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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., July 19) -- address is CBS

By ED BARK
@unclebarkycom
A CBS mix of repeats and Big Big Brother 14 controlled Thursday's prime-time numbers in total viewers and likewise almost ran the table with advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.

The Big Bang Theory set the pace with 243,868 D-FW viewers while also ranking as the night's high scorer in the 18-to-49 realm -- 96,069. The network's only slip-up was Person of Interest, which ran a close third at 9 p.m. among 18-to-49-year-olds. Fox4's local newscast and ABC's Rookie Blue tied for first.

In the four-way local news derby faceoffs, WFAA8 ran first at 10 p.m. in both total viewers and 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.

Fox4 swept the 6 a.m. competitions and added 5 and 6 p.m. wins with 25-to-54-year-olds. WFAA8 had the most total viewers at those two hours.