WGN-TV Celebrates Early Morning News Ratings Growth and Successful Launch of Daytime Chicago in November Sweep!
WGN Morning News finished the November sweep #1 with Adults 25-54 at 4am, 5am, 6am, 7am, and 9am, beating its nearest competition by a wide margin from 6am-10am. Each of WGN’s Early Morning Newscasts grew their Adults 25-54 ratings from last year: 4am News: +50%, 5am News: +25%, 6am News: +15%, 7am News: +16%, and 9am News: +31%. WGN was also the only station in the market to grow its Adults 25-54 ratings from last November from 7-9am and 9-10am. WGN Morning News also continues its 11-year reign as the #1 rated news from 6-9am with Adults 25-54.
| M-F 4-5am News | M-F 5-6am News | |||||||
| Nov’21 | RTG | (000) | Rank | Nov’21 | RTG | (000) | Rank | |
| WGN | 0.6 | 18.3 | #1 | WGN | 1.0 | 31.4 | #1 | |
| WFLD | 0.1 | 3.4 | #4 | WFLD | 0.2 | 4.9 | #4 | |
| WLS | 0.4 | 13.4 | #2 | WLS | 0.9 | 27.9 | #2 | |
| WMAQ | 0.2 | 5.5 | #3 | WMAQ | 0.3 | 8.6 | #3 | |
| WBBM | 0.1 | 1.6 | #4 | WBBM | 0.1 | 2.9 | #5 | |
| M-F 6-7am News | M-F 7-9am News | |||||||
| Nov’21 | RTG | (000) | Rank | Nov’21 | RTG | (000) | Rank | |
| WGN | 1.5 | 45.0 | #1 | WGN | 2.2 | 64.5 | #1 | |
| WFLD | 0.3 | 7.7 | #4 | WFLD | 0.3 | 9.7 | #4 | |
| WLS | 1.1 | 31.8 | #2 | WLS | 1.1 | 31.7 | #2 | |
| WMAQ | 0.5 | 14.2 | #3 | WMAQ | 0.7 | 20.5 | #3 | |
| WBBM | 0.2 | 6.6 | #5 | WBBM | 0.2 | 6.2 | #5 |
| M-F 9-10am | ||||
| Nov’21 | Program | RTG | (000) | Rank |
| WGN | WGN 9am News | 1.7 | 51.5 | #1 |
| WFLD | Good Day Chicago 9A | 0.3 | 8.8 | #4 |
| WLS | Live W/ Kelly & Ryan | 0.6 | 16.6 | #2 |
| WMAQ | Today 3rd Hour | 0.5 | 14.6 | #3 |
| WBBM | Drew Barrymore | 0.2 | 5.9 | #5 |
DAYTIME CHICAGO
Daytime Chicago, the new lifestyle show hosted by Amy Rutledge and Tonya Francisco that premiered on September 13th, finished the November sweep #1 in its time period with Adults 25-54 and grew the time period by +29% from last November.
| M-F 10-11am | ||||
| Nov’21 | Program | RTG | (000) | Rank |
| WGN | Daytime Chicago | 0.9 | 27.1 | #1 |
| WFLD | Wendy Williams | 0.4 | 11.0 | #4 |
| WLS | The View | 0.7 | 19.5 | #2 |
| WMAQ | Today H&J | 0.4 | 10.9 | #4 |
| WBBM | Price is Right | 0.7 | 20.9 | #2 |
MIDDAY NEWS
WGN News at 11am finished the November sweep as the #1 Midday News with Adults 25-54 and grew its rating +10% from last November. WGN was only 1 of 2 stations to grow year-over-year with Midday News.
| M-F Midday Newscasts | |||||
| Nov’21 | RTG | (000) | Rank | ||
| WGN | 1.1 | 31.6 | #1 | ||
| WFLD | 0.4 | 11.9 | #3 | ||
| WLS | 0.8 | 24.9 | #2 | ||
| WMAQ | 0.3 | 9.1 | #5 | ||
| WBBM | 0.4 | 12.2 | #3 | ||
EVENING NEWS
WGN News at 4pm finished #2 in the time period with Adults 25-54, beating WMAQ’s 4pm News by 33%, WFLD’s 4pm News by 300%, and Judge Judy on WBBM by 33%. WGN News at 5pm finished tied for #2 with Adults 25-54, beating WBBM’s 5pm News by 80% and WFLD’s 5pm News by 200%. WGN News at 6pm finished #3, beating WBBM’s 6pm News by 125%.
LATE NEWS
WGN News at Nine finished the November Sweep as the #1 9pm News with Adults 25-54, beating WFLD’s 9pm News by 183%. WGN News at Ten finished #3 with Adult 25-54, beating WBBM’s 10pm News by 120%.
| M-F Late News | ||||
| Nov’21 | RTG | (000) | Rank | |
| WGN 9P | 1.7 | 50.3 | #1 | |
| WFLD 9P | 0.6 | 18.5 | #2 | |
| WGN 10P | 1.1 | 34.2 | #3 | |
| WLS 10P | 1.9 | 57.4 | #1 | |
| WMAQ 10P | 1.6 | 48.3 | #2 | |
| WBBM 10P | 0.5 | 16.1 | #4 |
WEEKENDS
The following weekend newscasts finished #1 or #2 in their time periods with Adults 25-54. Most newscasts also had strong growth from last November.
| Weekends | ||||
| Nov’21 | RTG | (000) | Rank | YOY Growth |
| WGN SAT 7A News | 0.8 | 23.6 | #2 | + 14% |
| WGN SAT 8A News | 1.0 | 31.2 | #2 | + 25% |
| WGN SAT 9A News | 0.7 | 21.3 | #2 | + 17% |
| WGN SAT 5P News | 0.9 | 25.8 | #1 | + 14% |
| WGN SAT 9P News | 1.2 | 34.9 | #1 | – 14% |
| WGN SUN 7A News | 0.9 | 26.4 | #2 | + 80% |
| WGN SUN 8A News | 1.3 | 38.0 | #2 | + 63% |
| WGN SUN 9P News | 1.7 | 50.3 | #1 | + 13% |
(Source: Chicago NSI Overnights; Nov 2021 sweep (10/28-11/24); Adults 25-54, Live+SD). YOY% based on ratings
WGN-TV is Chicago’s Very Own source for news and entertainment and is owned and operated by Nexstar Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Inc. WGN News programs more local news than any other Chicago TV station and can be seen on WGN-TV, WGNTV.com and the WGN-TV News mobile app. In-depth local weather coverage is available on all newscasts and the WGN-TV Weather mobile app. WGN 9.2 is the Chicago affiliate for Nexstar Inc.’s 1950s – 1970s classic TV network Antenna TV, WGN 9.3 is the Chicago affiliate for Court TV, WGN 9.4 is the Chicago affiliate for Nexstar Inc.’s 1980s – 2000s retro TV network Rewind TV, and WGN 9.5 is the Chicago affiliate for TBD. For more information on Chicago’s Very Own WGN-TV, go to WGNTV.com
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