News Ratings???

[formeraa]

Anyone have an update on how the news ratings are going???

 

[michael hagerty]

Today (Wednesday 11/28) is the last day of sweeps. If there's interest, I can post the usual breakdown tomorrow.

---Michael Hagerty

 

[oldiesfan6479]

If there's interest, I can post the usual breakdown tomorrow.

Consider there to be interest, yes.

Especially so we can compare the real numbers against how McRag
will spin the story in favor of Mc12 (with Misner quotes and all). :

 

[formeraa]

Yes, Michael, there is definitely interest! Thanks in advance.

For some reason, newspapers seem to be using station press releases these days. Of course, I'm sure that 12's corporate relationship with the Arizona Republic makes it fairly easy for them to get 12's press releases. The nice thing is that most TV stations post press releases on their website. So, I always go hunting to see other opinions on the ratings.

 

[michael hagerty]

Ran out of time today...will post tomorrow.

---Michael Hagerty

 

[Teddyo]

In the meantime...

Here's 12's high-fiving release on the November sweeps:
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/newsreleases/articles/november2007ratings11282007-CR.html

I just knew you'd want to catch it!

 

[formeraa]

Yes, interesting press release!

#1 at 5pm, #1 at 6pm, and #1 at 10pm -- AND the fastest growing morning show (UP 20% at 6am)!!!

It makes want to break out in a round of "Ain't No Stopping Us Now..."

We'll see the truth tomorrow from Michael...

 

[brian4]

These are my questions remixed from a summer post:

...Any trends on ...news ratings? Is 12 still on top? Has the Kent/Sean Show made a dent? Is 3 or 10 number one in mornings? Is 15 finally starting to make a move?

Thanks in advance!

 

[michael hagerty]

Sorry for the one-day delay. Here's the rundown, excluding Thanksgiving Day (we all do) and for the first time including time periods that have only network newscasts or local replays and AZ-TV's new news show The Daily Buzz. As always, no raw numbers, but rankings with the distance between stations shown in parentheses:

2AM
1. FOX10: 9PM News Replay
2. ABC15: World News Now (0.1 behind FOX10)

2:30
1. FOX10: 9PM News replay
2. ABC15: World News Now (0.2 behind FOX10)
3. CBS5: Up To The Minute (0.3 behind ABC15)

3AM
1. FOX10: 10PM News replay
2. ABC15: World News Now (0.2 behind FOX10)
3. CBS5: Up To The Minute (0.2 behind ABC15)

3:30
1. CBS5: Up To The Minute
2. ABC15: World News Now (0.2 behind CBS5)

4AM
1. CBS5: CBS Morning News
2. AZ-TV: The Daily Buzz (0.9 behind CBS5)

4:30
1. CBS5: CBS5 Morning News
2. KPNX: Early Today: (0.4 behind CBS5)
3. ABC15: America This Morning (0.1 behind KPNX)
4. AZ-TV: The Daily Buzz (0.5 behind ABC15)

5AM
1. FOX10: FOX10 Arizona Morning
2. KPNX: 12News Today (0.6 behind FOX10)
3. KTVK: Good Morning Arizona (0.2 behind KPNX)
3. CBS5: CBS5 News 5AM (tied with KTVK, 0.2 behind KPNX)
5. ABC15: ABC15 News 5AM (0.3 behind KTVK and CBS5)

5:30
1. FOX10: FOX10 Arizona Morning
2. KTVK: Good Morning Arizona (0.4 behind FOX10)
3. KPNX: 12News Today (0.5 behind KTVK)
4. ABC15: ABC15 News 5AM (0.7 behind KPNX)
5. CBS5: CBS5 News 5:30 AM (0.2 behind ABC15)

6AM-7AM
1. KTVK: Good Morning Arizona
2. FOX10: FOX10 Arizona Morning (0.7 behind KTVK)
3. KPNX: 12News Today (0.1 behind FOX10)
4. ABC15: ABC15 News 6AM (1.4 behind KPNX)
5. CBS5: CBS5 News 6AM (0.8 behind ABC15)

7AM-9AM
1. KTVK: Good Morning Arizona
2. KPNX: Today (0.4 behind KTVK)
3. FOX10: FOX10 Arizona Morning (0.6 behind KPNX)
4. ABC15: Good Morning America (1.0 behind FOX10)
5. CBS5: The Early Show (0.8 behind ABC15)
6. AZ-TV: The Daily Buzz (8-9AM) (1.1 behind CBS5)

