Vlad 276 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 WABC-TV Wins Yet Again... They may have the ugliest graphics in the world, or they may have the most phenomenal graphics, but whatever it is, WABC-TV still wins and continues to be the Number #1 Station In The Nation (don't mean to rub it in, lol), of course this is nothing new to most of us. Graphics, on air presentation or whatever don't mean a thing to the common New Yorker. It is the quality of the product that impresses the majority of viewers. And the reason why they hold the title of being number one in the nation is obviously because of the metropolitan area it serves, which is the largest in the nation itself, so that helps out quite a bit... Here in New York, Channel 7 is the talk of the town. OVERALL RESULTS: Less People Watched TV This Year Than This Time Last Year... WABC-TV EYEWITNESS NEWS - #1 (Was In First Place Last Year, Less Viewers This Year) WCBS-TV CBS 2 NEWS - #2 (Was In Third Place Last Year, More Viewers This Year) WNBC-TV NEWS 4 NEW YORK - #3 (Was In Second Place Last Year, Less Viewers This Year) WNYW-TV FOX 5 NEWS - #4 (Was In Fourth Place Last Year, Less Viewers This Year) WPIX-TV CW 11 NEWS - #5 (Was In Fourth Place Last Year, Less Viewers This Year) PRESS RELEASE: Channel 7 is the #1 TV Station in New York and the Nation in the May 2008 Nielsen Sweep "Eyewitness News" Continues to Win Every News Race (5am, 6am, 12pm, 5pm, 6pm and 11pm) by a Wide Margin NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- WABC-TV is New York's most watched broadcast station in both Households and Adults 25-54 for the 42nd consecutive ratings survey period, delivering a 3.6 rating/10 share in DMA Households, Monday-Sunday Sign-On to Sign-Off in Nielsen's May 2008 sweep, providing WABC-TV with a 50% advantage over its nearest competitor. With each rating point representing 73,920 Tri-State area TV households, Channel 7 continues to attract a larger audience than any other television station in the country. WABC-TV leads the market in news broadcasts throughout the entire day, beginning with the early morning news race. At 5am, WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News This Morning" with Lori Stokes, Ken Rosato and Bill Evans boasts a DMA Household rating that is more than any two competitors combined. At 6am, WABC-TV tops its closest competitor (WNBC-TV) by 23% in DMA Households. "Eyewitness News This Morning" is equally dominant among Adults 25-54, where both its 5am and 6am editions deliver more viewers than any two competitors combined. At Noon, "Eyewitness News" with Lori Stokes, Ken Rosato and Bill Evans is more than double its competition on WCBS-TV in DMA Households, and draws more than twice as many Women 25-54 viewers. WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News at 5pm" with Diana Williams, Sade Baderinwa and Lee Goldberg, outdelivers 2nd-place WCBS-TV by 60% in DMA Households. WABC-TV's rating among Adults 25-54 is higher than the combined deliveries of WCBS-TV's "CBS2 News at 5," WNYW-TV's "Fox News at 5" and WNBC-TV's "NewsChannel 4 at 5." "Eyewitness News" maintains its domination at 6pm with the Mon-Fri "Eyewitness News at 6pm" with Bill Ritter, Liz Cho, Lee Goldberg and Scott Clark. WABC-TV has more than double the DMA Household rating of its closest competitor, "CBS2 News at 6pm." Among Adults 25-54, WABC-TV delivers a higher rating than the combined 6pm newscast deliveries of WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV and WNYW-TV. May 2008 marks the 53rd consecutive ratings survey period that WABC-TV has finished an outright #1 in DMA Households among local M-F 6pm newscasts. The Mon-Fri "Eyewitness News at 11pm" featuring Bill Ritter, Liz Cho, Lee Goldberg and Scott Clark completes the overall weekday victory for WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News" franchise. WABC-TV wins the 11pm Late News race in DMA Households, topping both WCBS-TV & WNBC-TV by 25%. WABC-TV is also #1 among Adults 25-54, topping WNYW-TV by 12%. On weekend mornings, "Eyewitness News" with Michelle Charlesworth, Phil Lipof, Jeff Smith and Jessica Taff delivers the key Adult 25-54 demographic better than any of its competitors. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, WABC-TV's newscasts collectively average a 1.1 rating among Adults 25-54, which is 57% greater than WNBC-TV's newscasts and 175% more than WCBS-TV's local newscasts. At 11pm on Saturday and Sunday nights, "Eyewitness News at 11pm," featuring Joe Torres, Sandra Bookman, Heidi Jones and Marvell Scott, continues the dominance that WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News" demonstrates on weekdays. WABC-TV outdelivers 2nd-place WNBC-TV by 14% in DMA Households and by 53% among Adults 25-54 on weekend nights. On Mon-Fri 6:30-7pm, "ABC's World News" with Charles Gibson holds a commanding lead over its network news competitors, with a DMA Household rating that is more than the combined deliveries of WNBC-TV's "NBC Nightly News" and WCBS-TV's "CBS Evening News." In Primetime, WABC-TV ranks #1 in DMA Households and Adults 25-54. Among Adults 25-54, WABC-TV boasts five of the top ten programs in the market in the May 2008 sweep. In the daytime hours, "Live with Regis and Kelly" joins WABC-TV's syndicated programs "Rachael Ray", "Millionaire", "Oprah", "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" in continuing to be the #1 programs in their respective time periods in Households and most key demographics, including Adults and Women 25-54. WABC-TV, Channel 7, is the ABC, Inc., Owned Television Station in New York City. SWEEPS CHART NEW YORK CITY, NY Some More Interesting Results: - ABC's The View disintegrated WNBC's iVillage by a whopping 1267% - FOX Primetime (Despite Having American Idol), lost to ABC's Primetime by a mere 2%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnya2k6 171 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 And if you include Canada (especially the big markets like Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver), WABC is also the #1 station in NORTH AMERICA!!! Meanwhile, as far as the entertainment news shows at 7:30 are concerned...it's nice to see ET continue to whup Access Hollywood's ass 3.2 to 1.9. As for primetime? I was hoping American Idol-fueled WNYW would hold off WCBS for second (or at least tie with them). Jonathan Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuitSnob 19 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Of course you realize this is only because they have the best-dressed men in town. And CBS is up in the ratings due to Chris Wragge's new wardrobe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amra 130 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Didn't News 4 @ 11pm tied with CBS 2; but M-S, WNBC beated