Cbs Wins Weekend Ratings Skirmish; Nbc Tops Week
CBS struggled through another week in the dumps, but the woebegone network perked up for the weekend ratings race.
CBS’s Saturday lineup (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” “Touched By an Angel” and “Walker, Texas Ranger”) and Sunday’s audience-grabbing first half of the “Nothing Lasts Forever” miniseries bagged both nights for the network, according to Nielsen Media Research figures released Tuesday.
“Nothing” was CBS’s highest-rated show for the week, in 13th place.
For the remainder of the week, NBC held tight with its Thursday ratings machine, and ABC took the rest.
A new entry, CBS’s Monday night sitcom “High Society,” premiered with a healthy 17th-place tie.
For the week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5, NBC won overall, with an 11.6 rating and 19 share, Nielsen said. ABC had an 11.3 rating and 18 share. CBS logged a puny 9.3 rating and 15 share.
Fox, programming 15 hours, scored a 7.7 rating and 12 share.
xxxx WEEKLY NIELSEN RATINGS Prime-time ratings as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 30-Nov. 5. Top 20 listings include the week’s ranking, season-to-date rankings in parentheses, rating for the week 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, 24.7, 23.7 million homes. 2. (2) “Seinfeld,” NBC, 22.0, 21.1 million homes. 3. (3) “Friends,” NBC, 19.7, 18.9 million homes. 4. (4) “Caroline in the City,” NBC, 18.3, 17.6 million homes. 5. (6) “Single Guy,” NBC, 17.8, 17.1 million homes. 6. (5) “Home Improvement,” ABC, 16.9, 16.2 million homes. 7. (7) “NFL Monday Night Football,” ABC, 16.8, 16.1 million homes. 8. (8) “Coach,” ABC, 16.0, 15.3 million homes. 9. (9) “NYPD Blue,” ABC, 15.8, 15.1 million homes. 10. (12) “Grace Under Fire,” ABC, 15.3, 14.7 million homes. 10. (16) “PrimeTime Live,” ABC, 15.3, 14.7 million homes. 12. (11) “20/20,” ABC, 15.0, 14.4 million homes. 13. “CBS Sunday Movie: Nothing Lasts Forever Part 1,” CBS, 14.2, 13.6 million homes. 14. (14) “60 Minutes,” CBS, 13.9, 13.3 million homes. 15. (15) “Roseanne,” ABC, 13.4, 12.9 million homes. 16. (10) “Frasier,” NBC, 13.2, 12.7 million homes. 17. (13) “Murphy Brown,” CBS, 13.1, 12.6 million homes. 18. (26) “America’s Funniest Home Videos 2,” ABC, 12.8, 12.3 million homes. 19. (23) “Ellen,” ABC, 12.7, 12.2 million homes. 20. (18) “NBC Monday Night Movies: Degree of Guilt Pt. 2,” NBC, 12.5, 12.0 million homes. - The Associated Press