Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Jan. 10) -- big score for return of This Is Us
01/11/17 12:45 PM
By ED BARK
@unclebarkycom on Twitter
The ongoing TV season’s biggest new hit, NBC’s This Is Us, returned Tuesday night after coverage of President Obama’s farewell speech on an array of networks.
It didn’t miss a beat after a holiday hiatus. The 9 p.m. airing easily ranked as prime-time’s most-watched program on a single network, drawing 327,200 D-FW viewers and 147,527 in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic.
Obama’s Chicago speech consumed most of the 8 to 9 p.m. hour. The biggest audience was on NBC, with 210,862 total viewers tuned in. Among the three cable news networks, CNN ranked No. 1 with 101,795 total viewers.
Here are Tuesday’s local news derby results.
NBC5 drew the most total viewers at 10 p.m. while tying TEGNA8 for the top spot among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 scored twin wins at 6 a.m. and NBC5 did likewise at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. firsts went to NBC5 in total viewers and Fox4 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
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The ongoing TV season’s biggest new hit, NBC’s This Is Us, returned Tuesday night after coverage of President Obama’s farewell speech on an array of networks.
It didn’t miss a beat after a holiday hiatus. The 9 p.m. airing easily ranked as prime-time’s most-watched program on a single network, drawing 327,200 D-FW viewers and 147,527 in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic.
Obama’s Chicago speech consumed most of the 8 to 9 p.m. hour. The biggest audience was on NBC, with 210,862 total viewers tuned in. Among the three cable news networks, CNN ranked No. 1 with 101,795 total viewers.
Here are Tuesday’s local news derby results.
NBC5 drew the most total viewers at 10 p.m. while tying TEGNA8 for the top spot among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 scored twin wins at 6 a.m. and NBC5 did likewise at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. firsts went to NBC5 in total viewers and Fox4 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Email comments or questions to: unclebarky@verizon.net