NEWS & NOTES : TOP PREMIERE RATINGS MAKE `ROSIE' FUTURE ROSY.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Rosie O'Donnell's new talk show debuted Monday to critical raves and super ratings. In fact, Monday's ``Rosie'' was the highest-rated premiere of any talk show this decade. The show averaged a 4.4 rating (percentage of the nation's 95.9 million TV homes) and a 16 share (percentage of sets in use). The previous talk-debut high this decade was the 1991 start-up of the ``Maury Povich'' show, which generated a 3.6 rating/12 share. Opting out: How many Emmys is too many? Five, if you're ``Murphy Brown'' star Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model, known primarily for her roles in sitcoms and television. , who recently told the producers of ``Murphy Brown'' not to submit her name for Emmy-nomination consideration. ``I think she just figured after five wins it was time to step aside and let someone else win,'' a spokeswoman for the actress said. Joining in: Jane Pauley Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television journalist, and has been involved in news reporting since 1975. She is most known for her 13 year tenure on NBC's "Today" program and later 12 years of "Dateline NBC," and has is the latest high-profile name at NBC News NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. to join the MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company cable prime-time lineup. She will serve as anchor of the 7-to-8 p.m. program ``Time and Again'' on the new 24-hour news channel, a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC News, that is to begin July 15. Using NBC News archival footage, ``Time and Again'' will revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re major news events of the 20th century. The program, like many in the MSNBC venture, will have interactive companion activities on the Internet. Pauley will continue in her role as co-host of ``Dateline,'' the NBC News prime-time magazine program. |
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