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The first installment of NBC's Gulliver's Travels sailed 
to huge ratings in 33 metered markets Sunday, attracting 
more viewers than CBS and ABC combined from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT.
The miniseries, starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, 
garnered a 23.3 rating. (A ratings point equals 959,000 TV 
households.) CBS' The Boys Next Door movie got an 8.3 
rating, and ABC's Hijacked: Flight 285 movie got a 9.8.
The overnight ratings were the best for an NBC Sunday 
miniseries since Feb. 8, 1987, when The Two Mrs. Grenvilles 
aired. National figures will be out today. Gulliver's 
Travels concluded Monday night.
NBC West Coast president Don Ohlmeyer says Gulliver's 
ratings "tell us that audiences will come to quality family 
entertainment."

NBC is on a ratings roll.
A week ago, the Super Bowl on NBC became the most-watched TV 
show in history; the special Friends that followed was the 
highest-rated entertainment hour this season. 
Season to date, NBC is the No. 1-rated network.

In other ratings news:
Savannah, the new soap on WB, drew strong numbers with its 
second episode Sunday, improving on its premiere two weeks 
ago. Its 6.3 rating marked the best performance for any WB 
regular series.

Wednesday's premiere of The Louie Show didn't show much 
promise for a long run on CBS. The show opened in fourth 
place in its time slot.

Hudson Street's move from Tuesdays to Saturdays didn't boost 
the ABC sitcom. In Saturday's metered market ratings, Tony 
Danza's series placed fourth at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Other changes are in store: 
Fox's Strange Luck will complete its first season by the end 
of February and be replaced March 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT by the 
return of Sliders.

CBS recently renewed the low-rated but critically acclaimed 
Almost Perfect for two additional episodes, and Daily 
Variety reports the show will move from Sundays to Mondays 
at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT in March. It would replace CBS' highest-
rated 1995-96 rookie, Can't Hurry Love, which will have 
completed its season.

CBS also is expected to remove High Society from the Monday 
schedule to make room for Company Man, a  sitcom set at an 
ad agency.