'LATE SHOW' CRUNCHES NUMBERS TO COME OUT AHEAD OF 'TONIGHT'.Byline: Daily News wire services. Once upon a time, the "Late Show with David Letterman “Late Show” redirects here. For other uses, see The Late Show. The Late Show with David Letterman is a multiple Emmy Award-winning hour-long weeknight comedy talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. " was the undisputed late-night ratings king. Now, though, it appears that the show will crunch a ratings number any way it can to get back on top. Thursday, CBS' "Late Show" released a statement declaring its superiority in the November sweeps, claiming victory over NBC's "Tonight Show With Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. " and ABC's "Nightline" in the advertiser-desired viewing demographics of viewers ages 18 to 49, 18 to 34 and 25 to 54. CBS' calculations were based on what the network called "new demographic ratings just released," as opposed to the old demographics released in November that had "Tonight" on top in all the same categories. The old demographics were based on what Nielsen calls NTI NTI NewTech Infosystems (software company, Irvine, California) NTI Nuclear Threat Initiative NTI National Transit Institute (New Brunswick, New Jersey) NTI Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated , National Television Index, mostly making use of electronic Peoplemeter gizmos. Top 10: This time of the year serves up a number of people-of-the-year awards. Add one more. A&E will unveil its "Biography of the Year" at 8 tonight. The cable channel, which has profiled many of the biggest newsmakers of 1995 on its nightly "Biography" series, has culled a list of the top 10 people who had the most impact during the year. The identity of the No. 1 newsmaker news·mak·er n. One that is newsworthy. awaits tonight's telecast. On the list of contenders: Pocahontas, Jim Carrey “James Carrey” redirects here. For the murder conspirator, see James Carey. James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian actor and comedian. , Newt Gingrich, Colin Powell Noun 1. Colin Powell - United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937) Colin luther Powell, Powell , the Beatles and Yitzhak Rabin. Blondie returns: Great news for comic strip fans - some old-fashioned movie versions of the Sunday funnies are coming to the tube, beginning this weekend. Cable's American Movie Classics has acquired the rights to the entire string of "Blondie" films, and will begin running them every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The films, which were based on the still-popular Chic Young comic strip, star Penny Singleton as Blondie and Arthur Lake as her sub-munching hubby, Dagwood Dagwood comic strip character exasperated over Blondie’s sale purchases. [Comics: “Blondie” in Horn, 118–119] See : Exasperation Dagwood relieves tensions by making and eating gargantuan sandwiches. . First up in the 28-film series is the 1938 feature, "Blondie." Next week, "Blondie Meets the Boss," followed on Jan. 21 by "Blondie Takes a Vacation." |
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