NBC OPENS SWEEPS WITH NIELSEN VICTORY.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. NBC's return to the 1960s for a miniseries and to the 1980s for a mini ``Cheers'' reunion helped the network to a comfortable ratings victory during the first week of the important February sweeps period. Part one of NBC's music-packed miniseries, ``The '60's,'' was a hit on Sunday despite a tepid critical reaction. Its audience of 15 million viewers was bigger than any other program outside of NBC's Thursday night schedule, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday. ``Frasier,'' the week's second-most-watched show, drew higher ratings than normal Thursday night with actor Woody Harrelson reprising his ``Cheers'' role. ``ER'' was the week's most popular show, as is customary, in its countdown to George Clooney's departure. In what's becoming a tradition in one of the four sweeps months when ratings are watched closely to set local advertising rates, Fox drew solid numbers with dramatic nonfiction programming. Thursday's duo of specials included ``World's Most Shocking Most Shocking is a reality television show produced by Nash Entertainment and Court TV Original Productions. It generally features a video of criminal behavior, police pursuits, robberies, and shootouts. Moments'' and a daredevil jump by Robbie Knievel Robert Edward "Kaptain" Knievel (born May 7, 1962 in Butte, Montana) is the third of four children of famous stuntman Evel Knievel and his first wife Linda. Early life He began jumping his bicycle at age 4 and rode motorcycles at age 7. . For the week, 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. had a 10.3 rating and 17 share. CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. was a solid second with a 9.3 rating and 15 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. had a 7.9 rating and 13 share, and Fox was at 7.2 and 11. Among the developing networks, the WB had a 3.3 rating and 5 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 2.1 rating and 3 share and Pax TV had a 0.8 rating and 1 share. ABC's ``World News Tonight'' was the top-rated evening news program, the third week in a row it has won or shared the lead. ABC had an 8.7 rating and 17 share, NBC's ``Nightly News'' was at 8.4 and 16, and the ``CBS Evening News'' had a 7.7 rating and 15 share. A rating point represents 994,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 99.4 million TV homes. Share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show. CAPTION(S): Box Box: (Nielsen Ratings) |
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