Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., Jan. 25)
01/26/07 10:40 AM
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.
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