HOLIDAY MOVIES HELP BOOST NBC'S NIELSEN RATINGS.Byline: Associated Press Holiday movies from different generations and the dependable Thursday night regulars led 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. to an easy victory in the prime-time television ratings last week. The network's airing of Macauley Culkin's ``Home Alone'' was the most-watched show last Friday night. The once-a-season showing of ``It's a Wonderful Life'' on Saturday did well on a night that CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. usually dominates. ``ER'' and ``Seinfeld'' were, as usual, the week's top shows. But except for ``ER,'' NBC's Thursday night lineup drew a smaller audience than normal, perhaps because people were busy with shopping and parties. NBC finished the week with a 10.5 rating and 18 share, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday. 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. was second with an 8.4 rating and 14 share, CBS had an 8.1 rating and 14 share, and Fox had a 6.2 rating and 10 share. Jerry Rice's brief return to the lineup during an enticing matchup between the San Francisco 49ers Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. .'' The show pulled in 26.9 million viewers, up from its season average of 20.8 million, just as the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga was getting close to deciding which networks will air football in the coming years. Among the emerging networks last week, the WB had a 2.8 rating and 4 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. 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. The ``NBC Nightly News'' won the evening news competition with an 8.4 rating and 17 share. The ``CBS Evening News'' was second with an 8.2 rating and 17 share, followed by ABC's ``World News Tonight'' with a 7.9 rating and 16 share. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Kirstie Alley ``Veronica's Closet'' Box: (Nielsen Ratings) |
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