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THE NIELSENS

`Nightly News' doing nicely as year ends

30-Dec-1999 Thursday

NEW YORK -- NBC's "Nightly News" is ending 1999 with a strong finishing
kick, topping its two rivals in the ratings as it heads into an election
year.

Meanwhile, CBS had the most prime-time viewers for the fourth straight
week, even though television watching was down because of Christmas
celebrations.

The "Nightly News" had an average of 10.8 million viewers during the final
three months of the year, and ABC's "World News Tonight" had 10.4 million.
The "CBS Evening News" had just
over 9 million viewers, on average.

With the competition normally very tight, this represented NBC's widest
lead over ABC since the second quarter of 1998. "Nightly News" was also the
only evening newscast to gain viewers over the final three months of last
year.

In prime time, CBS had an average viewership of 11.2 million people (7.6
rating, 14 share). ABC had 10.5 million (6.7, 12), NBC had 10 million (6.8,
12) and Fox had 7.4 million (4.9, 9).

UPN continued its comeback, once again topping the rival WB network. UPN
had 3.9 million viewers (2.5 rating, 4 share), the WB had 2.9 million (2.1,
4), and Pax TV had 1 million (0.8, 1).

ABC's "Monday Night Football" matchup between Green Bay and Minnesota was
easily the week's most-watched program.

And, in a cultural milestone of some sort, the "WWF Smackdown!" drew more
viewers than NBC's Christmas Eve airing of the movie, "It's a Wonderful
Life."

For the week, "Nightly News" led with 11.3 million viewers (8.3 rating, 16
share). "World News Tonight" had 11.1 million viewers (8, 16) and the "CBS
Evening News" had 9.3 million (6.8, 13).

A rating point represents 1,008,000 households, or 1 percent of the
nation's estimated 100.8 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of
in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

Here are the prime-time ratings as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for
Dec. 20-26:

1. "NFL Monday Night Football: Green Bay at Minnesota," ABC.

2. "60 Minutes," CBS.

3. "NFL Monday Showcase," ABC.

4. "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS.

5. "Frasier," NBC.

6. "ER," NBC.

7. "CBS Sunday Movie: The Marriage Fool."

8. "Touched by an Angel," CBS.

9. "Friends," NBC.

10. "Becker," CBS.

10. "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS.

12. "Ally McBeal," Fox.

12. "Dateline NBC" (Tuesday).

14. "National Geographic: Millennium Special," NBC.

15. "Frasier," NBC.

15. "Jesse," NBC.

15. "Judging Amy," CBS.

18. "CBS Wednesday Movie: The Christmas Wish."

18. "King of Queens," CBS.

20. "60 Minutes II," CBS.

20. "JAG," CBS.

22. "Law & Order," NBC.

22. "NBC Sunday Night Movie: While You Were Sleeping."

24. "Stark Raving Mad," NBC.

25. "Dateline NBC" (Monday).

25. "Dharma & Greg," ABC.

27. "20/20" (Wednesday), ABC

28. "20/20" ABC.

29. "FOX NFL Sunday-Post-game: Green Bay at Tampa Bay," Fox.

30. "Once and Again," ABC.

31. "The Drew Carey Show," ABC.

31. "Spin City," ABC.

33. "America's Funniest Videos," ABC.

33. "Will & Grace," NBC.

35. "3rd Rock From the Sun," NBC.

36. "20/20" (Monday), ABC.

36. "Family Law," CBS.

38. "Norm," ABC.

38. "Sports Night," ABC.

40. "King of Queens," CBS.

40. "Wonderful World of Disney: Wild America," ABC.

42. "Just Shoot Me," NBC.

42. "The Simpsons," Fox.

44. "Cosby," CBS.

44. "Early Edition," CBS.

44. "Martial Law," CBS.

47. "Two Guys and a Girl," ABC.

48. "A Home for the Holidays," CBS.

48. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," NBC.

50. "Bloopers," ABC.

50. "Fox Movie Special: Miracle on 34th Street."

50. "The X-Files," Fox.

53. "Oh Grow Up," ABC.

53. "Walker, Texas Ranger," CBS.

55. "Family Guy," Fox.

56. "It's Like, You Know," ABC.

56. "Nash Bridges," CBS.

58. "Beverly Hills, 90210," Fox.

59. "48 Hours," CBS.

60. "20/20" (Friday), ABC.

60. "King of the Hill," Fox.

60. "Third Watch," NBC.

63. "Whose Line Is it Anyway?" ABC.

64. "Chicago Hope," CBS.

64. "Whose Line Is it Anyway?" ABC.

66. "Disney World's Christmas Parade," ABC.

66. "NBA Basketball: San Antonio at LA Lakers," NBC.

68. "ABC Big Picture Show: Flirting with Disaster."

68. "Suddenly Susan," NBC.

68. "WWF Smackdown!," UPN.

71. "CBS Friday Movie: Mrs. Santa Claus."

71. "NBC Movie of the Week: It's a Wonderful Life."

73. "FOX Movie Special: Multiplicity."

74. "Geraldo Rivera Reports: Nueva America," NBC.

74. "Get Real," Fox.

74. "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," ABC.

74. "Veronica's Closet," NBC.

78. "The Hughleys," ABC.

78. "NBA Basketball: NY Knicks at Indiana," NBC.

80. "7th Heaven," WB.

80. "Boy Meets World," ABC.

80. "The Simpsons," Fox.

83. "Time of Your Life," Fox.

83. "World's Funniest," Fox.

85. "King of the Hill," Fox.

86. "Odd Man Out," ABC.

87. "Futurama," Fox.

88. "The PJs," Fox.

89. "American Red Cross Music Special," Fox.

90. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," WB.

90. "Star Trek: Voyager," UPN.

92. "Charmed," WB.

93. "The Parkers," UPN.

94. "Angel," WB.

95. "Moesha," UPN.

95. "Popular," WB.

97. "Dawson's Creek," WB.

98. "The Jamie Foxx Show," WB.

98. "The Steve Harvey Show," WB.

100. "Blockbuster Cinema: Piranha," UPN.

100. "Grown Ups," UPN.

100. "The Steve Harvey Show," WB.

103. "7 Days," UPN.

103. "Malcolm & Eddie," UPN.

103. "Popular," WB.

103. "Shasta McNasty," UPN.

107. "The Jamie Foxx Show," WB.

107. "Roswell," WB.

107. "Totally Ridiculous!," UPN.

110. "Safe Harbor," WB.

111. "Dilbert," UPN.

111. "Felicity," WB.

111. "Jack & Jill," WB.

114. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

115. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

115. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

117. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

117. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

117. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

120. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

121. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

121. "It's a Miracle," Pax.

121. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

121. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

121. "Twice in a Lifetime," Pax.

126. "It's a Miracle," Pax.

126. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

128. "Chicken Soup," Pax.

128. "Hope Island," Pax.

128. "Hope Island," Pax.

128. "Twice in a Lifetime," Pax.

132. "Little Men," Pax.

132. "The PaxTV Three-Hanky Movie: The Gift."

132. "Uncovering the Truth About Jesus."

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