Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., June 9)
06/10/08 11:45 AM
By ED BARK
CBS gunned its reruns Monday night, topping the prime-time Nielsens from start to finish against an array of summertime reality competitions on NBC and ABC.
The Peacock's two-hour premiere of Nashville Star, with four Texas-tied contestants among the 12 finalists, averaged 116,909 D-FW homes from 8 to 10 p.m. But CBS controlled those two hours with a retread lineup of Two and a Half Men (165,621 homes), Rules of Engagement (141,265) and CSi: Miami (180,234 homes).
Nashville Star also ran behind a repeat of Fox's House in its first hour but did manage to edge Fox4's local newscast for second place at 9 p.m.
ABC's The Mole had the night's lowest reality series numbers, sucking in just 63,326 homes between 9 and 10 p.m. It also ran fourth in that time slot among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with the final hour of Nashville Star taking third in that measurement.
At 7 p.m., a planned one-time only-showing on CBS of TBS' The Bill Engvall Show took the gold in both total homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds. CBS' following How I Met Your Mother did likewise. So repeat after me: Repeats aren't a bad idea if you're CBS.
In the local news derby, WFAA8 bucked a lousy lead-in from The Mole to win at 10 p.m. in both total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 countered with a comfortable 6 a.m. win in total homes while nipping WFAA8 by three-hundredths of a rating point in the 25-to-54-demo.
Fox4 won its third consecutive weekday at 5 p.m. in total homes, with WFAA8 tops among 25-to-54-year-olds. The ABC station ran the table at 6 p.m.
CBS gunned its reruns Monday night, topping the prime-time Nielsens from start to finish against an array of summertime reality competitions on NBC and ABC.
The Peacock's two-hour premiere of Nashville Star, with four Texas-tied contestants among the 12 finalists, averaged 116,909 D-FW homes from 8 to 10 p.m. But CBS controlled those two hours with a retread lineup of Two and a Half Men (165,621 homes), Rules of Engagement (141,265) and CSi: Miami (180,234 homes).
Nashville Star also ran behind a repeat of Fox's House in its first hour but did manage to edge Fox4's local newscast for second place at 9 p.m.
ABC's The Mole had the night's lowest reality series numbers, sucking in just 63,326 homes between 9 and 10 p.m. It also ran fourth in that time slot among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds, with the final hour of Nashville Star taking third in that measurement.
At 7 p.m., a planned one-time only-showing on CBS of TBS' The Bill Engvall Show took the gold in both total homes and with 18-to-49-year-olds. CBS' following How I Met Your Mother did likewise. So repeat after me: Repeats aren't a bad idea if you're CBS.
In the local news derby, WFAA8 bucked a lousy lead-in from The Mole to win at 10 p.m. in both total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.
NBC5 countered with a comfortable 6 a.m. win in total homes while nipping WFAA8 by three-hundredths of a rating point in the 25-to-54-demo.
Fox4 won its third consecutive weekday at 5 p.m. in total homes, with WFAA8 tops among 25-to-54-year-olds. The ABC station ran the table at 6 p.m.
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