Lazare: Taping shows here helps Winfrey maintain chokehold in Chicago

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: More on Oprah's ratings from Lewis Lazare in today's Sun-Times: : : .............. : Taping shows here helps Winfrey maintain chokehold in Chicago : September 15, 2009 : BY LEWIS LAZARE Media & Marketing Columnist : Oprah Winfrey may be slipping in her ratings on the national stage, but Chicago loves her as much or more than ever. : In fact, the local icon ended the 2008-09 season, her 23rd on air, on a particularly strong note in the ratings in the Chicago market. : In the key 25- to 54-year-old adult demographic, the Chicago-based talk show diva scored a 3.6 Nielsen rating in May -- up from 3.0 in May 2008 and from 2.3 in September 2008, at the start of last season. : In addition to the fact Winfrey tapes her shows in Chicago, her talk fest continues to show strength here, despite declining national numbers, undoubtedly because of its berth on WLS-Channel 7, the dominant local television outlet throughout the day. : But Chicago likes talk shows. Winfrey's show isn't the only such program whose numbers have risen over the last year here, bucking the national trend. : "The View," also on WLS, scored a 2.7 in May, up from 2.1 a year earlier. And the much racier "Jerry Springer Show" on Fox-owned WPWR-Channel 50 maintained the same 0.2 rating in May that it had in September 2008, at the start of last season.

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