Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., Sept. 24)
09/25/07 11:06 AM
By ED BARK
Put on your high-heeled ratings.
Even with local boy Mark Cuban still waiting in the wings, ABC's season premiere of Dancing with the Stars tore though the opposition on the official Night 1 of the fall season.
Dancing drew 353,162 D-FW homes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, with new episodes of three CBS comedy series running a distant second and NBC's combination of Chuck and the first half-hour of Heroes finishing third. That expectedly left Fox's Prison Break and the new K-Ville in a fourth-place ditch among the broadcast networks in both total homes and among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.
In the cable arena, though, ESPN's Monday Night Football (Titans vs. Saints) scored big with 265,480 D-FW homes to rank as Monday's third most-watched program behind Dancing and the season premiere of CBS' CSI: Miami (316,628 homes).
From 8:30 to 10 p.m., ABC's relaunch of The Bachelor, starring Austin hunk Brad Womack, nosedived to 170,492 homes to run second in that slot behind CBS.
In order of drawing power, here's a breakdown of how Monday's new series and season premieres fared in both total D-FW homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds. (Hey, where else are you gonna get this kind of service?)
TOTAL HOMES
Dancing with the Stars (ABC) -- 353,162
CSI: Miami (CBS) -- 316,628
Monday Night Football (ESPN) -- 265,480
Two and a Half Men (CBS) -- 214,333
Rules of Engagement (CBS) -- 197,284
Heroes (NBC) -- 189,977
The Bachelor (ABC) -- 170,492
Journeyman (NBC) -- 153,443
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) -- 146,136
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) -- 141,265
Chuck (NBC) -- 131,522
K-Ville (Fox) -- 97,424
Prison Break (Fox) -- 87,682
18-to-49-YEAR-OLDS
Monday Night Football -- 204,600
Dancing with the Stars -- 170,500
Heroes -- 147,250
CSI: Miami -- 146,940
Rules of Engagement -- 120,900
The Bachelor -- 117,800
Two and a Half Men -- 114,700
The Big Bang Theory -- 96,100
How I Met Your Mother -- 93,620
Chuck -- 92,380
Journeyman -- 83,700
Prison Break -- 65,100
K-Ville -- 43,400
Pant-pant, there's also the daily local news derby. CBS11's 4 p.m. newscast, its first in high-definition, drew 82,810 total homes to tie Fox4's Judge Judy for second place behind the first half-hour of Belo8's Oprah (88,899 homes).
In the four-way newscast battles, Belo8 cruised to comfortable wins at 10 p.m. in both total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. CBS11 again couldn't make a substantial lead-in advantage from CSI: Miami pay off, finishing second and third respectively.
Fox4 had twin wins at 6 a.m., each time in tight fights with Belo8.
The ABC station ran first in total homes at 5 and 6 p.m. In the 25-to-54 demo, NBC5 tied Belo8 at 5 p.m. and won outright at 6 p.m.
Put on your high-heeled ratings.
Even with local boy Mark Cuban still waiting in the wings, ABC's season premiere of Dancing with the Stars tore though the opposition on the official Night 1 of the fall season.
Dancing drew 353,162 D-FW homes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, with new episodes of three CBS comedy series running a distant second and NBC's combination of Chuck and the first half-hour of Heroes finishing third. That expectedly left Fox's Prison Break and the new K-Ville in a fourth-place ditch among the broadcast networks in both total homes and among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.
In the cable arena, though, ESPN's Monday Night Football (Titans vs. Saints) scored big with 265,480 D-FW homes to rank as Monday's third most-watched program behind Dancing and the season premiere of CBS' CSI: Miami (316,628 homes).
From 8:30 to 10 p.m., ABC's relaunch of The Bachelor, starring Austin hunk Brad Womack, nosedived to 170,492 homes to run second in that slot behind CBS.
In order of drawing power, here's a breakdown of how Monday's new series and season premieres fared in both total D-FW homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds. (Hey, where else are you gonna get this kind of service?)
TOTAL HOMES
Dancing with the Stars (ABC) -- 353,162
CSI: Miami (CBS) -- 316,628
Monday Night Football (ESPN) -- 265,480
Two and a Half Men (CBS) -- 214,333
Rules of Engagement (CBS) -- 197,284
Heroes (NBC) -- 189,977
The Bachelor (ABC) -- 170,492
Journeyman (NBC) -- 153,443
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) -- 146,136
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) -- 141,265
Chuck (NBC) -- 131,522
K-Ville (Fox) -- 97,424
Prison Break (Fox) -- 87,682
18-to-49-YEAR-OLDS
Monday Night Football -- 204,600
Dancing with the Stars -- 170,500
Heroes -- 147,250
CSI: Miami -- 146,940
Rules of Engagement -- 120,900
The Bachelor -- 117,800
Two and a Half Men -- 114,700
The Big Bang Theory -- 96,100
How I Met Your Mother -- 93,620
Chuck -- 92,380
Journeyman -- 83,700
Prison Break -- 65,100
K-Ville -- 43,400
Pant-pant, there's also the daily local news derby. CBS11's 4 p.m. newscast, its first in high-definition, drew 82,810 total homes to tie Fox4's Judge Judy for second place behind the first half-hour of Belo8's Oprah (88,899 homes).
In the four-way newscast battles, Belo8 cruised to comfortable wins at 10 p.m. in both total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. CBS11 again couldn't make a substantial lead-in advantage from CSI: Miami pay off, finishing second and third respectively.
Fox4 had twin wins at 6 a.m., each time in tight fights with Belo8.
The ABC station ran first in total homes at 5 and 6 p.m. In the 25-to-54 demo, NBC5 tied Belo8 at 5 p.m. and won outright at 6 p.m.
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