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ABC edges CBS in weekly ratings race OS C3 in its final year. "M-A-S-H" won with a rating of 23.2. Nielsen says that means in an average minute of the show, 22.5 percent of the television-equipped homes in the nation saw at least part of the program. All three networks had shows in among the week's five lowest-rated programs: "Walt Disney's Beyond Witch Mountain," CBS; "Code Red," ABC; Road," NBC; "Born to the Wind," NBC; and "CBS Reports," CBS. This is the first week in which each ratings point equals 833,000 homes.

Previously, it equaled 815,000 homes, but the Nielsen Co. said the number of American homes with television had increased to 83.3 million. Here are the week's 10 highest-rated programs: "M-A-S-H," a rating of 23.2 or 19.3 million homes, CBS; "Too Close for Comfort," 22.4 or 18.7 million, ABC; "House Calls," 22.2 or 18.5 million, CBS; "Three's Company," 20.8 or 17.3 million, ABC; "Hart to Hart," 18.6 or 15.5 million, ABC; "Lou or 15.3 million, CBS; "WKRP in Cincinnati," 18.2 or 15.2 million, CBS; "Laverne and Shirley, 17.6 or 14.7 million, ABC; "Private Benjamin," 16.5 or 13.7 million, CBS; "Happy Days," 16.4 or 13.7 million, ABC. LOS ANGELES (AP) ABC broke CBS' six-week run as the leading network in the weekly prime-time ratings competiton, while both managed to place five shows in the Top 10, figures from the A.C. Nielsen Co.

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