AFTER TWO WEEKS AS RATINGS RUNNER-UP, NBC BACK ON TOP.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. It felt like old times as 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. reclaimed the top spot after two weeks as a ratings runner-up, according to Nielsen Media Research figures released Tuesday. Its future might look a bit bleak without ``Seinfeld'' and possibly football. But in prime time for the week of Jan. 5-11, NBC logged a winning 10.6 rating and 17 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. , up a notch from the week before, had a 9.5 rating and 15 share. And CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , landing only three shows in the top 25, dropped to third place with a 9.0 rating and 15 share. CBS, blessed with its No. 4-ranked ``Touched by an Angel,'' won Sunday night. NBC took Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - whose lineup accounted for the week's remaining top five entries: ``ER,'' ``Seinfeld,'' ``Veronica's Closet'' and ``Friends.'' ABC claimed Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Fox had an 8.3 rating and 13 share. Its top-ranked show was ``X-Files,'' tying with NBC's ``Union Square'' for eighth place. Among the emerging networks, the WB had a 2.9 rating and 5 share, while 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 2.7 rating and 4 share. CAPTION(S): Box Box: (Nielsen Ratings) |
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