Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., June 24-26) -- ratings g-o-o-o-o-ld for U.S.-Mexico Gold Cup soccer final
06/27/11 02:11 PM
By ED BARK
Spanish language Univision23 easily led all networks over the weekend with its prime-time Saturday telecast of the U.S.-Mexico Gold Cup soccer finale.
Mexico's comeback 4-2 victory, after trailing 2-0, averaged 484,799 D-FW viewers, more than twice the crowd for the most-watched game in the Texas-Rangers-New York Mets series (221,522 viewers for TXA21's Friday night telecast).
On Sunday night, the Season 2 premiere of Jerry Seinfeld's The Marriage Ref on NBC had 117,737 viewers in the 9 p.m. hour. That put it third behind CBS' CSI: Miami repeat (159,291 viewers) and Fox4's competing local newscast (124,663 viewers). But Marriage Ref won where it counts the most in TV land, topping all 9 p.m. attractions among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.
On HBO Sunday, the 8 p.m. Season 4 premiere of True Blood drew 83,108 total viewers compared to CBS' frontrunning Undercover Boss rerun (131,588 viewers). But 62,521 of TB's viewers were in the 18-to-49 age range, an impressive figure topped only by the second hour of NBC's competing America's Got Talent (75,684).
In Friday's local news derby results, WFAA8 ran the table at 10 p.m. with wins in both total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 continued its solid June run at 6 a.m. with first place finishes in both ratings measurements. The Peacock added a 5 p.m. win in total viewers.
CBS11 had the total viewers edge at 6 p.m. while Fox4 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds at both 5 and 6 p.m.
Spanish language Univision23 easily led all networks over the weekend with its prime-time Saturday telecast of the U.S.-Mexico Gold Cup soccer finale.
Mexico's comeback 4-2 victory, after trailing 2-0, averaged 484,799 D-FW viewers, more than twice the crowd for the most-watched game in the Texas-Rangers-New York Mets series (221,522 viewers for TXA21's Friday night telecast).
On Sunday night, the Season 2 premiere of Jerry Seinfeld's The Marriage Ref on NBC had 117,737 viewers in the 9 p.m. hour. That put it third behind CBS' CSI: Miami repeat (159,291 viewers) and Fox4's competing local newscast (124,663 viewers). But Marriage Ref won where it counts the most in TV land, topping all 9 p.m. attractions among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.
On HBO Sunday, the 8 p.m. Season 4 premiere of True Blood drew 83,108 total viewers compared to CBS' frontrunning Undercover Boss rerun (131,588 viewers). But 62,521 of TB's viewers were in the 18-to-49 age range, an impressive figure topped only by the second hour of NBC's competing America's Got Talent (75,684).
In Friday's local news derby results, WFAA8 ran the table at 10 p.m. with wins in both total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 continued its solid June run at 6 a.m. with first place finishes in both ratings measurements. The Peacock added a 5 p.m. win in total viewers.
CBS11 had the total viewers edge at 6 p.m. while Fox4 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds at both 5 and 6 p.m.