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11/30: Falcons, “Dancing” bring home ratings bacon
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
TV RATINGS
WATL-TV, which now airs barely-seen shows such as “Decision House” and “Jail,” managed a rare top 10 appearance because it was able to air the Thanksgiving evening Falcons game, bringing in 386,000 post-turkey viewers. Too bad the Falcons lost again.
In the meantime, “Dancing With the Stars” remains a huge hit, pulling in season-high numbers locally and nationally. In fact, the performance show Nov. 19 landed at No. 1 nationally thanks to the fact Thanksgiving stunted ratings for typical No. 1 “CSI.” In fact, “CSI” ranked 14th nationally and just 41st locally where many were catching the Falcons.
And the biggest Atlanta audience of the year for the city’s No. 1 show, Fox’s “House” Nov. 20 (558,000 people) helped fuel Fox 5’s 10 p.m. news show into the top 10 as well with 334,000 viewers.
After ABC’s “The Bachelor” Brad Womack rejected both women in the finale Nov. 19, including Newnan realtor DeAnna Pappas, the “After the Rose” post-finale show Nov. 20 actually pulled in more viewers, finishing at 12.3 million viewers nationally and 262,000 locally.
Plus, the CW’s “The Game” brought in an unusually high rating in Atlanta, ranking 45th, with about 150,000 viewers Nov. 19, even more than usual top-ranked CW show “America’s Next Top Model.” In comparison, the sitcom ranked just 105th nationwide with 2.4 million viewers.
And CBS’s supposedly trendy sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” isn’t trendy in Atlanta. Its Nov. 19 episode ranked just 77th locally, a lower rating than a “Friends” repeat Nov. 23 on Peachtree TV.
As for the trashiest show on cable TV, it’s a competition between “Shot at Love with Tila Tequila” on MTV and “I Love New York 2” on VH1. Both are compiling jaw-dropping numbers, at least for cable. “New York” Nov. 19 attracted 4.4 million viewers, the most since last season’s finale, while “Tila Tequila” Nov. 20 hit another series high at 4.2 million after a nasty catfight between two contestants.
Rank, program, network, date, viewers, national rank
1 - “House” Fox Nov. 20 558,000 6
2- “Dancing With the Stars” ABC Nov. 19 476,000 1
3- “Dancing With the Stars (results)” ABC Nov. 20 410,000 3
4- Patriots/Eagles NFL game NBC Nov. 25 402,000 2
5- “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” ABC Nov. 25 400,000 10
6- Bears/Broncos NFL game CBS Nov. 25 386,000 n/a
7- “Desperate Housewives” ABC Nov. 25 383,000 4
8- Falcons/Colts NFL game WATL Nov. 22 377,000 n/a
9- “Fox 5 News at 10” Fox Nov. 20 334,000 n/a
10- “60 Minutes” CBS Nov. 25 317,000 7
SOURCE: Nielsen Media Research
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