11AM
1. KTVK: Good Day Arizona
2. KPNX: Today (Hour 3) (0.2 behind KTVK)

12 Noon
1. CBS5: CBS5 News 12 Noon
2. KPNX: 12News At Noon (0.5 behind CBS5)
3. FOX10: FOX10 News @ Noon (0.2 behind KPNX)

4PM
1. ABC15: ABC15 News At 4PM (only newscast in timeslot)

4:30
1. KTVK: Good Evening Arizona
2. KPNX: 12News Upfront (0.6 behind KTVK)

5PM
1. KPNX: 12News
2. KTVK: Good Evening Arizona (0.4 behind KPNX)
3. FOX10: FOX10 News (0.4 behind KTVK)
4. ABC15: ABC15 News (0.1 behind FOX10)
5. CBS5: CBS5 News (1.4 behind ABC15)

5:30
1. KPNX: NBC Nightly News
2. KTVK: Good Evening Arizona (2.0 behind KPNX)
3. ABC15: ABC World News with Charles Gibson (0.4 behind KTVK)
4. FOX10: FOX10 News (0.4 behind ABC15)
5. CBS5: CBS5 News (1.0 behind FOX10)

6PM
1. KPNX: 12News
2. ABC15: ABC15 News (0.6 behind KPNX)
3. KTVK: Good Evening Arizona (0.1 behind ABC15)
4. CBS5: The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (0.9 behind KTVK)
5. FOX10: FOX10 News (0.4 behind CBS5)

6:30
1. CBS5: CBS5 News (only newscast in timeslot)

8PM
1. KTVK: Arizona Tonight (only newscast in timeslot)

9PM
1. FOX10: FOX10 News (only newscast in timeslot)

10PM
1. KPNX: 12News
2. CBS5: CBS5 News (0.9 behind KPNX)
3. ABC15: ABC15 News (1.6 behind CBS5)
4. FOX10: FOX10 News (1.3 behind ABC15)
5. KTVK: Arizona Tonight (0.4 behind FOX10)

11:30
1. CBS5: 10PM News replay (only newscast in timeslot)

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Sorry for the one-day delay.

No problem. This the Mountain time zone.

Years ago, in Tucson and/or Phoenix, we regularly had prime time shows
on a one-week delay on 2" tape (with banding, scalloping, breakup), or on
a two-week delay from a crummey--oops, sorry Joe ;D--I mean crummy,
16mm film print.

Or even the entire prime time lineup, albeit on a zero-DB, aired from 16mm
reduction prints (KTVK/KGUN).

 

[dhett]

No wonder KPNX is crowing. All these lineup changes and improvements at the other stations - and 12News still dominates the evening news race.

I guess for channel 5, that would be Sean and not watched.

 

[formeraa]

Good grief! KPHO is not doing well. I now understand why Mike Chamberlain was replaced mid-sweeps with Chris Corragio. KPHO's am ratings stink (except at 4:30am when they're the only local newscast).

Kent and Sean are bombing at 5pm and Diana Sullivan doesn't add anything at 5:30pm.

ABC15 must be pleased with their performance at 6pm and not a bad showing for them at 10pm (a respectable 3rd place).

 

[DrAkbar]

It appears to be good news (finally) for ABC15 in afternoon and evening news numbers. Looks like Charles Gibson delivers the goods and a substantial lead-in for the 6pm News. Question - is ABC programming stronger, or has ABC15 News developed legs?

 

[Teddyo]

No question 15 is riding the coattails of Charlie Gibson. Also they are sandwiched in beween Charlie and Jeopardy at 5 and him and #1 Wheel of Fortune at 6. Let's face it, that has to be aiding them. On the other hand, Katie Couric's lousy numbers are no doubt hurting 5.

I think the real story is 12's staying power (and significantly growing in the am). You've got to hand it to them, I don't think there is more than one or two other major-market NBC affiliates that are still #1. The large majority of the major-market #1 stations these days are ABC, with the rest CBS. Maybe KPNX is fortunate that they're in a unique market with a pretty weak ABC affiliate and a CBS station that is still trying to find the right combination.

 

[formeraa]

Phoenix is a unique market in that we have 5 full newsrooms with newscasts throughout the day. It does raise the bar a bit!