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Friday, November 27, 1987 C-15 The Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville, La, TV Tonight ft PRIME-TIME TV Top Ten Programs November 16-22, 1987 -TO. "Rhapsody in Blue," "Porgy and Bess" and such enduring standards as "Embraceable You." for 50 years, but his genius and celebrity live on. "Great Performances" dedicates its next two weeks to the man who gave us PLUS nn 6 BIS 1 SCREENS I UU TAX ANYTIME 1427 DORCHESTER 448-9750 31.0 47 NBC 28.2 43 NBC 26.4 41 NBC 26.1 40 NBC 23.2 37 CBS 23.2 35 ABC 22.8 33 CBS 22.1 35 ABC 21.7 37 NBC 21.3 33 NBC 1. Cosby Show 2. A Different World 3.

Cheers 4. Night Court 5. 60 Minutes Growing Pains 7. Murder, She Wrote 8. Who's the Boss 9.

Golden Girls 10. Poor Little Rich Girl, Part 1 Where the students major The HIDDENPA new Vjf. 1:10 3:10 5:10 7:20 9:20 1:00 3:10 5:15 7:20 9:20 in arson. By Steven H. Scheuer Today's best television shows as previewed and selected by Steven H.

Scheuer and TV KEY'S staff in New York and Hollywood. 7 p.m. CBS Beauty and the Beast. A little fun for a change, with the sweet Beast and his brave Cathy playing legal beagle. Cathy takes on a case involving a murder by a Haitian voodoo specialist.

Risking laughter, the writers have the voodoo demon look just like our hero Vincent. It may be stretching but, the attitude on this show seems to be, why not gamble? 7 p.m. NBC Special. "Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus" Host Tony Randall, Mickey Mouse, and celebrities Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Lisa Bonet, Kim Fields and Tim Conway play second fiddle to a crew of European circus acts. Performers include a troupe of Czechoslavakian bears never seen here before and a funny Swiss sea lion act which almost upstages the wonderful bears.

8 p.m. CBS Dallas. J.R. is chasing juicy Kimberly, Sue Ellen seeks legal advice and the buildup to the Ray-Jenna wedding begins. For relief, it's good to see Cliff Barnes being shot at by angry old Dandy, who is determined to keep his oil rig drilling.

This story is right out of old Hollywood gusher films, but it still works. 8 p.m. NBC Movie of the Week. "Police Academy" (1984) This raucous comedy aimed at the college crowd and teen market tries to do for the police force what "Airplane" did for the airlines. While it's not consistently funny, the movie provides a fair number of good sight gags as the academy lowers its standards drastically and allows some unlikely recruits to join.

Steve Gut-tenberg stars. 9 p.m. PBS Great Performances. "Celebrating Gershwin" Part 1. "The Jazz Age" Composer George Gershwin has been dead THE PRINCIPAL CHARLES BRONSON in DEATH WISH THE CRACKDOWN OVERALL RATING NBC CBS ABC 17.3 13.8 12.6 1:10 3:10 5:10 7:20 9:20 tLike 1:10 Father Like io Son 9:20 State.

Ratings points are the percent of 88.6 million TV households; $hares are the percent ot households with sets or. (B)- rerun AP Cynthia Greer Source: A.C. Nielsen Co. 1:10 3:10 5:10 7:20 9:20 mJJk romantic wmeiki jL Ji UAliC Jti uiv re STAKEOUT CD NBC wins week, also sweeps contest rprnrprrpr mssm 35. (34) "Falcon Crest," CBS, 14.2.

ft am VV HCSTRICTID SS WT ENTEinAINMENT PtCTURES UrlOU IT MQUIIIt! CC0rPriNG PMMHT 0 ADULT RITH flAfllSH PWltMiaiOKS Wt Hijfcti ksmti 36. (48) "20-20," ABC, 13.8. 37. (39) "Highway to Heaven," NBC, 13.7. 37.

(46) "MacGyver," ABC, 13.7. 39. (35) "Dynasty," ABC, 13.4. 40. (42) "The Equalizer," CBS, 13.2.

41. (44) "St. Elsewhere," NBC, 13.0. 42. (51) "Our House," NBC, 12.9.

43. (43) "Beauty and the Beast," CBS, 12.2. 44. (49) "Jake and The Fatman," CBS, 12.0. 45.

(38) "thirtysomething," ABC, 11.6. 45. (40) "The Slap Maxwell Story," ABC, 11.6. "Wiseguy," CBS, 11.6. 48.

(41) "Cagney Lacey," CBS, 11.5. 49. (52) "A Year in the Life," NBC, 11.3. 49. (45) "Frank's Place," CBS, 11.3.

51. (55) "The Law and Harry Mac-Graw," CBS, 11.0. 52. (54) "Buck James," ABC, 10.9. 53.

(63) "Rags To Riches," NBC, 10.8. 53. (58) "I Married Dora," ABC, 10.8. 53. (58) "Tour of Duty," CBS, 10.8.

53. (64) "Houston Knights," CBS, 10.8. 57. (64) "Full House," ABC, 10.3. 57.

(55) "Mr. Belvedere," ABC, 10.3. 59. (58) "The Oldest Rookie," CBS, 9.8. 60.

(58) "Private Eye," NBC, 9.7. 61. (67) "Hotel," ABC, 9.5. 62. (57) "The Thanksgiving Promise" "Disney Sunday Movie," ABC, 9.3.

