Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., June 18)
06/19/07 11:29 AM
By ED BARK
Matt Lauer's exclusive interview with Princes William and Harry drove the Peacock to a dominant showing at 9 p.m. It also propelled NBC5's 10 p.m. newscast to a smashing win, as the Brits like to say.
NBC's Dateline special drew 259,420 homes, more than doubling the audience for the premiere of the preceding Age of Love (104,720 homes). Monday's third season premiere of TNT cable's The Closer hauled in a very impressive 126,140 homes opposite Age of Love but couldn't beat it among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.
Following The Closer, TNT's new medical series Heartland lured a respectable 85,680 homes in D-FW.
NBC5 kept most of its princely lead-in at 10 p.m., drawing 228,840 homes in thumping runnersup Belo8 and CBS11 (both with 138,040 homes). The Peacock won even bigger among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main target audience for news programming. It amassed 215,250 of 'em, crushing runnerup Belo8 (71,750).
CBS11's special extended storm coverage got a nice ratings pop from 10 to 11:30 a.m., where it won the time period by drawing an average of 117,413 homes.
Fox4 again took the 6 a.m. slot in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds. And Belo8 ran the table at 5 and 6 p.m. in both measurements after absorbing a couple of little dents from NBC5 in the past two days.
Matt Lauer's exclusive interview with Princes William and Harry drove the Peacock to a dominant showing at 9 p.m. It also propelled NBC5's 10 p.m. newscast to a smashing win, as the Brits like to say.
NBC's Dateline special drew 259,420 homes, more than doubling the audience for the premiere of the preceding Age of Love (104,720 homes). Monday's third season premiere of TNT cable's The Closer hauled in a very impressive 126,140 homes opposite Age of Love but couldn't beat it among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.
Following The Closer, TNT's new medical series Heartland lured a respectable 85,680 homes in D-FW.
NBC5 kept most of its princely lead-in at 10 p.m., drawing 228,840 homes in thumping runnersup Belo8 and CBS11 (both with 138,040 homes). The Peacock won even bigger among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main target audience for news programming. It amassed 215,250 of 'em, crushing runnerup Belo8 (71,750).
CBS11's special extended storm coverage got a nice ratings pop from 10 to 11:30 a.m., where it won the time period by drawing an average of 117,413 homes.
Fox4 again took the 6 a.m. slot in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds. And Belo8 ran the table at 5 and 6 p.m. in both measurements after absorbing a couple of little dents from NBC5 in the past two days.
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