Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., Aug. 21)
08/22/07 09:53 AM
By ED BARK
NBC's two-hour finale of America's Got Talent, with two North Texans vying for the $1 million grand prize, expectedly dominated Tuesday's prime-time ratings.
Audiences peaked between 8:45 and 9 p.m., when 226,100 D-FW homes watched Mesquite-based ventriloquist Terry Fator proclaimed "The Best New Act in America." He outlasted runnerup Cas Haley of Arlington, whose reggae song stylings also kept the phone and Internet votes coming in.
Overall, AGT averaged 188,020 total homes from 7 to 9 p.m. while also lapping the field with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds (114,700 of 'em).
ABC's Primetime Crime (138,040 homes) then took over at 9 p.m., edging competition from NBC's Singing Bee and CBS' NCIS (both with 130,900 homes). Bee was tops with 18-to-49-year-olds, though, giving the Peacock a clean sweep in that key demo.
In the local news derby, it again was very bad news for CBS11 in the hard-fought 6 a.m. race. The station had "hashmarks" (no measurable audience) among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. In no small measure that's a disaster. Even a pair of infomercials on CW33 outdrew CBS11 from 6 to 7 a.m.
Fox4 again easily led the way at 6 a.m. in both audience measurements, outpointing CBS11 83,230 to 0 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
NBC5 notched two wins at 10 p.m., with a particularly strong showing in the 25-to-54 demo. It had 154,980 of 'em compared to 103,320 for Univision's runnerup Spanish language newscast, Noticias 23.
Belo8 had a paper thin win at 5 p.m. in total homes, and a bit wider margin at 6 p.m. over runnerup NBC5. But the Peacock took the 5 p.m. crown with 25-to-54-year-olds.
At 6 p.m. it was a three-way tie among NBC5, Fox4 and a King of Queens rerun on TXA21. Belo8 slid to an unaccustomed sixth place at that hour, with CBS11's newscast and a CW33 Friends repeat tying for fourth.
NBC's two-hour finale of America's Got Talent, with two North Texans vying for the $1 million grand prize, expectedly dominated Tuesday's prime-time ratings.
Audiences peaked between 8:45 and 9 p.m., when 226,100 D-FW homes watched Mesquite-based ventriloquist Terry Fator proclaimed "The Best New Act in America." He outlasted runnerup Cas Haley of Arlington, whose reggae song stylings also kept the phone and Internet votes coming in.
Overall, AGT averaged 188,020 total homes from 7 to 9 p.m. while also lapping the field with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds (114,700 of 'em).
ABC's Primetime Crime (138,040 homes) then took over at 9 p.m., edging competition from NBC's Singing Bee and CBS' NCIS (both with 130,900 homes). Bee was tops with 18-to-49-year-olds, though, giving the Peacock a clean sweep in that key demo.
In the local news derby, it again was very bad news for CBS11 in the hard-fought 6 a.m. race. The station had "hashmarks" (no measurable audience) among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. In no small measure that's a disaster. Even a pair of infomercials on CW33 outdrew CBS11 from 6 to 7 a.m.
Fox4 again easily led the way at 6 a.m. in both audience measurements, outpointing CBS11 83,230 to 0 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
NBC5 notched two wins at 10 p.m., with a particularly strong showing in the 25-to-54 demo. It had 154,980 of 'em compared to 103,320 for Univision's runnerup Spanish language newscast, Noticias 23.
Belo8 had a paper thin win at 5 p.m. in total homes, and a bit wider margin at 6 p.m. over runnerup NBC5. But the Peacock took the 5 p.m. crown with 25-to-54-year-olds.
At 6 p.m. it was a three-way tie among NBC5, Fox4 and a King of Queens rerun on TXA21. Belo8 slid to an unaccustomed sixth place at that hour, with CBS11's newscast and a CW33 Friends repeat tying for fourth.
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