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The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 50

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The Tennesseani
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Nashville, Tennessee
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50
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26-C THE TENNESSEAN, Thundoy, March 24, 1983 CBS Wins TV Ratings; Special Bulletin' Finishes in 37th Place LOS ANGELES (AP) Although Wind," Part II, 19.5 or 16.2 million, CBS; "Archie Bunker's Place," 19.0 or 15.8 million, CBS; CBS Saturday Night Movie, "Still the Beaver," 18.9 or 15.7 million, CBS; "Real People," 18.1 or 15.1 million, NBC. Here are the five lowest-rated shows: NBC; "Teachers Only," NBC; "Gavilan," NBC, "Monitor," NBC; and "Magic Planet," ABC. nasty" and CBS' "Newhart," tied for seventh. They were followed by CBS "The Wizard of Oz" and NBCs only entry in the Top 10, "TheA-Team." "Still the Beaver," a CBS movie taking an updated look at 'The Leave It to Beaver" series," was in 19th place. HERE ARE the Top 10: "60 Minutes," a rating of 27.2 or 216 million households, CBS; "Magnum, P.I.," 25.8 or 21.5 million, CBS; "Dallas," 25.0 or 20.8 million, CBS; "Trapper John, 23.4 or 19.5 million, CBS; "Three's Company," 22.3 or 18.6 million, ABC; "The Ninth Annual People's Choice Awards," 22.2 or 18.5 mil lion, CBS; ABCs "Dynasty" and CBS "Newhart, 22.0 or 18.3 million, tied; "The Wizard of Oz," 21.7 or 18.1 million, CBS; "The A-Team," 21.3 or 17.7 million, NBC.

Here are the next 10: "The Jeffersons," 20.5 or 17.1 million, CBS; "9-to-5," 20.2 or 16.8 miUion, ABC; ABC Monday Night Movie, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," 20.1 or 16.7, ABO, "The Fall Guy," 19.8 or 16.5 million, ABC; NBC Monday Night Movie, "MAD.D., The Candy Lightner Story," 19.7 or 16.4 million, NBC; CBS Tuesday Night Movie, "Gone With the Wind," Part 19.6 or 16.3 million, CBS; CBS Wednesday Night Movie, "Gone With the tions and police departments across the country because of the realistic portrayal. THE NBC movie was pushed aside In the ratings by its CBS opposition, "Trapper John, M.D.," which was No. 4, "Newhart," No. 8, and "The Jeffersons," No. 1 1.

"Special Bulletin" got a rating of 15.1, which means it was seen in 12.6 million homes. A movie about rape on ABC, "The Face of Rage," was burled even further. It finished In 50th place. CBS won the week with a lead of more than 4 ratings points over second-place ABC. CBS had a rating of 19.6 and ABC had 15.2.

NBC was in third place with 14.3. The networks say this means that in an average prime-time minute 19.6 of homes with television were tuned to CBS. FOR THE SEASON to date, CBS leads with a rating of 18.5. ABC is second with 17.3 and NBC is third with 15.4. The current season extends from last Sept.

27 to April 17. CBS had seven of the Top 10, with "60 Minutes" in first place followed by "Magnum, P.I.," "Dallas" and "Trapper John." ABC's highest-ranked show was "Three's Company" in fifth place. "The Ninth Annual People's Choice Awards" on CBS was in sixth place. Next came ABC's "Dy- NBC's movie about nuclear terrorism got most of the attention last Week, CBS continued its first-place domination of the A.C. Nielsen Co.

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