`JOAN OF ARC' DERAILS `ATOMIC TRAIN' FOR TOP RATINGS.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. ``Joan of Arc'' proved a better ratings-grabber than a train careening The careening of a sailing vessel is laying her up on a calm beach at high tide in order to expose one side or another of the ship's hull for maintenance below the water line when the tide goes out. out of control or Diana Ross and Brandy, enabling CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. to earn an important Nielsen victory. CBS narrowly topped 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. in the prime-time ratings for the week, part of the May ``sweeps'' period during which viewership is closely watched to set local advertising rates. The top three networks each scheduled ``big event'' movies on Sunday to lure viewers. CBS was most successful with its movie about the 19-year-old French heroine burned at the stake for heresy in 1431. It drew an average audience of 23.3 million viewers. The first part of NBC's ``Atomic Train'' miniseries had 16.6 million viewers. The story about the train hurtling toward Denver drew poor reviews and had to be edited hastily because of concerns over its depiction of science and sensitivities about the Littleton massacre. ABC's movie, ``Double Platinum,'' featuring Ross and Brandy in a drama about a singer reuniting with her long-ago abandoned child, had 14.2 million viewers. All ranked among the week's 17 most-watched shows. ``ER'' was in its customary spot at the top of the ratings. For the week, CBS had a 9.5 rating and 16 share. NBC had a 9.3 rating and 16 share, 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. a 7.2 rating and 12 share and Fox a 6.1 and 10. The WB, the only network to show year-to-year ratings growth, had a 3.3 rating and 6 share. UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation was at 1.8 and 3, and Pax TV had a 0.7 rating and 1 share. NBC's ``Nightly News'' won the evening news competition with a 7.2 rating and 16 share. ABC's ``World News Tonight'' was second with a 7.0 rating and 16 share, while the ``CBS Evening News'' had a 6.1 and 14. A rating point represents 994,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 99.4 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show. CAPTION(S): Box Box: (Nielsen Ratings Nielsen ratings National ratings of the popularity of U.S. television shows. Developed by A.C. Nielsen in 1950, the system now samples television viewing in about 5,000 homes. ) |
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