`FRASIER' MOVES TO THE TOP.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Television viewers gave ``Murphy Brown'' a fond farewell and elevated ``Frasier'' to a place it may become more accustomed to - first place in the Nielsen Media Research prime-time ratings. CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. won the week, which straddled the final four days of the May ``sweeps'' period and the beginning of summer rerun re·run n. The act or an instance of rebroadcasting a recorded movie or a recorded television performance. tr.v. re·ran , re·run, re·run·ning, re·runs To present a rerun of. season. Struggling ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. had its lowest household rating of the TV season. ``Murphy Brown'' finished in fourth place for the week with its Monday night farewell. It drew 17.4 million viewers, or just over a quarter of the people who watched the ``Seinfeld'' farewell. Still, that was 7 million more than the average audience for ``Murphy Brown'' this year. The season-ending ``Frasier'' was the week's top-rated show, or at least its second half, Nielsen said on Wednesday. The hour-long episode was split up into two shows for Nielsen's purposes, and the first half-hour finished third for the week. With ``Frasier'' moving into the plush ``Seinfeld'' time slot Continuously repeating interval of time or a time period in which two devices are able to interconnect. on Thursday nights next fall, first place may become familiar. Viewers responded to CBS' rush of nostalgia: The network's special on its first 50 years and the ``Cher Remembers Sonny'' special finished tied for 13th. And they preferred the real Ed Sullivan, even though he's been dead since 1974, to the virtual one. CBS' Sullivan clip special finished tied for 24th place in the ratings, while UPN's ``Virtual Ed Sullivan Show'' was tied for 100th out of 102 shows. For the week, CBS had an 8.4 rating and 15 share. NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. was second with an 8.1 rating and 15 share, ABC had a 6.5 rating and 12 share, Fox had a 5.8 rating and 11 share, the WB a 3.0 and 15, and UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation had a 2.3 and 4. A rating point represents 980,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 98 million TV homes. Share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show. Among the 18-49 age group most coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. by advertisers, NBC and Fox finished one-two. NBC's ``Nightly News'' easily outdistanced its evening news foes with a 7.4 rating and 17 share. ABC's ``World News Tonight'' was second with a 6.6 rating and 16 share, followed by the ``CBS Evening News'' at 6.5 and 15. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: The first-place finish by ``Frasier'' could be a sign of things to come, once the NBC comedy moves to Thursday nights in the fall. Box: (Nielsen Ratings) |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion