Channel Surfing
by Laura Nachman
Bucks County Courier Times
November 30, 2004

After 20 days of November sweeps, WPVI leads at 11 p.m. with an 11 rating/19 share of the viewers.  KYW is close behind with a 10 rating/17 share, and WCAU is close behind KYW with a 9 rating/16 share (Cherie Bank better do some more face lift stories).

At 10 p.m., the WTXF news has a 5 rating/7 share and WPHL has a 2 rating/3 share with the half hour news and “Cheers” reruns (Where have you gone George Wendt?)

Throughout the day, beginning at 5 a.m., WPVI leads with a 5 rating/21 share, WCAU has a 4 rating/15 share, KYW has a 3 rating/11 share, WTXF has a 2 rating/6 share, and WPSG has a 1 rating/4 share.

At 7 a.m., “Good Morning America” on WPVI has a 7 rating/20 share, “ “The Today Show” on WCAU has a 5 rating/14 share, “Good Day Philadelphia” on WTXF has a 3 rating/8 share, up 40% from last year, and “The Early Show” with former “Good Day” host Dave Price on KYW has a 2 rating/6 share.

At 9 a.m., “Regis & Kelly” has a 6 rating/19 share, “The Today Show 2” on WCAU has a 4 rating/11share, “Judge Hatchett” on WTXF and “Jerry Springer” on WPHL have a 2 rating/6 share, and “Larry Elder” on KYW as a 2 rating/5 share.

At 10 a.m., “The Tony Danza Show” has a 4 rating/12 share, “Maury Povich” has a 3 rating/9 share, and “Guiding Light” on KYW and “10” on WCAU have a 2 rating/8 share, and “Divorce Court” on WTXF has a 2 rating/7 share.

At 11 a.m., “The Price is Right” on KYW has a 6 rating/19 share, “The View” on WPVI has a 4 rating/13 share, “Jerry Springer” on WPHL has a 3 rating/9 share, and “The Jane Pauley Show” on WCAU has a 2 rating/5 share.

At noon, “Action News” on WPVI has an 8 rating/23 share, and the KYW News has a 6 rating/15 share.  Numbers weren’t available for “Days of Our Lives” which airs at noon on WCAU.

At 3 p.m., “General Hospital” on WPVI has a 5 rating/14 share, “Ellen” on WCAU has a 4 rating/9 share, “Texas Justice” on WTXF  and “Pat Croce” on KYW have a 2 rating/6 share (“I don’t feel great.”)

At 4 p.m., “Oprah” on WPVI has a 10 rating/21 share.  The news on WCAU has a 5 rating/10 share.  “Judge Joe Brown” on WTXF and the news on KYW have a 3 rating/6 share.   Believe it or not, some people think that former WCAU anchor Sharon Reed, who posed nude for a sweeps story for her Cleveland station, might return to co-anchor the 4 p.m. news for Channel 3.

At 5 p.m., “Action News” on WPVI has an 11 rating/19 share.  “Dr. Phil” on KYW has a 7 rating/13 share, the news on WCAU has a 5 rating/10 share, and “Judge Judy” on WTXF has a 5 rating/8 share.

At 6 p.m., “Action News” on WPVI has a 14 rating/23 share, KYW and WCAU are tied with a 6 rating/10 share, and “The Simpsons” on WTXF has a 4 rating/7 share.

At 6:30 p.m, “ABC’s World News Tonight” has a 14 rating/22 share, “The NBC Nightly News” with departing Tom Brokaw has a 5 rating/9 share, “The CBS Evening News” with outgoing Dan Rather has a 4 rating/6 share, and “Malcolm in the Middle” on WTXF has a 3 rating/6 share.

At 7 p.m., “Jeopardy” on WPVI has a 16 rating/25 share.  “Entertainment Tonight” on KYW has a 5 rating/7 share, and “Extra” on WCAU and “The Simpsons” on WTXF have a 4 rating/7 share.  “Friends” on WPHL has a 3 rating/5 share.

At 7:30 p.m., “Wheel of Fortune” on WPVI has a 14 rating/21 share.  “Seinfeld” on WTXF has a 6 rating/8 share, “The Insider” on KYW has a 5 rating/7 share, and “Access Hollywood” on WCAU has a 4 rating/6 share.

And at 11:30 p.m., “The Tonight Show” has a 6 rating/12 share, “The Late Show with David Letterman” on CBS has a 5 rating/11 share, “Nightline” on ABC has a 5 rating/10 share, and “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” on ABC (midnight) has a 3 rating/7 share.

Each rating point equals around 30,000 households.  Sweeps ends next week.
 
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