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'Mappy Days' tops tv; Cosby slips LOS ANGELES(API "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley" and ABC arc on top of the ratings again, ac- rordlng to the latest A. C. Nielsen Company audience estimates. NBC placed second and CBS ranked third In the ratings for the week ending Oct. 10, the Nielsen firm announced, big loser for the week 's Bill Cosby's new Sunday 'variety show onABC.

It was Eseen in about 7.9 million homes. "Happy Days" was seen in about 22 million homes, just slightly aheadof "Laverne and Shirley," which follows on ABC on Tuesdays. Barbara Walters' first 5 week with the "ABC Evening SNews" showed a gain of 2.2 million homes over the average of the previous four weeks. "We're very pleased." said William Sheehan, head of ABC News. "However It's awfully early to comment on it.

This is Just the first week, and it'll take a little while for things to settle down." The show remained third in the battle against CBS and NBC news programs, but industry sources say the gain of 3.1 ratings points could be worth well over the $1 million NHss Walters Is being paid annually by ABC. The ABC Monday night football game. Pittsburgh against Minnesota, ranked seventh in the ratings. The second broadcast of Dick Van Dyke's new NBC comedy show rated only 56th after the premiere Sept. 20 ranked 17th.

Good showings were made by the special double Mystery Theater on NBC Sunday night. "Columbo" ranked third and "Quincy," a new show about a medical examiner who does detective work to prove his hunches, was rated fourth. Two veteran shows that scored poorly in their first showing of the season bounced back a little the second week. "Maude" was In 29th place last week after ranking 42nd the first week of the season, and "The Carol Burnett Show" rose from 49th place to 34th place. According to the Nielsen estimates, the nation's 20 most-watched shows last week were "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley" ABC; NBC's "Columbo" and "Barelta" ABC; "M-A-S-H" CBS; "Monday night Football," "Rich Man, Poor Man" and "Welcome Back Kotter" ABC; "All in the Family," "Marv Tyler Moore," "Hawaii Flve'-O," "Bob Newhart" and "The Waltons" CBS; "Barney Miller" and "Blonic Woman" ABC; "One Day at a Time" CBS; "Sanford and Son" and "Mondav Movie" NBC and "ABC Friday Movie." CBS chief to quit in April NEW YORK (AP) llam S.

Paley, who built CBS Incorporated from a fledg- Sling radio network into a billion-dollar conglomerate, yesterday he will step as chief executive offi- cer next April. I Paley, 75. who became chief executive in 192B, said would continue as cliair- man of the CBS board of directors. Paley made the announcement at a board meeting and I said he would leave the chief 5 executive's post after the next stockholders' meeting, In a related action, the CBS board elected John D. Backe, 44, as president, Backe had been president of the CBS publishing group and replaces Arthur R.

Taylor, 41, who resigned yesterday. CBS would not comment on the reason for Taylor's resignation. CBS Is a diversified corporation with Interests In radio and television broadcasting, recordings, musical Instrument, toy and handicraft manufacturing, retailing and book and magazine publishing. Sales In 1976 have been estimated at more than $2 billion. Paley, who was born in Chicago, has been chairman of CBS since 1946.

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