While WTHR remained dominant across the board, the NBC-affiliate’s longtime supremacy was chipped away at in May, especially in the morning. Fox-affiliate WXIN saw a 26.4% household increase for the 6 a.m. hour, moving into second place in the category behind WTHR.
Here’s a roundup of household ratings for the market (note that WXIN’s new hour-long 5 p.m. newscast replaced last May’s “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” and WRTV added a 5:30 p.m. newscast since last year, when “Extra” aired in the time slot).
| 6 a.m. | 5 p.m. | 10 p.m. | 11 p.m. | ||||||||||||||||
| WTHR (NBC) | 4.5 (- 8.6%) |
7.4 (- O.3%) |
N/A | 8.0 (1.1%) |
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| WRTV (ABC) | 1.9 (+ 1.2%) |
2.9 (-10.9%) |
N/A | 4.4 (+ 31.9%) |
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| WISH (CBS) | 3.6 (- 21.9%) |
3.9 (- 15.2%) |
N/A | 7.7 (+ 3.0%) |
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| WXIN (FOX) | 3.7 (+ 26.4%) |
2.4 (+ 171.7%) |
7.0 (+ 11.5%) |
N/A | |||||||||||||||
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