WCBS. I saw it on the press release a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link 3 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I didn't realize WNBC's evening newscasts had gone downhill with such low ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amra 130 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Wait for November. WNBC might be able to regain some momentum. Jim out of CBS 2, and Chuck & Sue for the 6 & 11 again, we have to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtmclaug 43 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I am not surprised one bit when I first read these numbers. Although, I was pleasantly surprised to see that WNBC's numbers dropped that low. If they want to get their numbers back up, I suggest that they bring back the noon newscast and extend the 5pm show to a full hour. I guess all those changes that WCBS made actually worked. But, it may be a different story now that Jim Rosenfield is gone. Let's wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link 3 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I am not surprised one bit when I first read these numbers. Although, I was pleasantly surprised to see that WNBC's numbers dropped that low. If they want to get their numbers back up, I suggest that they bring back the noon newscast and extend the 5pm show to a full hour. I guess all those changes that WCBS made actually worked. But, it may be a different story now that Jim Rosenfield is gone. Let's wait and see. I agree they should put Live at Five back to an hour like it was and put Extra back at 7pm. One problem is WNBC's syndicated shows are all low rated and don't give them much of a lead in to their newscasts. They should also do an hourlong 11am newscast like other NBC O&Os do. I also think they should just go by "News 4" like WRC does in Washington D.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Yeah WNBC needs to do something better with their 11am-1pm time slots. 11:00 AM Paid Programming 11:30 AM Merv Griffin's Crosswords 12:00 PM OpenHouse NYC 12:30 PM Extra I believe sometimes infomercials also run at 12pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtmclaug 43 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 WNBC could easily eliminate the paid programming at 11am. They could put an 11am newscast in its place and not only go to battle with WNYW, but get the jump on WABC and WCBS. They could also lose OpenHouse NYC and bring back the noon newscast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amra 130 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I also think they should just go by "News 4" like WRC does in Washington D.C. No they shouldn't. WNBC wanted the 4 New York back and they did it. No need to be like WRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVNewsLover 728 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 They kind of already go by News 4. Isn't their newscast called News 4 News York at # ? I personally prefer NBC 4 News at # . As far as the lineup, I think this is how it should go: 11am: Judge Joe Brown 12noon: Noon newscast 12:30pm: Deal or No Deal (syndicated version) 1pm: Days of Our Lives 2pm: Martha 3pm: The Bonnie Hunt Show 4pm: Ellen 5pm: News (Live at Five) 6pm: News 6:30: NBC Nightly News 7pm: Extra 7:30: Access Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amra 130 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 NBC 4 News? are you kidding me? The best thing about WNBC is that they don't have to call themselves like the others O&O's. It would be stupid. Just like KNBC dropping Channel 4 News to NBC 4 News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l14dap 1 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Maybe it's just me, but why would you want to ditch New York Nightly News in favor of one hour of tabloid trash? I think the 7pm newscast has held its own in the ratings. Not a flop like some people suggested it would be when it first aired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link 3 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 NBC 4 News? are you kidding me? The best thing about WNBC is that they don't have to call themselves like the others O&O's. It would be stupid. Just like KNBC dropping Channel 4 News to NBC 4 News. In Chicago, its rather boring with CBS 2 News, NBC 5 News, ABC 7 News, and Fox News Chicago...they all sound the same. I wish ABC 7 still went by Eyewitness News at least that sounded different. None of the NBC 4's have ever gone by NBC 4 News, but all the others O&Os seem to - NBC 5 News in Chicago and Dallas, NBC 11 News in San Francisco, NBC 7/39 News in San Diego, NBC 10 News in Philadelphia. I was glad that WNBC went back to News 4 New York. I NEVER liked NewsChannel 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amra 130 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I don't remember where I read that KNBC did a little stint with NBC 4 News but reverted back to Channel 4 News. I'm not so sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link 3 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 They kind of already go by News 4. Isn't their newscast called News 4 News York at # ? I personally prefer NBC 4 News at # . As far as the lineup, I think this is how it should go: 11am: Judge Joe Brown 12noon: Noon newscast 12:30pm: Deal or No Deal (syndicated version) 1pm: Days of Our Lives 2pm: Martha 3pm: The Bonnie Hunt Show 4pm: Ellen 5pm: News (Live at Five) 6pm: News 6:30: NBC Nightly News 7pm: Extra 7:30: Access Hollywood Why do I always hear that Ellen is a syndication hit but yet it never is in the top 20 of syndication ratings? The same goes for Rachael Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrfRptr 3 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 You're right, it's isn't a top 20 show when compared with other Syndication strongholds (Oprah, Jeopardy, Wheel, Phil, etc). But her show does very well in certain demos and has a number of Emmy wins and nominations. Not to mention, she's usually counterprogrammed againts Dr. Phil and/or Oprah. Many feel if/when Oprah retires that Ellen could elevate to the top women's hosted daytime talk show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrfRptr 3 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Dumb question...what does a rating point equal in number of people in NYC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Well there are roughly 19 million people in the Tristate Region, hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrfRptr 3 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I know how many people live in the area. But 1.0 rating is equal to how many people. (190k?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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