Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Oct. 3)
10/04/06 12:46 PM
By ED BARK
Local newscasts on Belo8 are starting to roll a bit in the ratings. They're not nearly the juggernauts they once were, but a little momentum is evident of late.
Most notable is Belo8's performance in the now feverishly competitive 6 to 7 a.m. hour, where the ABC affiliate's Daybreak lately has been reaching near-parity among advertiser-targeted 25-to-54-year-olds. On both Monday and Tuesday, the show finished a scant one-tenth of a rating point behind Fox4's Good Day, which usually has lots more breathing room. Local ratings are volatile of late, so this could change as soon as tomorrow. But for now, Belo8 is happy to get a vitamin B shot.
Belo8 also took the 5 and 10 p.m. newscast competitions among 25-to-54-year-olds, but dropped to third at 6 p.m., well behind Fox4 and NBC5. In total homes, Belo8 won in a walk at 5 and 6 p.m., while NBC5 and Fox4 respectively were tops at 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
On the entertainment front (where 18-to-49-year-olds are the key measurement), here's a snapshot of an interesting four-way fight at 3 p.m. among some of the country's top syndicated hours:
Ellen (NBC5) -- 27,000
Dr. Phil (CBS11) -- 24,000
Who Wants to be a Millionaire (Belo8) -- 18,000
Judge Alex (Fox4) -- 12,000
Ellen, on the other hand, ranked only third in total homes, where Millionaire easily outpointed Phil.
Tuesday's most-watched program, in a romp, was ABC's Emmitt Smith-fueled Dancing with the Stars. It easily won in all three major Nielsen measurements, drawing more than five times the audience for the first 90 minutes of Fox4's competing Yankees-Tigers playoff game. Dancing was watched in 326,060 homes, for instance, while baseball barely got to home plate (60,690).
Local newscasts on Belo8 are starting to roll a bit in the ratings. They're not nearly the juggernauts they once were, but a little momentum is evident of late.
Most notable is Belo8's performance in the now feverishly competitive 6 to 7 a.m. hour, where the ABC affiliate's Daybreak lately has been reaching near-parity among advertiser-targeted 25-to-54-year-olds. On both Monday and Tuesday, the show finished a scant one-tenth of a rating point behind Fox4's Good Day, which usually has lots more breathing room. Local ratings are volatile of late, so this could change as soon as tomorrow. But for now, Belo8 is happy to get a vitamin B shot.
Belo8 also took the 5 and 10 p.m. newscast competitions among 25-to-54-year-olds, but dropped to third at 6 p.m., well behind Fox4 and NBC5. In total homes, Belo8 won in a walk at 5 and 6 p.m., while NBC5 and Fox4 respectively were tops at 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
On the entertainment front (where 18-to-49-year-olds are the key measurement), here's a snapshot of an interesting four-way fight at 3 p.m. among some of the country's top syndicated hours:
Ellen (NBC5) -- 27,000
Dr. Phil (CBS11) -- 24,000
Who Wants to be a Millionaire (Belo8) -- 18,000
Judge Alex (Fox4) -- 12,000
Ellen, on the other hand, ranked only third in total homes, where Millionaire easily outpointed Phil.
Tuesday's most-watched program, in a romp, was ABC's Emmitt Smith-fueled Dancing with the Stars. It easily won in all three major Nielsen measurements, drawing more than five times the audience for the first 90 minutes of Fox4's competing Yankees-Tigers playoff game. Dancing was watched in 326,060 homes, for instance, while baseball barely got to home plate (60,690).
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