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THE TENNESSEAN, Thursday, SopKmbof 8, 1983 3-D 'Godfather': A Deal NBC Can't Refuse Oft By JERRY BUCK LOS ANGELES (AP) "The Godfather" miniseries offered NBC a deal it couldn't refuse: first place in the Nielsen ratings. Three nights of the gangster saga placed in the Top 10 and gave NBC an overwhelming victory for the week ended Sept. 4. in first place for four weeks, was knocked into second place and ABC was third. NBC rwas third last week.

miniseries was constructed from the feature films "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part Two" by Francis Ford Cop-, pola, plus additional footage that was not shown in the two movies. Part Three of the miniseries was second in the ratings, losing out to CBS' "Simon Simon" in first place. Part Two was fifth and Part Four was ninth. The opening chapter of the rerun series was telecast on Sunday, Aug. 28, and tied for 11th place in the ratings for last week.

CBS also had four shows in the Top 10 and ABC had two. CBS' "Magnum, P.I." was third, ABC's "Three's Company" was sixth, ABC's "The Fall Guy" was seventh, CBS' telecast of "Miss Teen-USA" was eighth and CBS' "Newhart" was 10th. The five lowest-rated shows in descending order were CBS' "Johnny Blue," the ABC movie "The Bad News Bears Break Training," NBC's "The Powers of Matthew Star," NBC's "Casablanca" Part Two and CBS' "The Omega Connection CELEBRATE SAVE 25-57 OFF SALE ENDS SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10 NBC had a network average of 13.5 in the A.C. Nielsen Co.

ratings. CBS was second with 12.8 and ABC was third with 1 1.3'. The networks say this means that in an average prime-time minute 13.5 percent of the television homes were tuned to NBC. In addition to "The Godfather," NBC's "The A-Team" was fourth, giving NBC four shows in the Top 10. It had nine shows altogether in the Top 20.

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Ervin said a bevy of Channel 5 staffers as well as 800 to 900 volunteers were involved in the local effort, which covered both Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. Falwell on 'Miller' Evangelist Jerry Falwell guests on a special prime-time edition of Channel 4's "Miller Co." tomorrow from 8 to 9 p.m. Interviewed by anchor Dan Miller, Falwell will discuss AIDS, his views on TV ministry and, of course, the Moral Majority. A repeat of the show will air at 10:30 p.m. Sunday in the normal "Miller Co." timeslot.

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