Fun_People Archive
7 Apr
Nielson T.V. Ratings -- Mar 21-27

Date: Thu,  7 Apr 94 17:35:30 PDT
To: Fun_People
Subject: Nielson T.V. Ratings -- Mar 21-27

[Just in case you have no idea what's on TV these days (as I don't) here's a
little list of what's hot and what's not.  BTW, I did change one word in the
following article that was used in a confusing way twenty-two times... -psl]

Forwarded-by: LeClub International <cs932007@red.ariel.cs.yorku.ca>

 List of Week's TV Ratings

   Prime-time ratings as compiled by the A.C. Nielsen Co. for March 21-27.
Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with rating for the week,
season-to-date rankings in parentheses, and total households. 

   An ``X'' in parentheses denotes one-time-only presentation. A rating
measures the percentage of the nation's 94.2 million TV households. Each
ratings point represents 942,000 households. 

   1. (X) ``Academy Awards,'' ABC, 31.1, 29.3 million households 

   2. (1) ``Home Improvement,'' ABC, 22.4, 21.1 million households 

   3. (2) ``60 Minutes,'' CBS, 20.8, 19.6 million households 

   4. (4) ``Roseanne,'' ABC, 19.8, 18.7 million households 

   5. (8) ``Murder, She Wrote,'' CBS, 19.2, 18.1 million households 

   6. (X) ``Barbara Walters,'' ABC, 19.1, 18.0 million households 

   7. (3) ``Seinfeld,'' NBC, 19.0, 17.9 million households 

   8. (5) ``Grace Under Fire,'' ABC, 18.4, 17.3 million households 

   9. (6) ``Coach,'' ABC, 18.2, 17.1 million households 

   10. (6) ``Frasier,'' NBC, 16.9, 15.9 million households 

   11. (12) ``The Corpse Had a Familiar Face _ CBS Sunday Movie,''
	16.4, 15.4 million households 

   12. (X) ``Home Improvement,'' ABC, 15.5, 14.6 million households 

   13. ``NYPD Blue,'' ABC, 15.0, 14.1 million households 

   14. (13) ``Thunder Alley,'' ABC, 14.6, 13.8 million households 

   15. ``Wings,'' NBC, 14.2, 13.4 million households 

   16. (10) ``Turning Point,'' ABC, 14.1, 13.3 million households 

   17. ``Rescue: 911,'' CBS, 14.0, 13.2 million households 

   18. (16) ``Full House,'' ABC, 13.8, 13.0 million households 

   18. (19) ``PrimeTime Live,'' ABC, 13.8, 13.0 million households 

   20. (14) ``20-20,'' ABC, 13.6, 12.8 million households 

   ___ 

   21. ``Marked for Death _ CBS Tuesday Movie,'' 13.3 

   22. (20) ``Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,'' CBS, 13.1 

   22. ``Step by Step,'' ABC, 13.1 

   24. ``Family Matters,'' ABC, 12.9 

   25. ``Boy Meets World,'' ABC, 12.7 

   26. ``Hangin' With Mr. Cooper,'' ABC, 12.4 

   26. ``L.A. Law,'' NBC, 12.4 

   26. (X) ``World Figure Skating-Sat.,'' NBC, 12.4 

   29. (X) ``Hart to Hart _ NBC Friday Mystery,'' 12.3 

   29. ``Phenom,'' ABC, 12.3 

   29. ``Walker, Texas Ranger,'' CBS, 12.3 

   32. ``Mad About You,'' NBC, 11.9 

   33. ``Fresh Prince of Bel Air,'' NBC, 11.8 

   34. ``Beverly Hills, 90210,'' Fox, 11.6 

   35. (20) ``Dave's World,'' CBS, 11.3 

   35. ``Married...With Children,'' Fox, 11.3 

   37. ``Unsolved Mysteries,'' NBC, 11.2 

   38. ``48 Hours,'' CBS, 11.1 

   39. ``America's Funniest Home Videos,'' ABC, 11.0 

   39. (X) ``World Figure Skating-Fri.,'' NBC, 11.0 

   41. ``Simpsons,'' Fox, 10.8 

   42. ``Law and Order,'' NBC, 10.7 

   42. ``Living Single,'' Fox, 10.7 

   44. ``Evening Shade,'' CBS, 10.6 

   44. ``Melrose Place,'' Fox, 10.6 

   46. ``The Yarn Princess _ ABC Sunday Movie,'' 10.5 

   46. ``Search and Rescue _ NBC Sunday Movie,'' 10.5 

   48. ``New America's Funniest People,'' ABC, 10.4 

   49. ``Matlock,'' ABC, 10.3 

   49. ``Road Home,'' CBS, 10.3 

   51. ``Byrds of Paradise,'' ABC, 10.1 

   51. ``Dateline NBC,'' 10.1 

   53. ``Lois & Clark,'' ABC, 10.0 

   54. ``Bird On a Wire _ NBC Monday Movie,'' 9.9 

   55. ``Martin,'' Fox, 9.8 

   56. (X) ``Martin,'' Fox, 9.5 

   57. ``Now with Tom and Katie,'' NBC, 9.2 

   58. (X) ``CBS NCAA Basketball Championship-Thurs., 8:00,'' 9.1 

   59. (X) ``CBS NCAA Basketball Championship-Fri., 10:00,'' 8.7 

   59. ``In the Heat of the Night,'' CBS, 8.7 

   61. ``George Carlin Show,'' Fox, 8.6 

   62. (X) ``CBS NCAA Basketball Championship-Fri., 8:00,'' 8.5 

   63. ``Sudden Impact _ CBS Movie,'' 8.4 

   63. ``Nanny,'' CBS, 8.4 

   65. ``Cops 2,'' Fox, 8.0 

   66. ``In Living Color,'' Fox, 7.9 

   66. ``Tom,'' CBS, 7.9 

   68. (X) ``World Figure Skating-Sun.,'' NBC, 7.7 

   69. ``America's Most Wanted,'' Fox, 7.4 

   69. (X) ``CBS NCAA Basketball Championship-Thurs.,'' CBS, 7.4 

   69. ``John Larroquette-2,'' NBC, 7.4 

   72. ``Cops,'' Fox, 7.1 

   72. ``John Larroquette Show,'' NBC, 7.1 

   74. ``Gremlins 2 _ ABC Saturday Movie,'' 6.8 

   74. ``SeaQuest DSV,'' NBC, 6.8 

   76. (X) ``Prince and the Pauper,'' ABC, 6.5 

   77. ``Second Half,'' NBC, 6.4 

   78. ``The Good Life,'' NBC, 6.0 

   78. ``X-Files,'' Fox, 6.0 

   80. ``Model By Day _ Fox Movie,'' 5.7 

   81. ``Herman's Head,'' Fox, 5.6 

   82. ``Brisco County,'' Fox, 5.1 

   83. (X) ``Sinbad Special 2,'' Fox, 4.7 

   84. (X) ``Sinbad Special 1,'' Fox, 4.3 

   84. (X) ``Tiny Toons Spring Break,'' Fox, 4.3 

   86. ``Front Page,'' Fox, 4.2 

© 1994 Peter Langston