THURSDAY GOES TO NBC; ABC WINS WEDNESDAY.Byline: Keith Marder Daily News Television Writer 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. cruised in and, as expected, rolled over the competition during the first Thursday night of the TV season. The network, 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. results from the 33 metered markets compiled by Nielsen Media Research, had more viewers than any other two networks combined. Fox, which counterprograms with three shows that have ostensibly os·ten·si·ble adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity. minority casts, finished second. This is how it played out: NBC got a 20.7 rating (each point equals 970,000 households) and a 32 share (percentage of televisions in use watching a particular show), Fox an 8.4/13, 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. a 7.9/12 and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. a 7.7/12. ``Friends'' led off the evening for NBC with a 20.3/32. It was followed by ``The Single Guy,'' which lost some of its lead-in with an 18.3/28. ``Seinfeld'' got back all of those viewers and more and scored with the week's highest rating, 25.7/37. Newcomer ``Suddenly Susan'' scored a 22.9/34, and the first half-hour of ``The Pretender,'' which is holding ``ER's'' slot, earned a 19/30. The second half-hour got a 17.8/30 for an average of 18.4/30. Based on the metered market data, NBC's Thursday lineup has delivered five of the top seven shows for the week to date. ``Seinfeld,'' ``Suddenly Susan'' and ``Friends'' are one, two and 3. ``The Pretender'' is sixth and ``The Single Guy'' seventh. As for Wednesday, NBC had the best new program on, CBS had the biggest returning star, but ABC, buoyed by returning shows ``The Drew Carey Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actor, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marines and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually gained popularity starring on his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show Show'' and ``Grace Under Fire,'' won the night, according to the national Nielsen averages. NBC's ``Men Behaving Badly Men Behaving Badly is a British comedy, which first broadcast in 1992 on the ITV network, however moved to BBC One (and a later timeslot) from the third series onwards. It was written and created by Simon Nye. ,'' at 9:30 p.m., was the highest-rated new show Wednesday night with an 10.5 rating and a 16 share, but it lost its time period to ``The Drew Carey Show,'' which came away with a 12.5/19. ``Carey'' was up to the comedic level it set last year and probably didn't scare off any viewers. CBS took the night's first hour, ABC the second and NBC the third. CBS' ``The Nanny,'' topped ABC's ``Ellen,'' 10.9/19 to 8.9/15. ``Wings'' got a 7.8/13. At 8:30 p.m., CBS' ``Pearl,'' airing its second time of the week, nipped ABC's ``Townies This article is about the TV show. For the slang term, see townie. Townies was a short-lived situation comedy broadcast in 1996 by ABC. It was set in Gloucester, Massachusetts and starred Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman, Bill Burr, Conchata Ferrell, Lauren Graham, and Ron ,'' 9.8/16 to 9.6/16. NBC's ``The John Larroquette Show'' lagged in third with an 8.3/13. Fox's ``Beverly Hills, 90210,'' received an 8.0/13 from 8 to 9 p.m. and ``Party of Five,'' scored a 6.7/10 from 9 to 10 p.m. But ABC's ``Grace Under Fire'' was the runaway winner at 9 p.m. with the biggest number of the night - 13.1/21. NBC took over at 10 p.m. as ``Law & Order'' got a 13.8/23, compared to a 12.1/20 for ABC's ``PrimeTime Live.'' For the night, ABC got an 11.4/19, NBC a 9.6/16, CBS a 9.4/26 and Fox a 7.4/12. |
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