Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun, June 15-17)
06/18/07 12:22 PM
By ED BARK
The audience kept building, remarkably so in the concluding half-hour.
A rainy Father's Day cooperated, sending ratings for the U.S. Open soaring as Tiger Woods took his last shots at catching eventual winner Angel Cabrera.
Luring just 47,600 D-FW homes for its noon start time on NBC, the final round of the Open ended with 268,940 homes between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m Sunday. That's when Woods missed two chances, on holes 17 and 18, to either win or force a Monday playoff. He ended up a single stroke behind while NBC cashed in with the weekend's most-watched program by a long shot.
Overall, the six-and-a-half hours of Open coverage averaged 173,100 homes while the Texas Rangers' Sunday afternoon win over Cincinnati managed 45,330 homes on MY27. Put Woods in contention or in the lead and you've got a guaranteed hit.
Saturday night's close-out of the Dallas mayoral race on 10 p.m. newscasts attracted a decent-sized 152,320 homes to Belo8, which also won comfortably among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. CBS11's laughable coverage (see below) ran second while NBC5 placed a distant third after getting a sub-puny lead-in audience from the last 15 minutes of NBC's Medium repeat (23,800 homes).
Fox4 had coverage during its 9 p.m. newscast, but Tom Leppert's victory speech came too late for the station, which yielded to its network's Mad TV at 10 p.m.
Friday's top draw, CBS' prime-time repeat of Bob Barker's last The Price Is Right, lured 176,120 homes while also winning easily among 18-to-49-year-olds, the advertiser-favored audience for entertainment programming. The daytime Emmy awards ceremony followed with 154,700 homes, but CBS11's 10 p.m. newscast again couldn't capitalize on a sizable lead-in advantage.
Belo8 instead edged NBC5 at 10 p.m. in total homes, but the Peacock prevailed with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 again notched twin victories at 6 a.m., with its Good Day also winning in both measurements from 7 to 9 a.m. against the three network morning shows.
Belo8 had two wins at 6 p.m. and also finished first at 5 p.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds. NBC5 nipped Belo8 in total homes at 5 p.m.
The audience kept building, remarkably so in the concluding half-hour.
A rainy Father's Day cooperated, sending ratings for the U.S. Open soaring as Tiger Woods took his last shots at catching eventual winner Angel Cabrera.
Luring just 47,600 D-FW homes for its noon start time on NBC, the final round of the Open ended with 268,940 homes between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m Sunday. That's when Woods missed two chances, on holes 17 and 18, to either win or force a Monday playoff. He ended up a single stroke behind while NBC cashed in with the weekend's most-watched program by a long shot.
Overall, the six-and-a-half hours of Open coverage averaged 173,100 homes while the Texas Rangers' Sunday afternoon win over Cincinnati managed 45,330 homes on MY27. Put Woods in contention or in the lead and you've got a guaranteed hit.
Saturday night's close-out of the Dallas mayoral race on 10 p.m. newscasts attracted a decent-sized 152,320 homes to Belo8, which also won comfortably among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. CBS11's laughable coverage (see below) ran second while NBC5 placed a distant third after getting a sub-puny lead-in audience from the last 15 minutes of NBC's Medium repeat (23,800 homes).
Fox4 had coverage during its 9 p.m. newscast, but Tom Leppert's victory speech came too late for the station, which yielded to its network's Mad TV at 10 p.m.
Friday's top draw, CBS' prime-time repeat of Bob Barker's last The Price Is Right, lured 176,120 homes while also winning easily among 18-to-49-year-olds, the advertiser-favored audience for entertainment programming. The daytime Emmy awards ceremony followed with 154,700 homes, but CBS11's 10 p.m. newscast again couldn't capitalize on a sizable lead-in advantage.
Belo8 instead edged NBC5 at 10 p.m. in total homes, but the Peacock prevailed with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 again notched twin victories at 6 a.m., with its Good Day also winning in both measurements from 7 to 9 a.m. against the three network morning shows.
Belo8 had two wins at 6 p.m. and also finished first at 5 p.m. with 25-to-54-year-olds. NBC5 nipped Belo8 in total homes at 5 p.m.
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