WABC claims Nov. N.Y. sweep
WABC claims sweep
Dec 2, 2005
NEW YORK -- It's a clean sweep for WABC-TV in the November New York market ratings.
Despite finishing behind CBS in primetime programming, the ABC O&O prevailed over rivals WCBS-TV and WNBC-TV to win total day as well as the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts, according to local market data for November released by Nielsen Media Research.
That's a big win for WABC, which can claim bragging rights to the sign on/sign off title with a 4.5 rating/11 share, up from the 4.3/11 it received last November. WNBC dropped from a 4.1/10 in November 2004 to a 3.6/9, mirroring the diminishing fortunes of the network's primetime schedule. WCBS came in third with a 3.3/8, with Fox affiliate WNYW coming in fourth with a 2.2/5 and WB Network affiliate WPIX receiving a 2.0/5. Univision affiliate WXTV's 1.5/4 came in ahead of UPN affiliate WWOR's 1.2/3.
WABC's good news followed in the daytime as well, with "Oprah" outshining everything else in the New York market during the daytime with an 8.4/21 in households and high ratings in adults 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54. "Martha," which earned a 2.9/11 in households in its 11 a.m. slot on WNBC, wasn't enough to overtake "The View" at 3.3/13. "Martha" still outperformed "The Jane Pauley Show," which it replaced, which last November delivered a 2.8/10 while "The View" back then averaged a 3.7/13.
Among newscasts, WABC was up at 5 p.m. (7.1/16 vs. 6.9/15), down at 6 p.m. (6.5/13 compared with 6.9/14 a year ago) and up at 11 p.m. (7.4/13 vs. 6.7/12). WABC toppled WNBC from its 11 p.m. perch.
Among late-night, WPIX won in households and adults 18-34 and adults 18-49 with "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Will & Grace" and other syndicated shows. Univision WXTV finished impressively in the newscasts race.
Despite finishing behind CBS in primetime programming, the ABC O&O prevailed over rivals WCBS-TV and WNBC-TV to win total day as well as the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts, according to local market data for November released by Nielsen Media Research.
That's a big win for WABC, which can claim bragging rights to the sign on/sign off title with a 4.5 rating/11 share, up from the 4.3/11 it received last November. WNBC dropped from a 4.1/10 in November 2004 to a 3.6/9, mirroring the diminishing fortunes of the network's primetime schedule. WCBS came in third with a 3.3/8, with Fox affiliate WNYW coming in fourth with a 2.2/5 and WB Network affiliate WPIX receiving a 2.0/5. Univision affiliate WXTV's 1.5/4 came in ahead of UPN affiliate WWOR's 1.2/3.
WABC's good news followed in the daytime as well, with "Oprah" outshining everything else in the New York market during the daytime with an 8.4/21 in households and high ratings in adults 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54. "Martha," which earned a 2.9/11 in households in its 11 a.m. slot on WNBC, wasn't enough to overtake "The View" at 3.3/13. "Martha" still outperformed "The Jane Pauley Show," which it replaced, which last November delivered a 2.8/10 while "The View" back then averaged a 3.7/13.
Among newscasts, WABC was up at 5 p.m. (7.1/16 vs. 6.9/15), down at 6 p.m. (6.5/13 compared with 6.9/14 a year ago) and up at 11 p.m. (7.4/13 vs. 6.7/12). WABC toppled WNBC from its 11 p.m. perch.
Among late-night, WPIX won in households and adults 18-34 and adults 18-49 with "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Will & Grace" and other syndicated shows. Univision WXTV finished impressively in the newscasts race.
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