Here is what viewership looked like in the Boston television market for the February 2016 sweeps period.
WCVB won all but one time period in the Households and Persons 2+ demos, WHDH won 4:30pm in both. WCVB and WHDH split most of the wins in the advertiser friendly Adults 25-54 demographic, with WFXT winning late news at 10pm.
Here are the highlights in the A25-54 demo:
- WCVB won all newscasts in the morning from 4am-7am
- Good Morning America on WCVB won from 7am-9am
- WHDH won at 9am
- WHDH won noon ahead of WCVB (#2), and WBZ (#3)
- WHDH won 4pm-5pm
- WCVB took back the win from WHDH for 5pm-6pm
- WCVB won at 6pm
- WCVB's 7pm newscast debuted as the 5th most watch newscast in the demo with a 1.98 rating
- WFXT won at 10pm, and had more viewers than any 11pm newscast
- WHDH won at 11pm
You can take a look at the rating charts, and read the attached press release from WCVB below.
