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THE NIELSENS

Holiday specials help CBS win ratings week

16-Dec-1999 Thursday

The spirit of the season paid off last week for CBS, which struck ratings
gold with a schedule padded with holiday specials.

Two CBS holiday movies, "A Season for Miracles" and "A Holiday Romance,"
were rated among the week's Top 10 shows. Two "Frosty the Snowman" specials
also did well, though oddly, "The Story of Santa Claus" was a ratings
loser.

The week's most-watched show was the first of a two-part "Frasier" special
on NBC, where Niles Crane's secret crush on Daphne is revealed.

For the week, CBS had an average prime-time audience of 12.2 million people
(8.5 rating, 14 share), followed by NBC with 11 million viewers (7.9, 13)
and ABC with 10.7 million viewers (7.3, 12).

After months of bad news, Fox had a good week by winning the 18- to
49-year-old age demographic that is most prized by advertisers. The
Billboard Music Awards drew a strong 12.1 million viewers for Fox, which
had an average prime-time audience of 9.7 million people (6.3 rating, 10
share).

For the second straight week, UPN topped the rival WB network, and did so
handily. UPN had 3.9 million viewers (2.7 rating, 4 share), while the WB
had 3.1 million viewers (2.3, 4).

NBC's "Nightly News" won the evening news competition with 10.9 million
viewers (8.2 rating, 16 share). ABC's "World News Tonight" had 10.6 million
viewers (7.9, 16) and the "CBS Evening News" had 9 million viewers (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. 6-12:

1. "Frasier," NBC.

2. "CBS Sunday Movie: A Season for Miracles."

3. "NFL Monday Night Football: Minnesota at Tampa Bay," ABC.

4. "Touched by an Angel," CBS.

5. "NFL Monday Showcase," ABC.

6. "Friends," NBC.

7. "Stark Raving Mad," NBC.

8. "ER," NBC.

8. "Jesse," NBC.

10. "CBS Wednesday Movie: A Holiday Romance."

11. "60 Minutes," CBS.

12. "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS.

13. "Law and Order," NBC.

14. "20/20" (Monday), ABC.

15. "The Practice," ABC.

16. "Becker," CBS.

17. "20/20" (Friday), ABC.

17. "The X-Files," Fox.

19. "60 Minutes II," CBS.

20. "Dateline NBC" (Wednesday).

21. "Dateline NBC" (Monday).

21. "Frasier," NBC.

23. "Dateline NBC" (Tuesday).

23. "Frosty Returns," CBS.

23. "Frosty the Snowman," CBS.

26. "The Simpsons," Fox.

27. "Billboard Music Awards," Fox.

28. "20/20" (Wednesday), ABC.

28. "Futurama," Fox.

28. "Judging Amy," CBS.

28. "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," NBC.

32. "Law and Order," NBC.

32. "Once and Again," ABC.

34. "And So This Is Christmas," CBS.

34. "Dateline NBC" (Sunday).

34. "Providence," NBC.

34. "Walker, Texas Ranger," CBS.

34. "Will & Grace," NBC.

39. "Dharma & Greg," ABC.

39. "Martha Stewart's Christmas: Home for the Holiday's: Family Tree," CBS.

41. "The Drew Carey Show," ABC.

41. "Nash Bridges," CBS.

43. "Dateline NBC" (Friday).

44. "Spin City," ABC.

45. "NBC Sunday Night Movie: Twister."

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

47. "20/20 -- Downtown," ABC.

48. "3rd Rock From the Sun," NBC.

48. "The King of Queens," CBS.

50. "Ally McBeal," Fox.

51. "Ladies Man," CBS.

51. "West Wing," NBC.

53. "Greed," Fox.

53. "Greed," Fox.

53. "King of the Hill," Fox.

56. "Chicago Hope," CBS.

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

56. "Oh Grow Up," ABC.

56. "Sports Night," ABC.

60. "Candid Camera's Funniest Moments: A Salute to Allen Funt," CBS.

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

62. "COPS 2: Arizona," Fox.

62. "Just Shoot Me," NBC.

64. "48 Hours," CBS.

64. "AMW: America Fights Back," Fox.

64. "Norm," ABC.

67. "ABC Saturday Night Movie: Mr. Holland's Opus."

68. "Whose Line Is It Anyway?," ABC.

68. "Whose Line Is It Anyway?," ABC.

70. "Greed," Fox.

70. "The Pretender," NBC.

70. "Stars on Ice," CBS.

73. "Wonderful World of Disney: Switching Goals," ABC.

73. "World's Most Amazing Videos," NBC.

75. "Raggedy Anne & Andy," CBS.

75. "That '70s Show," Fox.

77. "COPS: Indianapolis," Fox.

77. "Greed," Fox.

77. "The Hughleys," ABC.

77. "The Story of Santa Claus," CBS.

77. "World's Wildest Police Videos," Fox.

82. "Odd Man Out," ABC.

82. "The Profiler," NBC.

84. "Snoops," ABC.

85. "Boy Meets World," ABC.

85. "Suddenly Susan," NBC.

87. "Veronica's Closet," NBC.

88. "Guinness Special," Fox.

89. "Garfield's Christmas," CBS.

90. "Party of Five," Fox.

90. "WWF Smackdown!," UPN.

92. "K-Mart Presents Cinderelmo," Fox.

93. "Out of Control-Nature," ABC.

94. "Ally," Fox.

95. "Charmed," WB.

96. "7th Heaven," WB.

97. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," WB.

97. "Star Trek: Voyager," UPN.

99. "Moesha," UPN.

100. "Blockbuster Cinema: Lost in the Bermuda Triangle," UPN.

100. "The Parkers," UPN.

102. "7th Heaven," WB.

103. "Popular," WB.

104. "Angel," WB.

104. "Grown Ups," UPN.

106. "Dawson's Creek," WB.

107. "Malcolm & Eddie," UPN.

108. "7 Days," UPN.

108. "Dawson's Creek," WB.

110. "Shasta McNasty," UPN.

111. "Roswell," WB.

112. "Popular," WB.

113. "Popular," WB.

114. "Dilbert," UPN.

115. "Angel," WB.

115. "Safe Harbor," WB.

115. "The Strip," UPN.

118. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

118. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

118. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

121. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

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

122. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

124. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

124. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

126. "Chicken Soup for the Soul," Pax.

126. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.

126. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

129. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

130. "Twice in a Lifetime," Pax.

131. "Hope Island," Pax.

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

131. "Little Men," Pax.

131. "The Pax TV Three-Hanky Movie: The Kid Who Loved Christmas."

131. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.

136. "Destination Stardom," Pax.

137. "Little Men," Pax.

138. "Hope Island," Pax.

138. "Twice in a Lifetime," Pax.

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