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The results are in and Local 4 wins Metro Detroit!

No. 1 Local News at 6 a.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Only TV Station/Website in Detroit

DETROIT (Nov. 25, 2020)–One day shy of the November TV Sweeps period and WDIV-Local 4 is the Detroit market leader (10/29/2020-11/25/2020), with first place finishes in key newscasts, access, and late-night programming.

WDIV Local 4′s first place newscast finishes include:

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  • At 6 a.m., Local 4 News Today, anchored by Rhonda Walker, Evrod Cassimy, Brandon Roux, Kim DeGiulio and Jason Carr, delivered a 2.9 HH rating and a 15 HH share, which equates to 49,000 households. Local 4 News Today placed first and dethroned WJBK (2.8 HH rating/14 HH share/46,000 HH) at 6 a.m. Our 6 a.m. experienced increases over October 2020 across the key demographics, specifically +25% in Adults 25-54 rating and +20% in Women 25-54 rating, over October 2020.
  • Local 4 News First at 4 is No. 1 in the 4 p.m. time period in key demographics. Delivering with a 5.1 HH rating/14 HH share, which equates to 86,000 households, beating both The Now (WXYZ 4 p.m.) (2.3 HH RTG/6 HH SHR/38,000 HH) and Judge Judy (WJBK 4 p.m.) (3.6 HH RTG/10 HH SHR/60,000 HH). Our 4 p.m. posted marked increases across the key demographics, specifically +21% in Adults 25-54 rating and +27% in Women 25-54 rating, over October 2020.
  • Local 4 News at 5 p.m. continues its nine-year winning streak and is the leader in the time period. Local 4 News at 5p.m. delivered a 7.4 HH rating/17 HH share, which equates to 125,000 households, beating both WXYZ (4.5 HH RTG/10 HH SHR/76,000 HH) and WJBK (3.9 HH RTG/9 HH SHR/65,000 HH). WDIV posted marked increases across the key demographics, specifically +11% in Adults 25-54 rating and +16% in Women 25-54 rating, over October 2020.
  • Local 4 News at 6 p.m. continues its No. 1 position across all demographics, with an 9.7 rating/20 share/163,000 households as compared to WXYZ (6.7 HH RTG/13 HH SHR/112,000 HH) and WJBK (3.0 HH RTG/6 HH SHR/51,000). WDIV grew YTY, holding its position as Detroit’s No. 1 newscast…+17% in Adults 25-54 rating and +4% in Women 25-54 over last November 2019.
  • Local 4 News airing Monday through Sunday at 11 p.m. retains its title as Detroit’s No. 1 Late News delivering a 6.8 HH rating/15 HH share, which equates to 114,000 households. Local 4 News at 11p.m. beat WJBK’s 10 p.m. news with a 3.6 HH RTG /7 HH SHR /61,000 HH as compared to WXYZ. 4.4 HH RTG/10 HH SHR/74,000 HH) and WJBK M-F 11 p.m. (2.3 HH RTG/5 HH SHR/39,000 HH). In addition, Local 4 News is the No. 1 Late News across all the key demographics, this includes beating WJBK’s 10 p.m. news, as well.
  • WDIV-Local 4 also continues to be the leader in late night programming, claiming the No. 1 spot with first place finishes in The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live.
  • In the all-important access period at 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! continue to dominate across all demographics with a 9.6 rating/18 share, which equates to 161,000 households compared to WXYZ’s 7 p.m. news and The List (4.4 HH RTG/8 HH SHR/73,000 HH) and WJBK’s TMZ/EXTRA (2.2 HH RTG/4 HH SHR /38,000 HH). Wheel of Fortune/Jeopardy! grew 30% in Adults 25-54 rating and 11% in Women 25-54 rating over last November 2019.

To cap off the November Sweeps wins, WDIV’s website, ClickOnDetroit.com, is the No. 1 media website in Metro Detroit (Comscore/Year to Date 2020), already poised to finish November with at least 8 million unique visitors.


About the Authors
Amy Binder headshot

Amy is WDIV's Research Director. Her areas of expertise include Advertising Sales, Broadcasting, Integrated Marketing, Radio, and Television.

Donna Harper headshot

Donna is a Creative Services producer.

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