A TIGHT RACE FOR NO. 1 NETWORK.Byline: Associated Press It may not rival NBC's ``must-see TV'' yet, but CBS' increasingly strong Sunday night lineup was a big boost for the network in a tight three-way ratings struggle. Three programs aired by CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. on Sunday night finished among last week's 10 top-rated shows - just after NBC's powerful Thursday night lineup, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday. 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. continued its season domination by winning the week with a 10.5 rating and 17 share. CBS was second with a 10.3 rating and 17 share, followed by ABC's 10.1 rating and 17 share. Fox was fourth with a 7.4 rating and 12 share. CBS' ``Touched by an Angel'' keeps creeping up in the ratings and finished seventh for the week. The venerable ``60 Minutes'' and CBS' Sunday movie, ``Old Man,'' also both finished in the top 10. The five prime-time shows in NBC's Thursday night lineup were the five highest-rated shows of the week. But Nielsen's figures showed alarming erosion for the lineup's rookie: ``The Naked Truth'' has an estimated 8.7 million fewer viewers than the show that precedes it, ``Seinfeld.'' A rating point represents 970,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 97 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of televisions in use and tuned to a show during a certain time period. Among the emerging networks, 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 3.5 rating and a 5 share. The WB had a 2.5 rating and a 4 share, Nielsen said. 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. received good news when its news division won Tuesday night's ratings battle during the O.J. Simpson verdict and President Clinton's State of the Union address “State of the Union” redirects here. For other uses, see State of the Union (disambiguation). The State of the Union is an annual address in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of Congress (the . But the network's ``World News Tonight, with 11.9 million viewers, finished second to the ``NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News is the flagship evening news program for NBC News and broadcasts from the GE Building, Rockefeller Center in New York City. It has been known by this name since August 1, 1970. .'' The NBC show had 12 million viewers, and the third-place ``CBS Evening News'' had 10.5 million viewers, Nielsen said. CAPTION(S): Box Box: (Nielsen Ratings) |
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