ABC RETURNS TO NO. 1 IN NIGHTLY NEWS.Byline: Associated Press 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. regained the No. 1 spot from 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 nightly news ratings after a rough week for the network's news division in court. For prime time, it was a typical week: NBC was the winner with a 10.3 rating and 17 share, and ``ER'' was the week's most-watched program, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday. The ratings victory for ABC's ``World News Tonight'' during the week of Dec. 16-22 was its 219th win over the last 225 weeks measured by Nielsen. Peter Jennings' broadcast had lost to ``NBC Nightly News'' for each of the two previous weeks. On top of that, a Florida jury last week awarded a banker $10 million after ruling ABC's ``20/20'' misrepresented him, and a federal court in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. said the network committed fraud in sending ``PrimeTime Live'' reporters undercover for an expose on unsanitary un·san·i·tar·y adj. Not sanitary. practices at a supermarket chain. |
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