Sweeping Up in New Orleans
The news ratings story in the Big Easy is like a broken record, WWL won every newscast, just like they have been doing for years.
Here's the numbers breakdown:
4: 30 a.m. – WWL, 2.8; WDSU, 2.1,
5 a.m. – WWL, 5.7; WDSU, 3.3; WVUE, 2.3; WGNO, 0.8.
6 a.m. – WWL, 7.8; WDSU, 4.7; WVUE, 2.7; WGNO, 1.1.
7 a.m. – WWL, 7.6; WDSU (“Today”), 4.9; WVUE, 3.0; WGNO, (“Good Morning America”), 1.5.
8 a.m. – WWL, 7.2; WDSU (“Today”), 4.3; WVUE, 2.9; WGNO (“GMA”), 1.5.
Midday – WWL (half-hour, noon), 9.7; WVUE (hour, noon), 2.9; WGNO (half-hour, 11:30 a.m.), 1.2.
4 p.m. – WDSU, 5.3; WVUE, 4.1.
5 p.m. – WWL, 10.0; WDSU, 7.0; WVUE, 5.7; WGNO, 2.5.
5:30 p.m. – WDSU (“NBC Nightly News”), 8.5; WWL, (“CBS Evening News”), 8.4; WVUE, 6.4; WGNO (“ABC World News”), 1.9.
6 p.m. – WWL, 9.6; WVUE (“Jeopardy!”), 8.0; WDSU, 7.3; WGNO, 1.5.
9 p.m. – WVUE (hour), 6.6; WUPL (“The 504,” half-hour), 0.4.
10 p.m. -- WWL, 8.4; WVUE, 7.6; WDSU, 4.5; WGNO, 2.6.