Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., June 5)
06/10/08 10:59 AM
By ED BARK
Game 1 of the NBA Finals routed all competed programming Thursday night, with the premiere of CBS' new Swingtown taking the consolation prize.
ABC's historically potent matchup between Boston and L.A. averaged a robust 242,342 D-FW homes, peaking at 309,321 between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m.
Swingtown, set in the sexually ripe '70s, ran second at 9 p.m., luring 151,007 homes against the first outing for NBC's Fear Itself (fourth with 102,295 homes).
In the local news derby, CBS11 won a three-way competition at 10 p.m. in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. NBC5 was a close second in both measurements.
WFAA8 took the 6 a.m. competition in total homes and tied for first with the Peacock in the 25-to-54 demo.
The 6 p.m. races went to WFAA8 in both measurements. At 5 p.m., Fox4 won in total homes and NBC5 took the gold with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Game 1 of the NBA Finals routed all competed programming Thursday night, with the premiere of CBS' new Swingtown taking the consolation prize.
ABC's historically potent matchup between Boston and L.A. averaged a robust 242,342 D-FW homes, peaking at 309,321 between 10:30 and 10:45 p.m.
Swingtown, set in the sexually ripe '70s, ran second at 9 p.m., luring 151,007 homes against the first outing for NBC's Fear Itself (fourth with 102,295 homes).
In the local news derby, CBS11 won a three-way competition at 10 p.m. in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. NBC5 was a close second in both measurements.
WFAA8 took the 6 a.m. competition in total homes and tied for first with the Peacock in the 25-to-54 demo.
The 6 p.m. races went to WFAA8 in both measurements. At 5 p.m., Fox4 won in total homes and NBC5 took the gold with 25-to-54-year-olds.
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