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America’s Got Talent, Wipeout still tops in DFW ratings

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., July 22)

Talent had prime-time's biggest overall audience, while Wipeout dominated the ratings among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Nashville Star trounces High School Musical in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 21)

NBC's Nashville Star (114,473 D-FW homes) drew a bit more than twice the overall audience for HSM: GITP.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

UPDATED: Radio talent experiences a shift at Live 105.3 and The Bone

Dueling duos Cindy Scull & Robert Miguel and Pugs & Kelly are free agents.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

DFW viewers refuse to Get in the Picture

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., July 18-20)

ABC mega-bombed with the premiere of High School Musical: Get In the Picture, drawing a piddling 51,148 homes.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Dallas’ Lisa Garza makes it to finale of Next Food Network Star, surprise surprise

Irritating episode opts to advance all three finalists to the finale.

Monday, July 21, 2008

DJ Russ Martin arrested, released in Southlake

Host of The Russ Martin Show on KLLI-FM (105.3) was charged with aggravated assault with bodily injuries with a deadly weapon.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

CBS crime repeats still a draw in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., July 16)

The Eye network's Criminal Minds (158,314 homes) and CSI: NY (163,185) controlled the 8 to 10 p.m. slot Wednesday.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Rhett Miller to appear on NPR’s Fresh Air on Thursday (ie: today)

Performing songs from the Old 97's latest release.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

DFW viewers stay up late to watch baseball

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., July 15, All-Star baseball edition)

The game itself, which started at 7:47 p.m. Tuesday, averaged 199,719 D-FW homes overall from opening pitch to 15th inning slide across home plate.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Josh Hamilton’s Bunyan-esque feat draws lots of DFW viewers

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 14)

168,056 homes zeroed in on ESPN during the Home Run Derby, good enough to beat all competing programming from 8:30 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Rangers beat White Sox and dominate ratings Sunday

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., July 11-13)

The marathon 12-11 win over the White Sox dominated all daytime programming before peaking at 141,265 homes from 6 to 6:15 p.m.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Gay Dallas rodeo cowboy to appear on Big Brother

Steven Daigle being the only out contestant on Big Brother has his lesbian sister on pins and needles.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Wipeout could be break-out hit of summer in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., July 8)

Wipeout ruled the 7 p.m. hour among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, the only audience that networks really care about.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The Bachelorette dominates Monday DFW ratings

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 7)

The show's latest season finale drew 189,977 D-FW homes for its first two hours before closing with 182,670 in the closing 9 to 10 p.m. hour.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Texas Blues Radio to mark KNON’s 25th anniversary with a week of DFW blues

In addition to playing recordings by local artists, many local performers are scheduled to appear and perform live on the air during the week including Hash Brown (pictured).

Monday, July 7, 2008

Tennis draws (some) DFW viewers over Fourth of July weekend

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs.-Sun., July 3-6)

Rafael Nadal's spine-tingling termination of Roger Federer's five-year winning streak maxed at 126,651 D-FW homes between 1:15 and 1:30 p.m.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Former WFAA news anchor Murphy Martin died Thursday

Martin covered such stories as the Kennedy Assassination and the Jack Ruby trial during his long and prestigious career.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Interview with Brendon Small of Dethklok

You want brutal? Listen to how nervous our interviewer gets when talking to a being so infinitely cool.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

News trumps “reality” amongst DFW viewers

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., July 2)

WFAA8's 10 p.m. newscast easily beat out So You Think You Can Dance and The Baby Borrowers.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Dallas has Talent: NBC show wins Tuesday night

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., July 1)

Auditions from Dallas on America's Got Talent helped NBC gain the most 18-to-49 year old viewers.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Fox4 medical reporter John Hammarley suspended

This development marks the second suspension of an on-air Fox4 reporter in less than a year.

Monday, June 30, 2008

The Adventure Club with Josh returns to 102.1 The Edge this Sunday

Venable is back and chatting with his buddy Zac Crain.

Monday, June 30, 2008

WFAA newscast “wins” Sunday ratings

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun, June 27-29)

With a paltry 165,621, the ABC stations 10 p.m. news outdrew everything, including NBC's Dateline.

Monday, June 30, 2008

The Next Food Network Star: Episode Five, June 29

Not even Iron Chef Cat Cora could make this a stimulating viewing.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Antiques Roadshow comes to Dallas

Hopeful locals parade their treasures and trash.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

DFW viewers all but absent Thursday night

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., June 26)

Fox4's 9 p.m. newscast pulled in a medium-sized 119,344 homes while also ranking as the most-watched prime-time program among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Oak Lawn resident having success on Shear Genius

Daniel Lewis won the first elimination challenge on Shear Genius, Bravo’s hairstyling version of Project Runway.

Friday, June 27, 2008

DFW viewers sink to new low, put Baby Borrowers on top

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., June 25)

Irresponsible parents delivered their toddlers unto goofy, self-absorbed teens while 126,136 D-FW viewers in the 18-to-49 range took it all in during the 8 p.m. hour.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Dumb fun” game shows dominate DFW ratings

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Tues., June 24)

ABC's snarky, doubleplay launch of Wipeout and I Survived a Japanese Game Show both finished first in D-FW among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

NBC 5 in Dallas names Matt Barrie as weekend sports anchor-reporter

Oh, Matt Barrie, huh. Who's Matt Barrie?

Monday, June 23, 2008

Local newscasts still pack a punch in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., June 20-22)

On Saturday and Sunday, local 10 p.m. newscasts were the most-watched programs of the day.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Dallas chef Gilbert Garza defends wife, Next Food Network Star contestant Lisa Garza

Chivalry is not dead.

Monday, June 23, 2008

The Next Food Network Star: Episode Four, June 22

Dallas contestant Lisa Garza advances another week, while inept Indian-American contestant Nipa finally gets the boot.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Dallas Animal Services to be featured on Sundance Channel

"Big Ideas for a Small Planet" documentary series will air June 24

Reality show will highlight the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) features of Dallas facility, which opened in October 2007.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Fox4 prevails on a slow Thursday night

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Thurs., June 19)

Fox4's 9 p.m. news drew prime-time's biggest overall audience (163,185 homes) while also topping the charts with 18-to-49-year-olds and 25-to-54-year-olds.

Friday, June 20, 2008

DFW viewers stay away from TVs on Wednesday

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Wed., June 18)

NBC5's 10 p.m. newscast ranked as the day's most-watched program with a modest haul of 163,185 homes.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Tiger a tiger for ratings in DFW

Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., June 16)

Tigers Woods' 19-hole, one-stroke victory over resilient Rocco Mediate drew 209,462 D-FW homes from 3:15 to 3:30, making it the most-watched 15-minute bloc of the day.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Live Dallas iMedia program features arts leaders’ discussion on state of the arts in Dallas

Encore showing tonight.

Monday, June 16, 2008

NBC 5/KXAS-TV Brian Hocker discusses transition to digital TV

The world is converting to digital, and TV stations are about to turn off the analog signal.

Monday, June 16, 2008

The Next Food Network Star: Episode Three, June 15

Guest judge was Martha Stewart.

Monday, June 16, 2008


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