Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., July 24)
07/25/08 09:34 AM
By ED BARK
A sluggish summer night in the D-FW Nielsens found a repeat of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ranking as the most-watched program with a commonplace 148,572 homes.
Another vote-off edition of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance took the crown among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with 78,835. Comfort Fedoke of Dallas was evicted for the second time (after being reinstated because of a dancer injury) while Joshua Allen of Fort Worth moved on to the show's Final Six.
The new CBS police drama Flashpoint, in its first Thursday outing, held most of its CSI lead-in to win in total homes at 9 p.m. with 129,087. It slipped to third place with 18-to-49-year-olds, though, behind ABC's Hopkins and Fox4's local newscast.
NBC's Fear Itself horror anthology series, which isn't bad, really, again registered as the least-watched program among the Big Four networks. It drew a frighteningly low 48,712 D-FW homes.
In the local news derby, chalk up another pair of 10 p.m. wins for WFAA8 in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 returned to the 6 a.m. winner's circle with golds in both ratings measurements. Also of note: CBS11 has been creeping a bit closer to third place in the summertime Nielsens. But will it fall back in the fall?
Fox4 continued to do solid business at 5 p.m. with wins in both total homes and in the 25-to-54 demo. And WFAA8 again imposed its will at 6 p.m., taking first in both measurements for a 24th consecutive weekday.
A sluggish summer night in the D-FW Nielsens found a repeat of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ranking as the most-watched program with a commonplace 148,572 homes.
Another vote-off edition of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance took the crown among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with 78,835. Comfort Fedoke of Dallas was evicted for the second time (after being reinstated because of a dancer injury) while Joshua Allen of Fort Worth moved on to the show's Final Six.
The new CBS police drama Flashpoint, in its first Thursday outing, held most of its CSI lead-in to win in total homes at 9 p.m. with 129,087. It slipped to third place with 18-to-49-year-olds, though, behind ABC's Hopkins and Fox4's local newscast.
NBC's Fear Itself horror anthology series, which isn't bad, really, again registered as the least-watched program among the Big Four networks. It drew a frighteningly low 48,712 D-FW homes.
In the local news derby, chalk up another pair of 10 p.m. wins for WFAA8 in both total homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 returned to the 6 a.m. winner's circle with golds in both ratings measurements. Also of note: CBS11 has been creeping a bit closer to third place in the summertime Nielsens. But will it fall back in the fall?
Fox4 continued to do solid business at 5 p.m. with wins in both total homes and in the 25-to-54 demo. And WFAA8 again imposed its will at 6 p.m., taking first in both measurements for a 24th consecutive weekday.
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