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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun, April 6-8)

By ED BARK
Lots o' sports events played hard during Easter weekend, with The Masters leading the charge while the Mavericks, Rangers and Stars each had multiple games. From top-to-bottom, here's the D-FW ratings recap in homes and with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds:

Sunday Masters (CBS11)
Homes -- 207,060
18-to-49 -- 151,900

Saturday Masters (CBS11)
Homes -- 135,660
18-to-49 -- 55,800

Mavericks-Nuggets (Fri., TXA21)
Homes -- 99,960
18-to-49 -- 83,700

Mavericks-Trailblazers (Sat., Fox Sports Southwest)
Homes -- 88,060
18-to-49 -- 89,900

Rangers-Red Sox (Sun., ESPN)
Homes -- 83,300
18-to-49 -- 49,600

Rangers-Red Sox (Sat., Ch. 27)
Homes -- 78,540
18-to-49 -- 34,100

Rangers-Red Sox (Fri. home opener, Fox4)
Homes -- 54,740
18-to-49 -- 34,100

Stars-Blackhawks (Sun., NBC5)
Homes -- 33,320
18-to-49 -- 21,700

Stars-Ducks (Fri., Fox Sports Southwest)
Homes -- 23,800
18-to-49 -- 34,100

The Sopranos' Sunday night return on HBO drew 45,220 homes in D-FW from 8 to 9 p.m., says Nielsen. That's a smaller audience than the Rangers had on ESPN, but a majority of homes still don't have HBO.

ABC's annual seasonal presentation of The Ten Commandments lacked almighty ratings Saturday night, finishing second in homes overall to CBS crime programming but winning among 18-to-49-year-olds.

In Friday's local news derby, NBC5 took the first place prize at 10 p.m. in homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.

Belo8 won at 6 a.m. in homes,, but Fox4 drew the most 25-to-54-year-olds.

At 5 and 6 p.m., Belo8 won across the board.
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