Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., March 24)
03/25/08 10:46 AM
By ED BARK
Monday's D-FW Nielsen headliners were the return of CSI: Miami, a continued downturn of The Bachelor and the ratings rolls of WFAA8's late night newscast and Fox4's second two hours of Good Day.
CBS' first post-strike new episode of CSI: Miami drew 297,143 total homes, nearly equaling the haul for ABC's two-hour edition of Dancing with the Stars (306,886 homes).
ABC's upside quickly cratered, though, with its British bloke-infused episode of The Bachelor retaining just 143,700 homes from 9 to 10 p.m. That put it third behind both CSI and NBC's Medium (194,848 homes).
Undeterred, WFAA8's 10 p.m. news again rose to the top of the heap, corralling 226,511 homes to whip CBS11 (187,541) and NBC5 (182,670). The ABC station also won among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. The Peacock took second in that measurement, nipping CBS11.
Fox already has sent Canterbury's Law to its Friday night boneyard after just a pair of Monday outings. It's all-purpose plug-in drug, a House repeat, drew only 80,375 homes but edged NBC's My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad in the 7 p.m. hour. A new episode of Fox's New Amsterdam then dipped to fourth place from 8 to 9 p.m., although drawing more homes (90,117) than House.
A first-run How I Met Your Mother, with guest star Britney Spears, pulled in 126,651 homes to run second in the 7:30 to 8 p.m. slot. Even so, it tied The Big Bang Theory as CBS' lowest-rated prime-time attraction of the night.
Monday's 6 a.m. news race again was a tale of two outcomes, with WFAA8 winning in total homes and Fox4 countering with a first place finish among 25-to-54-year-olds. The 7 to 9 a.m. portion of its Good Day then beat the three competing network shows in both measurements for an impressive 16th straight weekday, a streak dating to March 3rd. The last network winner was ABC's Good Morning America, which broke through among 25-to-54-year-olds on Friday, Feb. 29th.
WFAA8 ran the table in the 5 and 6 p.m. newscast competitions.
Monday's D-FW Nielsen headliners were the return of CSI: Miami, a continued downturn of The Bachelor and the ratings rolls of WFAA8's late night newscast and Fox4's second two hours of Good Day.
CBS' first post-strike new episode of CSI: Miami drew 297,143 total homes, nearly equaling the haul for ABC's two-hour edition of Dancing with the Stars (306,886 homes).
ABC's upside quickly cratered, though, with its British bloke-infused episode of The Bachelor retaining just 143,700 homes from 9 to 10 p.m. That put it third behind both CSI and NBC's Medium (194,848 homes).
Undeterred, WFAA8's 10 p.m. news again rose to the top of the heap, corralling 226,511 homes to whip CBS11 (187,541) and NBC5 (182,670). The ABC station also won among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. The Peacock took second in that measurement, nipping CBS11.
Fox already has sent Canterbury's Law to its Friday night boneyard after just a pair of Monday outings. It's all-purpose plug-in drug, a House repeat, drew only 80,375 homes but edged NBC's My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad in the 7 p.m. hour. A new episode of Fox's New Amsterdam then dipped to fourth place from 8 to 9 p.m., although drawing more homes (90,117) than House.
A first-run How I Met Your Mother, with guest star Britney Spears, pulled in 126,651 homes to run second in the 7:30 to 8 p.m. slot. Even so, it tied The Big Bang Theory as CBS' lowest-rated prime-time attraction of the night.
Monday's 6 a.m. news race again was a tale of two outcomes, with WFAA8 winning in total homes and Fox4 countering with a first place finish among 25-to-54-year-olds. The 7 to 9 a.m. portion of its Good Day then beat the three competing network shows in both measurements for an impressive 16th straight weekday, a streak dating to March 3rd. The last network winner was ABC's Good Morning America, which broke through among 25-to-54-year-olds on Friday, Feb. 29th.
WFAA8 ran the table in the 5 and 6 p.m. newscast competitions.
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