Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., May 27)
05/28/08 10:11 AM
By ED BARK
Fox's double dose of contestant humiliation paced Tuesday's prime-time ratings among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.
The return of Moment of Truth controlled the 7 to 8 p.m. hour before Hell's Kitchen likewise fired up the Nielsens in this key audience demographic.
In the total homes measurement, Kitchen and a repeat of CBS' The Unit tied for first at 8 p.m. with 119,344 apiece. Moment of Truth (131,522 homes) ran second to CBS' competing NCIS (204,590), also a repeat.
CBS won in total D-FW homes at 9 p.m. with another dollop of 48 Hours Mystery (192,412). But NBC's repeat of Law & Order: SVU ran first with 18-to-49-year-olds.
Over on cable, the Lakers' last-second win over the Spurs in the Western Conference finals drew a very nice-sized 141,265 homes to TNT. The resurgent Texas Rangers' victory over the rising Rays managed 53,584 homes on MY27.
In the local news derby, CBS11 nipped WFAA8 at 10 p.m. in total homes, but fell to fourth among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. WFAA8 took first in the latter measurement.
The 6 a.m. ratings again were split, with Fox4 winning in total homes but continuing to slump in the 25-to-54 demo. WFAA8 comfortably won that battle while Fox4 wilted to third.
WFAA8 won among 25-to-54-year-olds at 5 and 6 p.m. and added a total homes gold in the later hour. NBC5 was tops in total homes at 5 p.m.
Fox's double dose of contestant humiliation paced Tuesday's prime-time ratings among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.
The return of Moment of Truth controlled the 7 to 8 p.m. hour before Hell's Kitchen likewise fired up the Nielsens in this key audience demographic.
In the total homes measurement, Kitchen and a repeat of CBS' The Unit tied for first at 8 p.m. with 119,344 apiece. Moment of Truth (131,522 homes) ran second to CBS' competing NCIS (204,590), also a repeat.
CBS won in total D-FW homes at 9 p.m. with another dollop of 48 Hours Mystery (192,412). But NBC's repeat of Law & Order: SVU ran first with 18-to-49-year-olds.
Over on cable, the Lakers' last-second win over the Spurs in the Western Conference finals drew a very nice-sized 141,265 homes to TNT. The resurgent Texas Rangers' victory over the rising Rays managed 53,584 homes on MY27.
In the local news derby, CBS11 nipped WFAA8 at 10 p.m. in total homes, but fell to fourth among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming. WFAA8 took first in the latter measurement.
The 6 a.m. ratings again were split, with Fox4 winning in total homes but continuing to slump in the 25-to-54 demo. WFAA8 comfortably won that battle while Fox4 wilted to third.
WFAA8 won among 25-to-54-year-olds at 5 and 6 p.m. and added a total homes gold in the later hour. NBC5 was tops in total homes at 5 p.m.
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