Nbc On Top Of Ratings With ‘Gulliver’s Travels’

Thu., Feb. 8, 1996

Associated Press

NBC got gigantic ratings for Part I of its “Gulliver’s Travels” miniseries.

“Gulliver’s Travels” was the No. 4 show for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4, which NBC won with a 13.1 rating and a 20 percent share of the U.S. TV audience. ABC had an 11.1 rating and a 17 share, and CBS a 10.3 rating, 16 share.

Part II of the Ted Danson-Mary Steenburgen miniseries aired Monday night and will compete in next week’s Nielsen ratings.

Fox Broadcasting Co., which programs only 15 of the 22 prime-time hours, had an 8.0 rating and a 12 share, according to Tuesday’s Nielsen Media Research report.

Prime-time ratings as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Jan. 29-Feb. 4. Top 20 listings include the week’s rankings, with ratings 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, 24.6, 23.6 million homes

2. (2) “Seinfeld,” NBC, 24.5, 23.5 million homes

3. (3) “Friends,” NBC, 21.7, 20.8 million homes

4. (20) “NBC Sunday Night Movie: Gulliver’s Travels, Part 1,” NBC, 21.2, 20.3 million homes

5. (4) “Caroline in the City,” NBC, 20.0, 19.2 million homes

6. (6) “Single Guy,” NBC, 17.8, 17.1 million homes

7. (11) “60 Minutes,” CBS, 17.0, 16.3 million homes

8. (12) “Frasier,” NBC, 14.9, 14.3 million homes

9. (7) “Home Improvement,” ABC, 14.8, 14.2 million homes

10. (X) “American Music Awards,” ABC, 13.8, 13.2 million homes

10. (8) “NYPD Blue,” ABC, 13.8, 13.2 million homes

10. (23) “Walker, Texas Ranger,” CBS, 13.8, 13.2 million homes

13. (28) “Dateline NBC,” (Wednesday) NBC, 13.5, 13.0 million homes

13. (8) “3rd Rock From The Sun,” NBC, 13.5, 13.0 million homes

15. “Touched By An Angel,” CBS, 13.4, 12.9 million homes

16. (17) “PrimeTime Live,” ABC, 13.3, 12.8 million homes

17. (12) “Grace Under Fire,” ABC, 13.1, 12.6 million homes

18. (25) “Law & Order,” NBC, 12.8, 12.3 million homes

19. (20) “NBC Monday Night Movies: Sister Act,” NBC, 12.7, 12.2 million homes

20. (34) “Family Matters,” ABC, 12.6, 12.1 million homes