May Sweeps News Race

Heading into the final three nights of May sweeps, it doesn't look like there are any seismic changes in the local news races from February sweeps. Sweeps end Wednesday night with finales for "American Idol" and "Lost."

--Channel 12 winning 6 a.m., noon, and 11 p.m. news.

--Channel 9 winning 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m. news.

--Channel 19 winning 10 p.m. news.

--Channel 5 last in all newcasts 6 a.m.-11:35 p.m., and again fourth at 11 p.m. behind "The Simpsons" on Channel 19. (Two years ago, Channel 5 had pulled into second place at 11 p.m. for the first time in 13 years.)

The morning news remains very tight, as usual:

--Channel 12, 4.8 rating and 19% share
--Channel 19, 3.5 rating and 14% share
--Channel 9, 3.3 rating and 13% share
--Channel 5, 2.6 rating and 10% share

And if anyone cared – and it looks like few did – ABC's "National Bingo Night" show at 9 p.m. tanked here with a 3.3 rating and only 6% share of audience, in third place for the hour. "Bingo" also was third natioally. Maybe everyone was out playing Bingo…