Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., May 15)
05/16/08 09:11 AM
By ED BARK
CBS' eighth season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ranked as Thursday's biggest draw in total homes, but ABC's Lost found itself tops for the night among 18-to-49-year-olds.
CSI flexed with 287,401 D-FW homes while its followup act, the sixth season-ender of Without A Trace, held on to 263,045 of 'em.
Although it dominated Lost in total homes, Trace ran well behind ABC's magical, mystery tour in the key 18-to-49 demo. Lost had 167,130 viewers in that age group, even outdrawing ABC's preceding and still potent Grey's Anatomy (160,823).
NBC's one-hour season finales of My Name Is Earl and The Office respectively ran fourth and third in total homes. Earl stepped up to second among 18-to-49-year-olds, though, behind only ABC's Ugly Betty. Opposite both Grey's and CSI, The Office ran third in that demo.
In the local news derby, CBS11 took the gold at 10 p.m. with 236,253 total homes. NBC5, which ran a distant third (114,473 homes), lost all hope of catching CBS11 for the runnerup spot in this measurement.
WFAA8 won at 10 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. With just four days remaining in the May sweeps, it has a hammerlock on both races.
The 6 a.m. race remains highly competitive, though. Fox4's narrow win in total homes puts it in a virtual tie with WFAA8 in the race for first place.
But NBC5 won with 25-to-54-year-olds to pull even with Fox4 for second place overall. WFAA8 remains perilously in first, but could still be overtaken with strong closing numbers by either the Peacock or -- less likely -- Fox4.
NBC5 won in both ratings measurements at 5 p.m. and WFAA8 did likewise at 6 p.m. But those races are over, with WFAA8 comfortably snuggled in first.
CBS' eighth season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ranked as Thursday's biggest draw in total homes, but ABC's Lost found itself tops for the night among 18-to-49-year-olds.
CSI flexed with 287,401 D-FW homes while its followup act, the sixth season-ender of Without A Trace, held on to 263,045 of 'em.
Although it dominated Lost in total homes, Trace ran well behind ABC's magical, mystery tour in the key 18-to-49 demo. Lost had 167,130 viewers in that age group, even outdrawing ABC's preceding and still potent Grey's Anatomy (160,823).
NBC's one-hour season finales of My Name Is Earl and The Office respectively ran fourth and third in total homes. Earl stepped up to second among 18-to-49-year-olds, though, behind only ABC's Ugly Betty. Opposite both Grey's and CSI, The Office ran third in that demo.
In the local news derby, CBS11 took the gold at 10 p.m. with 236,253 total homes. NBC5, which ran a distant third (114,473 homes), lost all hope of catching CBS11 for the runnerup spot in this measurement.
WFAA8 won at 10 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. With just four days remaining in the May sweeps, it has a hammerlock on both races.
The 6 a.m. race remains highly competitive, though. Fox4's narrow win in total homes puts it in a virtual tie with WFAA8 in the race for first place.
But NBC5 won with 25-to-54-year-olds to pull even with Fox4 for second place overall. WFAA8 remains perilously in first, but could still be overtaken with strong closing numbers by either the Peacock or -- less likely -- Fox4.
NBC5 won in both ratings measurements at 5 p.m. and WFAA8 did likewise at 6 p.m. But those races are over, with WFAA8 comfortably snuggled in first.
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