63. (70) "Agatha Christie's 13 At Dinner" "CBS Saturday Movie," 8.9. 64. (68) 65. (69) "The Pursuit of Happiness," ABC, 8.4.

66. (75) "West 57th," CBS, 7.8. 67. (72) "Sledge Hammer!" ABC, 6.9. 68.

(70) "The Charmings," ABC, 6.8. 69. (66) "The King of Love" "ABC Thursday Night Movie," 6.7. 70. (NA) "21 Jump Street," FOX, 6.1.

71. (72) "Sable," ABC, 6.0. 72. (NA) With Children," FOX, 5.0. 73.

(NA) "Werewolf," FOX, 3.5. 74. (NA) "Women in Prison," FOX, 3.4. 75. (NA) "Duet," FOX, 3.2.

75. (NA) "Tracey Ullman Show," FOX, 3.2. 77. (NA) "Mr. President," FOX, 3.0.

78. (NA) "The New Adventures of Beans Baxter," FOX, 2.8. 78. (NA) "Second Chance," FOX, 2.8. WESTGATE SHOPPING CTR 445-9859 TOM STEVE TED SELLECK GUTTENBERG DANSON Peter, Michael and Jack know a thing or two about women.

But when it comes to babies, they're all wet. 0 FSSfSffi TECHNICOLOR" mBi DMTtluUd If tNA WSTA P-rVI2ICmaflTk! I MS IV MkhM) l4rMl NEW YORK (AP) NBC has declared victory in the November sweeps, its 11th in a row for the longest streak since ABC won 11 sweeps in a row ending in May 1979. November is one of four months a year when ratings companies measure audiences in local markets for use in determining local advertising rates. The networks generally load their schedules with special programs to help their affiliates. According to the A.C.

Nielsen NBC also won the week ending Nov. 22 with an average, prime-time rating of 17.3. CBS was second with a 13.8 and ABC third with a 12.6. ABC remains in second place on the season however. NBC's season-to-date average after nine weeks is 16.7, ABC has 14.0 and CBS 13.8.

CBS extended its win streak in news to all nine weeks of the new season. For the week ending Nov. 20, the "CBS Evening News" had an 12.1 rating and 21 share. ABC's "World News Tonight" had an 11.4 and a 20 and "NBC Nightly News" had an 11.1 and 20. The rating is a percentage of the nation's 88.6 million households with televisions.

The share is a percentage of the audience that is viewing during a particular time period. Here are the prime-time television ratings as compiled by the A.C. Nielsen Co. for the week of Nov. 16-22.

Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with full season-to-date ranking in parentheses, rating for the week, and total homes. An in parentheses denotes one-time-only presentation. Shows from 21 on include only the weekly ranking. A rating measures the percentage of the nation's 88.6 million TV homes. The ratings 1.

(1) "The Cosby Show," NBC, 31.0 rating, 27.5 million homes. 2. (2) "A Different World," NBC, 28.2, 25.0 million homes. 3. (3) "Cheers," NBC, 26.4, 23.4 million homes.

4. (5) "Night Court," NBC, 26.1, 23.1 million homes. 5. (8) "60 Minutes," CBS, 23.2, 20.6 million homes. 5.

(4) "Growing Pains," ABC, 23.2, 20.6 million homes. 7. (9) "Murder, She Wrote," CBS, 22.8, 20.2 million homes. 8. (6) "Who's the ABC, 22.1, 19.6 million homes.

9. (7) "Golden Girls," NBC, 21.7, 19.2 million homes. 10. (17) "Poor Little Rich Girl," Part 1, "NBC Monday Night Movies," 21.3, 18.9 million homes. 11.

(26) "NFL Monday Night Football: Chicago vs. Denver," ABC, 21.2, 18.8 million homes. 12. (14) "The Gambler III," Part 1, Sunday Movie," 20.9, 18.5 million homes. 13.

(11) "L.A. Law," NBC, 20.3, 18.0 million homes. 14. (13) "ALF," NBC, 19.7, 17.4 million homes. 15.

(10) "Moonlighting," ABC, 19.2, 17.0 million homes. 16. (12) "Family Ties," NBC, 18.9, 16.7 million homes. 17. (X) "Poor Little Rich Girl" Part 2, "Movie of the Week," NBC, 18.5, 16.4 million homes.

18. (20) "Hunter," NBC, 18.3, 16.2 million homes. 19. (14) "Amen," NBC, 18.0, 15.9 million Held Over! 2nd Fun Week! WESTGATE SHOPPING CTR 445-9859 WHEN IN FLORIDA VISIT 9:45 coming march 25 Fox and the Hound from ItMCfe PICTURES One of the decade's most widely read best sellers is now this year's incredible shocker. $2.50 PER PERSON SHOWS BEFORE 6:00 p.m.

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(22) "Head of the Class," ABC, 17.5, 15.5 million homes. 20. (20) "Valerie's Family," NBC, 17.5, 15.5 million homes. 24. (36) "Miami Vice," NBC, 16.8.

25. (32) "Facts of Life," NBC, 16.3. 26. (19) "Dallas," CBS, 15.7. "Dolly!" ABC, 15.7.

28. (32) "Knots Landing," CBS, 15.5. 28. (18) "Newhart," CBS, 15.5. 30.

(27) "Hooperman," ABC, 14.7. 31. (37) "Magnum, P.I.," CBS, 14.6. 32. (22) "The Empire Strikes Back" "NBC Sunday Night Movie," 14.5.

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