Sports dominate DFW television ratings over Easter weekend

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun, April 6-8)

by Ed Bark of UncleBarky.com

Lots o' sports events played hard during Easter weekend, with The Masters leading the charge while the Mavericks, Rangers and Stars each played multiple games. From top-to-bottom, here's the D-FW ratings recap in homes and with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds:

Sunday Masters (CBS11)

Homes -- 207,060

18-to-49 -- 151,900

Saturday Masters (CBS11)

Homes -- 135,660

18-to-49 -- 55,800

Mavericks-Nuggets (Fri., TXA21)

Homes -- 99,960

18-to-49 -- 83,700

Mavericks-Trailblazers (Sat., Fox Sports Southwest)

Homes -- 88,060

18-to-49 -- 89,900

Rangers-Red Sox (Sun., ESPN)

Homes -- 83,300

18-to-49 -- 49,600

Rangers-Red Sox (Sat., Ch. 27)

Homes -- 78,540

18-to-49 -- 34,100

Rangers-Red Sox (Fri. home opener, Fox4)

Homes -- 54,740

18-to-49 -- 34,100

Stars-Blackhawks (Sun., NBC5)

Homes -- 33,320

18-to-49 -- 21,700

Stars-Ducks (Fri., Fox Sports Southwest)

Homes -- 23,800

18-to-49 -- 34,100

D-FW ratings for Sunday night's return of HBO's The Sopranos were not immediately available in D-FW.

ABC's annual seasonal presentation of The Ten Commandments lacked almighty ratings Saturday night, finishing second in homes overall to CBS crime programming but winning among 18-to-49-year-olds.

In Friday's local news derby, NBC5 took the first place prize at 10 p.m. in homes and with 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.

Belo8 won at 6 a.m. in homes,, but Fox4 drew the most 25-to-54-year-olds.

At 5 and 6 p.m., Belo8 won across the board.

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