Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Nov. 16)
11/17/06 03:06 PM
By ED BARK
She can still turn a head. Solid numbers for a 9 p.m. Barbara Walters special helped propel Belo8 to a rare victory in total homes at 10 p.m. But frontrunning NBC5's newscast still prevailed with advertiser-courted 25-to-54-year-olds Thursday night.
Day 11 of the 20-day November "sweeps" also saw the 6 p.m. race remain very close and the 6 a.m. competition tighten a bit.
At 6 p.m., Belo8 and CBS11 are virtually tied in homes, with the latter station winning by just one-tenth of a point in their latest skirmish. They tied on Thursday with 25-to-54-year-olds, where Belo8 currently is fighting off challenges from all three news competitors.
NBC5 continues to lead at 6 a.m., but Fox4 inched closer Thursday with narrow wins in both ratings measurements. Belo8 still seems to have the 5 p.m. race under control.
ABC's Walters show, in which she counted down "mistakes" by both her and celebrity guests, drew 283,220 homes after inheriting 404,600 from the preceding Grey's Anatomy. That's a considerable dropoff, but not nearly as steep as those plummets by Six Degrees, now on hiatus. In its last Thursday airing (Nov. 2), Degrees grabbed a measly 104,720 homes in D-FW.
Babs fell a bit shorter with 18-to-49-year-olds, the principal advertiser target for entertainment programming. NBC's competing ER beat her among those viewers -- 198,000 to 171,000.
She can still turn a head. Solid numbers for a 9 p.m. Barbara Walters special helped propel Belo8 to a rare victory in total homes at 10 p.m. But frontrunning NBC5's newscast still prevailed with advertiser-courted 25-to-54-year-olds Thursday night.
Day 11 of the 20-day November "sweeps" also saw the 6 p.m. race remain very close and the 6 a.m. competition tighten a bit.
At 6 p.m., Belo8 and CBS11 are virtually tied in homes, with the latter station winning by just one-tenth of a point in their latest skirmish. They tied on Thursday with 25-to-54-year-olds, where Belo8 currently is fighting off challenges from all three news competitors.
NBC5 continues to lead at 6 a.m., but Fox4 inched closer Thursday with narrow wins in both ratings measurements. Belo8 still seems to have the 5 p.m. race under control.
ABC's Walters show, in which she counted down "mistakes" by both her and celebrity guests, drew 283,220 homes after inheriting 404,600 from the preceding Grey's Anatomy. That's a considerable dropoff, but not nearly as steep as those plummets by Six Degrees, now on hiatus. In its last Thursday airing (Nov. 2), Degrees grabbed a measly 104,720 homes in D-FW.
Babs fell a bit shorter with 18-to-49-year-olds, the principal advertiser target for entertainment programming. NBC's competing ER beat her among those viewers -- 198,000 to 171,000.
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