) drew 168,980 homes locally. That was good enough to win the time slot, but more than half a million homes shy of what the Cowboys had.
In another realm, the battle of the New Year's Eve countdown specials was won by ABC, with Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest presiding. Carson Daly on NBC took second, with Fox's Cat Deeley-hosted party a distant third.
Paced by the electrifying Boise State-Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl, football pretty much owned the D-FW ratings on New Year's Day. Here's the Nielsen scorecard, from most- to least-watched. (Ratings reflect the overall average audience for the games on local broadcast stations.)
Fiesta Bowl (Fox) -- 311,780 homes
Rose Bowl, Michigan-Southern Cal (ABC) -- 276,080
Cotton Bowl, Auburn-Nebraska (Fox) -- 238,000
Capital One Bowl, Wisconsin-Arkansas (ABC) -- 142,800
Gator Bowl, W. Virginia-Georgia Tech (CBS) -- 59,500
Uncle Barky of course enjoyed his alma mater Badgers' win against the Razorbacks. But the Boise State-Oklahoma contest had possibly the greatest climactic moments in Bowl history. And yes, that even includes last year's Texas-Southern Cal national championship game.
OK, let's rewind to New Year Eve's, where the Dallas Cowboys' stinko performance against the Detroit Lions lured 687,820 homes. That's more than twice the audience for the Fiesta Bowl, proving that the Cowboys are D-FW's top draw no matter what.
In contrast, Sunday night's Green Packers-Chicago Bears matchup on NBC (Brett Favre's last game?) drew 168,980 homes locally. That was good enough to win the time slot, but more than half a million homes shy of what the Cowboys had.
In another realm, the battle of the New Year's Eve countdown specials was won by ABC, with Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest presiding. Carson Daly on NBC took second, with Fox's Cat Deeley-hosted party a distant third.