Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs.-Sun., April 5-8) -- Spieth-fueled Masters runs up the score
04/09/18 11:03 AM
By ED BARK
@unclebarkycom on Twitter
Dallasite Jordan Spieth’s improbable comeback in Sunday’s final round of The Masters put golf in the ratings fairway.
Trailing by nine strokes, Spieth rallied all the way back to a tie in the late going before eventually losing by two strokes to fellow Texan Patrick Reed. Meanwhile, The Masters built to a peak D-FW audience of 420,204 viewers between 5:30 and 5:45 p.m on CBS. Overall, Sunday’s finale averaged 299,128 total viewers and 87,377 in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old age range. Both were Sunday highs.
In the prime-time numbers, CBS led from start to stop in total viewers with its regular lineup of 60 Minutes, Instinct, NCIS: Los Angeles and Madam Secretary. 60 Minutes also won the 6 p.m. hour among 18-to-49-year-olds before ABC’s American Idol ranked first from 7 to 9 p.m. and NBC’s Timeless took the 9 p.m. hour.
Friday’s nighttime Nielsens were paced by CBS’ 9 p.m. episode of Blue Bloods in total viewers (299,128) and Fox’s 7 p.m. hour of Masterchef Junior in the 18-to-49 realm (43,688 viewers).
On Thursday night, CBS’ The Big Bang Theory was tops in total viewers (348,983) while ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy dominated in the 18-to-49 demographic (134,186 viewers).
Here are the Thursday and Friday local news derby results.
Thursday -- TEGNA8 drew the most total viewers at 10 p.m. while Fox4 won among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 also swept the 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. proceedings and added a 5 p.m. gold in the 25-to-54 measurement. NBC5 broke through with the most total viewers at 5 p.m.
Friday -- TEGNA8 ran the table at 10 p.m. and Fox4 did likewise at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The 5 p.m. wins went to NBC5 in total viewers and Fox4 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
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Dallasite Jordan Spieth’s improbable comeback in Sunday’s final round of The Masters put golf in the ratings fairway.
Trailing by nine strokes, Spieth rallied all the way back to a tie in the late going before eventually losing by two strokes to fellow Texan Patrick Reed. Meanwhile, The Masters built to a peak D-FW audience of 420,204 viewers between 5:30 and 5:45 p.m on CBS. Overall, Sunday’s finale averaged 299,128 total viewers and 87,377 in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old age range. Both were Sunday highs.
In the prime-time numbers, CBS led from start to stop in total viewers with its regular lineup of 60 Minutes, Instinct, NCIS: Los Angeles and Madam Secretary. 60 Minutes also won the 6 p.m. hour among 18-to-49-year-olds before ABC’s American Idol ranked first from 7 to 9 p.m. and NBC’s Timeless took the 9 p.m. hour.
Friday’s nighttime Nielsens were paced by CBS’ 9 p.m. episode of Blue Bloods in total viewers (299,128) and Fox’s 7 p.m. hour of Masterchef Junior in the 18-to-49 realm (43,688 viewers).
On Thursday night, CBS’ The Big Bang Theory was tops in total viewers (348,983) while ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy dominated in the 18-to-49 demographic (134,186 viewers).
Here are the Thursday and Friday local news derby results.
Thursday -- TEGNA8 drew the most total viewers at 10 p.m. while Fox4 won among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 also swept the 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. proceedings and added a 5 p.m. gold in the 25-to-54 measurement. NBC5 broke through with the most total viewers at 5 p.m.
Friday -- TEGNA8 ran the table at 10 p.m. and Fox4 did likewise at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
The 5 p.m. wins went to NBC5 in total viewers and Fox4 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
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