SUPER BOWL HELPS NBC SACK COMPETITION IN NIELSENS.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. By a football field, the ratings winner is 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. . The Super Bowl drew television's biggest-ever audience for one program, allowing NBC to dominate its competitors with the best network rating in a non-Olympic week since 1991. NBC also posted its biggest non-Olympic lead over a second-place finisher in 16 years, attracting nearly double ABC's audience. With nine of the top 10 programs for Jan. 22-28, NBC scored an 18.2 average rating and 29 share, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nielsen Media Research figures released Tuesday. NBC's season-to-date average, by comparison, is 12.0. The Super Bowl, the kickoff and the post-game show A post-game show or postgame show is a TV presentation that occurs immediately after the live broadcast of a major sporting event. Contents may include:
Sunday's Dallas Cowboys 27-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers was watched by an estimated total audience of 138,488,000, the most people ever to watch a single TV program, NBC said. Only the ABC news magazine "PrimeTime Live" managed to break NBC's monopoly on the top 10. CBS' best performer was "Chicago Hope" at No. 14, while "The X-Files" was the Fox network's leader in the 31st spot. For the week, 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 9.5 rating and 15 share, followed by third-place CBS' 8.7 rating and 14 share. Fox Broadcasting Co., which programs 15 of the 22 prime-time hours, posted a 6.1 rating and 9 share. Emerging networks UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation and the WB earned, respectively, a 4.1 rating, 6 share, and a 2.4 rating, 4 share. A single ratings point equals 959,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's 95.9 million TV homes estimated by Nielsen. Share is a given show or network's percentage of sets tuned in during a given period. CAPTION(S): CHART Box (Nielsen Ratings) |
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