ACADEMY AWARDS GIVE ABC UPPER HAND IN NIELSENS.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. 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. rode Oscar's back to victory in the prime-time television ratings Television ratings may refer to:
The Academy Awards, which drew its best ratings in 15 years, had twice as many viewers as the nearest competitor last week - a ``Seinfeld'' repeat. ABC won the week with a 10.5 rating and 18 share, followed by CBS' 9.5 rating and 16 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. sank to third, with an 8.4 rating and 14 share, followed by Fox's 5.6 rating and 9 share. The WB had a 2.7 rating and 4 share, 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 2.2 rating and 3 share. Except for ABC, all of the networks had lower ratings than their season averages, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday. Barbara Walters' pre-Oscar special, featuring interviews with Kim Basinger, Burt Reynolds Burt Reynolds (born February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated Emmy Award-winning American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in the original version of The Longest Yard, Bo 'Bandit' Darville in and Will Smith, finished fourth for the week. Two midseason replacements, NBC's ``Lateline'' and ABC's ``Two Guys, a Girl & a Pizza Place,'' finished tied for 21st for the week. Other new shows struggled, and Fox canceled ``Significant Others'' after it rated 88th. Fox's attempt to cash in on the Oscars with ``Titanic: Breaking New Ground,'' and CBS' interactive ``Great Skate Debate'' show that invited viewers to vote on their favorite ice skaters both had lackluster showings. 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. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Billy Crystal on board for the 1998 Oscars telecast, the week's most-viewed show. Susan Sterner/Associated Press Box: (Nielsen Ratings) |
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