Thursday Lineup Gives Nbc A Win
NBC’s Thursday night lineup hit six of the Top 10 spots, leading the network to prime-time victory for the week of Dec. 11-17.
NBC won with an 11.2 average rating and a 18 percent share of the TV audience; ABC was No. 2, with a 10.7 rating, 17 share; and CBS trailed with a 9.9 rating, 16 share, according to Tuesday’s Nielsen Media Research figures.
The Fox Broadcasting Co., airing only 15 hours of prime-time programming, earned a 9.1 rating, 15 share thanks to the Tyson-Mathis fight.
CBS won Sunday night with the highest-rated TV movie so far this season, “The Christmas Box,” in seventh, and “Cybill” winning its first time period victory over an original “Mad About You” episode.
Top 20 listings include the week’s ranking, with rating for the week, season-to-date rankings in parentheses, and total homes. An “X” in parentheses denotes one-timeonly presentation. A rating measures the percentage of the nation’s 95.9 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 959,000 households.
1. (1) “ER,” NBC, 24.1, 23.1 million homes
2. (2) “Seinfeld,” NBC, 21.2, 20.3 million homes
3. (3) “Friends,” NBC, 18.8, 18.0 million homes
4. (4) “Caroline in the City,” NBC, 18.3, 17.5 million homes
5. (7) “NFL Monday Night Football,” ABC, 17.8, 17.1 million homes
6. (5) “Single Guy,” NBC, 17.0, 16.3 million homes
7. (25) “CBS Sunday Movie: The Christmas Box,” CBS, 16.6, 15.9 million homes
8. (6) “Home Improvement,” ABC, 16.1, 15.4 million homes
8. (X) Boxing: Tyson vs. Mathis, Fox, 16.1, 15.4 million homes
10. (8) “NYPD Blue,” ABC, 14.4, 13.8 million homes
10. (14) “Roseanne,” ABC, 14.4, 13.8 million homes
12. (19) “NBC Sunday Night Movie: Christmas Vacation,” NBC, 14.1, 13.5 million homes
13. (18) “Nanny,” CBS, 13.2, 12.7 million homes
14. (21) “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 13.1, 12.6 million homes
14. (10) “20/20,” ABC, 13.1, 12.6 million homes
16. (11) “60 Minutes,” CBS, 13.0, 12.5 million homes
17. (19) “Chicago Hope,” CBS, 12.8, 12.3 million homes
18. (12) “Grace Under Fire,” ABC, 12.7, 12.2 million homes
18. (16) “NBC Monday Night Movies: Danielle Steel’s Mixed Blessings,” NBC, 12.7, 12.2 million homes
20. “Fox NFL Sunday: Post-Game,” Fox, 12.3, 11.8 million homes
21. “PrimeTime Live,” ABC, 12.2
22. “CBS Tuesday Movie: A Holiday to Remember,” CBS, 11.8 homes
23. “Murphy Brown,” CBS, 10.9
23. “Walker, Texas Ranger,” CBS, 10.9
25. “Dateline NBC” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.8
25. “Family Matters,” ABC, 10.8
25. “Frasier,” NBC, 10.8
28. “Boy Meets World, ” ABC, 10.7
28. “Touched by an Angel,” CBS, 10.7
30. “Naked Truth,” ABC, 10.6
31. (X) “Almost Perfect,” CBS, 10.5
32. “Step by Step,” ABC, 10.4
33. “John Larroquette Show,” NBC, 10.3
33. “Lois & Clark,” ABC, 10.3
35. “Beverly Hills, 90210,” Fox, 10.2
36. “Cybill,” CBS, 10.1
37. “X-Files,” Fox, 10.0
37. “Coach,” ABC, 10.0
37. “NewsRadio,” NBC, 10.0
37. “Wings,” NBC, 10.0
41. “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper,” ABC, 9.9
41. (X) “Sinatra: 80 Years,” ABC, 9.9
43. “Ellen,” ABC, 9.8
44. “Hudson Street,” ABC, 9.7
45. “Dateline NBC” (Wed), NBC 9.6
45. “In the House,” NBC, 9.6
47. “Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” NBC, 9.5
47. “High Society,” CBS, 9.5
47. “Simpsons,” Fox, 9.5
50. “Dateline NBC” (Friday), NBC, 9.4
50. (X) “Garth Brooks Special,” NBC, 9.4