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CBS' rivals take back seat in February ratings sweep I 1 1 I "i I Candice Bergen who portrays a star reporter of a television Nielsen chart. picked up its 10th ratings win in the 20-week-old season, Nielsen said. For the week ending Feb. 6, CBS had a 14.1 rating and 22 share. In second place, ABC was 12.7 with a 20 share.

NBC had an 1 1.7 rating and 18 share. And Fox was 7.3 with an 1 1 share. In the evening news wars, ABC's "World News Tonight" kept a lock on the top spot with an 1 1.5 rating and 21 share. In second place was "NBC Nightly News" with a 10.8 rating and 20 share. "The CBS Evening News" was in the basement with a 10.5 rating and 19 share.

Prime-time ratings as compiled by the A.C. Nielsen Co. for Jan. 31 to Feb. 6.

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(1) "Home Improvement," ABC, 22.3, 21.0 million homes 2. (7) "Frasier," NBC, 21.8, 20.5 million homes 3. (1 1) "Breathing Lessons" "CBS Sunday Movie," 21.6, 20.1 million homes 3. (3) "Seinfeld," NBC, 21.6, 20.1 million homes 5. (2) "60 Minutes," CBS, 21.2, 20.0 million homes 6.

(4) "Roseanne," ABC, 19.1, 18.0 million homes 7. (8) "Murder, She Wrote," CBS, 19.0, 17.9 million homes 8. (5) "Grace Under Fire," ABC, 18.6, 17.5 million homes 9. (10) "Murphy Brown," CBS, 17.1, 16.1 million homes "Wings," NBC, 17.1, 16.1 million homes "Coach," ABC, 15.9, 15.0 million homes "20-20," ABC, 15.9, 15.0 million homes 13. (18) "Northern Exposure," CBS, 15.8, 14.9 million homes 14.

(18) "Dave's World," CBS, 15.6, 14.7 million homes 15. "Story Of Laurie Kellogg" "ABC Monday Movie," 15.0, 14.1 million homes 16. "Blossom," NBC, 14.9, 14.0 million homes 16. "Rescue: 911," CBS, 14.9, 14.0 million homes 18. (20) "The Cosby Mysteries" "NBC Monday Movie," 14.8, 13.9 million homes 19.

(16) "Full House," ABC, 14.4, 13.6 million homes 19. "Mad About You," NBC, 14.4, 13.6 million homes 21. "Evening Shade," CBS, 14.2 21. (15) "Love War," CBS, 14.2 ABC, 14.2 21. "Unsolved Mysteries," NBC, 14.2 25.

(16) "Fresh Prince of Bel Air," ABC, 14.1 26. "Cries Unheard" "CBS Tuesday Movie," 14.0 26. "Law and Order," NBC, 14.0 28. (20) "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," CBS, 13.8 29.

"Phenom," ABC, 13.7 30. "Family Matters," ABC, 13.6 31. "L.A. Law," NBC, 13.4 31. (X) "Nancy Kerrigan and Friends," CBS, 13.4 33.

"Rookie" "ABC Sunday Movie," 13.1 34. "Boy Meets World," ABC, 12.8 35. (X) "I Spy Returns" "CBS Special Movie (Thursday)," 12.4 36. "Step By Step," ABC, 12.2 By Frazler Moore ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW YORK CBS roared into the February sweep period ahead of its network rivals. In the first four days of this intensively measured ratings month, which began last Thursday and ends March 2, CBS logged a 14.7 rating and 23 share, to ABC's 1 1 .9 and 19 share; NBC's 11.1 and 18 share, and Fox, which got a 7.8 and 12 share, according to Nielsen Media Research figures.

One ratings point equals 942,000 television households. Share is the percentage of TV sets in use at any one time that are tuned to a particular broadcast. The sweeps are quarterly ratings periods that determine advertising rates for local network affiliates, and are fiercely waged by networks and stations alike. Meanwhile last week, CBS MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER For Home Delivery Call 269-0010 in the Montgomery area 887-5177 in the Auburn area 872-7699 in the Selma area (800) 488-3579 all other areas 18F Mi CBS' 'Murphy starring high-profile, wildly successful news program, Is No. 9 on the 37.

"Diagnosis Murder," CBS, 12.1 38. (X) "Soap Opera Awards," NBC, 11.9 38. "Walker, Texas Ranger," CBS, 11.9 40. "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper," ABC, 1 1.7 40.

"Now," NBC, 11.7 40. "The Simpsons," Fox, 11.7 43. (20) "NYPD Blue," ABC, 11.6 44. "Day One," ABC, 11.5 45. "Beverly Hills, 90210," Fox, 11.4 45.

"Burke's Law," CBS, 11.4 45. "Married With Children," Fox, 1 1.4 48. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 11.3 49. "Matlock," ABC, 11.2 50. "Dateline NBC," 11.1 50.

"Regarding Henry" "NBC Sunday Movie," 11.1 52. "Critic," ABC, 11.0 53. "Commish," ABC, 10.7 54. "Eye To Eye With Connie Chung," CBS, 10.5 55. (X) "IBM Skates Of Gold," ABC, 10.4 55.

"Missing Persons," ABC, 10.4 55. "New America's Funniest People," ABC, 10.4 58. "John Larroquette Show," NBC, 10.3 59. "Lois Clark," ABC. 10.1 59.

"Thea," ABC, 10.1 61. "48 Hours," CBS, 10.0 61. "Picket Fences," CBS, 10.0 63. "In The Heat OrThe Night," CBS. 9.8 64.

"Living Single," Fox, 9.7 65. "Melrose Place," Fox. 9.7 65. "Sisters," NBC, 9.6 67. "Nanny," CBS, 9.5 68.

"Hearts Afire," CBS, 9.2 68. "John Larroquette Show," NBC, 9.2 70. (X) "Turning Point: Cov-er-Up," ABC, 9.1 71. "Martin," Fox, 9.0 71. "Nurses," NBC, 9.0 73.

"Empty Nest," NBC, 8.9 74. "Cops 2," Fox, 8.8 74. "Sinbad Show," Fox, 8.8 76. "SeaQucst DSV," NBC, 8.7 77. "George Carlin Show," Fox, 8.6 78.

"Cops," Fox, 8.0 78. (X) "Days Of Our Lives," NBC, 8.0 80. "In Living Color," Fox, 7.9 81. "America's Most Wanted," Fox, 7.6 81. "X-Files," Fox, 7.6 83.

(X) "Good Life," NBC, 7.5 84. "Good Life," NBC, 7.1 85. "Mommies," NBC. 6.9 86. "Working Girl" "Fox Movie," 6.2 87.

"Brisco County," Fox, 6.1 88. "Herman's Head," Fox, 5.7 89. "I Witness Video," NBC. 5.5 90. "Monty," Fox, 4.8 91.

"Code 3 Two," 4.3 92. "Roc," Fox. 3.8 93. "Code 3." Fox, 3.7 94. "Front Page," Fox, 3.0 Montgomery Advertiser, February 10, 1994 I'UUI,.