JESSE `THE BODY' TOO WEAK TO DOMINATE COMPETITION.Byline: David Bauder 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. Jesse ``The Body'' Ventura's television story was pinned to the mat by Michael Landon Michael Landon (October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who starred in three popular NBC TV series that spanned three decades. , Cleopatra and Will Smith. CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , with the help of Landon and Susan Lucci's victory at the Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, won last week's Nielsens prime-time ratings race over second-place 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. as the May ratings ``sweeps'' continued. CBS' Sunday movie, ``Michael Landon: The Father I Knew'' narrowly beat ABC's critically praised miniseries opener, ``Cleopatra.'' Both were in the week's top 10. Fox's showing of the Smith movie, ``Independence Day,'' came in third place Sunday night. But it was still the network's second most-watched program of the week behind ``Ally McBeal.'' NBC's TV movie on Ventura, the former pro wrestler and now Minnesota governor, was the big loser. It drew poor reviews and even worse ratings, a dismal 58th place for the week. NBC can take some solace from the solid performance of its Thursday night lineup. ``ER,'' ``Frasier'' and ``Friends,'' in their season finales, were easily the week's three most-watched programs. CBS' telecast of the Daytime Emmy awards was Friday's most popular program. Soap star Lucci climaxed that broadcast by winning her first best actress award after 18 defeats. For the week, CBS had a 9.6 rating and 16 share, and NBC had a 9.3 rating and 16 share. 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 third at 7.3 and 12, while Fox had a 7.0 rating and 12 share. The WB had a 3.4 rating and 6 share, 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 1.7 rating and 3 share, and Pax TV was at 0.7 and 1. NBC's ``Nightly News'' won the evening news competition with a 7.4 rating and 17 share. ABC's ``World News Tonight'' was second with a 7.1 rating and 16 share, while the ``CBS Evening News'' had a 5.8 and 13. CAPTION(S): Box Box: (Nielsen Ratings) |
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