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Nbc Sweeps Top 5 Places In Weekly Ratings Contest

Associated Press

NBC’s peacock strutted to victory in the weekly prime-time Nielsen ratings on a 1-2-3-4-5 finish of its powerful Thursday night lineup.

“ER,” “Seinfeld,” “Friends” and the freshman sitcoms “Caroline in the City” and “The Single Guy” were the top five. Other than CBS News’ “60 Minutes” at No. 8, ABC owned the next five slots, including Tuesday’s 10th-ranked news special, “The Simpson Verdict.”

For Oct. 2-8, NBC won with an 11.7 rating and a 19 percent share of the TV audience. ABC was a close second at an 11.0 rating, 18 share, and CBS trailed with a 10.0 rating, 16 share, according to Nielsen’s Tuesday release.

The Fox Broadcasting Co., programming 15 of the 22 prime-time hours to retain its exemption from network regulations, had a 7.2 rating, 12 share.

Sixth-ranked “Home Improvement” was ABC’s top-rated show, but the network’s new Tony Danza comedy, “Hudson Street,” was ninth.

xxxx NIELSEN RATINGS Prime-time ratings as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 2-8. 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-time-only 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, 24.5, 23.5 million homes. 2. (2) “Seinfeld,” NBC, 22.5, 21.6 million homes. 3. (3) “Friends,” NBC, 19.8, 19.0 million homes. 4. (4) “Caroline in the City,” NBC, 18.4, 17.7 million homes. 5. (6) “Single Guy,” NBC, 18.0, 17.3 million homes. 6. (5) “Home Improvement,” ABC, 16.5, 15.8 million homes. 7. (8) “NFL Monday Night Football,” ABC, 15.6, 15.0 million homes. 8. (14) “60 Minutes,” CBS, 15.4, 14.8 million homes. 9. (13) “Hudson Street,” ABC, 14.6, 14.0 million homes. 10. (X) “ABC News Special: The Simpson Verdict,” ABC, 14.5, 13.9 million homes. 11. (15) “PrimeTime Live,” ABC, 13.9, 13.3 million homes. 12. (15) “NBC Monday Night Movies: Fight For Justice,” NBC, 13.7, 13.1 million homes. 13. (11) “Grace Under Fire,” ABC, 13.4, 12.8 million homes. 14. (26) “NBC Sunday Night Movie: Captain Ron,” NBC, 13.3, 12.7 million homes. 15. (X) “CMA Awards,” CBS, 13.0, 12.5 million homes. 15. (10) “Murphy Brown,” CBS, 13.0, 12.5 million homes. 17. (20) “Nanny,” CBS, 12.4, 11.9 million homes. 18. (18) “Chicago Hope,” CBS, 12.3, 11.8 million homes. 19. (19) “Mad About You,” NBC, 12.1, 11.6 million homes. 20. (20) “Naked Truth,” ABC, 12.0, 11.5 million homes.