`MUST-SEE' THURSDAY LINEUP PUSHES NBC TO NO. 1.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. NBC's killer Thursday lineup, led by No. 1 ``Seinfeld,'' easily outperformed its equally rerun-laden competition for first place in the weekly Nielsen ratings. With seven of the top 10 shows for the week of Aug. 19-25, 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. averaged an 8.3 rating and a 15 percent share of the TV audience; CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. edged 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. for second place with a 7.5 rating, 14 share; ABC had a 7.2 rating, 13 share. The Fox Broadcasting Co., programming 15 of the 22 prime-time hours, earned a 5.3 rating, 10 share. The four networks' combined share of viewers was a light 52 percent, 10 percent below their season-to-date average. Between Hollywood's two, lower-rated ``emerging'' networks, the WB led with a 2.6 rating, 5 share on five hours of prime-time programming; 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 2.4 rating, 4 share for six hours of shows. A single rating point equals 959,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's 95.9 million TV homes, as estimated by Nielsen Media Research. Share is the percentage of sets tuned to a specific network in a given time period. Among the evening newscasts, NBC's ``Nightly News'' tied the perennial leader, ABC's ``World News Tonight,'' with a 7.3 rating. NBC had a 16 share to ABC's 17. CBS' ``Evening News'' had a 6.0 rating, 14 share. CAPTION(S): Box Box: (Nielsen Ratings) |
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