The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 232

m-w 4D The Miami Herald Wednesday October 2 1985 helps NBC sweep on premiere week Court lead-in and Tartikoff has made it clear that not going to stand tor that If things improve a chance the most honored dramatic show in television history might not last the season The Fall Guy meanwhile was set up for a fall going against Cosby and Magnum at 8 and Lee Majors has taken it He might not last the month where It was one thing when the hospital drama was running second in the time slot now though Elsewhere' audience is the same it always was strength makes the staff of St Eligius third at 10 Similarly on Thursday it looks like this could be the iast stand for the boys on the Hill Hill Street Blues lost nearly five rating points from its huge Night RATINGS from ID dows on the upper floors are probably being bolted shut in an effort to save lives ABC finished I last on five of the seven nights winning only its Dynasty-domi-t nated Wednesday Poor ABC has more holes than your average Miami Vice plot it was the not I so-proud owner of 1 1 of the bot-' tom 18 shows difficult to make predications off a single week Shows Jthat get an early big sampling have been known to fade (After-IMASH is the best example) And Tit is possible for shows that start off slowly to build Miami Vice Nevertheless some early trends might be apparent so going to go out on a limb: On Friday the Vice pre- miere's strength opposite Dallas Jand the expected weakness of Jthe show NBC presently plans to run against the Ewings Mis-tfits of Science which premieres this Friday will probably in-- fluence NBC Entertainment How do The New Season: Ueeli 1 The rating indicates the percentage of the 859 million households with televisions that were tuned to the show the share is the percentage of all TVs in use at the time that were tuned to the show A major consideration for network executives in deciding which programs stay on the air is how a show performs against its competition in the same time period This chart will enable viewers to track how their favorite shows performed by that standard in the new first week Overall AC Nielsen ratings for the week were: NBC 193 CBS 174 ABC 142 Bill Cosby leads Thursday comedy block half what the evening news gets! Say good night Spenser On Saturday it looks like after its third consecutive week of solid ratings fine Miami-based sitcom The Golden Girls is holding its audience and could be a genuine hit Lower audience levels on Saturdays will probably prevent it from ever being a Top 10 finisher again as it was in its pre-season launch before summer tune-outs returned to the other nights in droves but strength is especially evident when you compare it to the show that follows it on NBC Marla 227 For the first two weeks 227 an inferior product rode strongly on coattails but this week viewers wised up and its numbers dropped considerably Look for NBC to replace 227 before too long with one of two supposedly quality sitcoms it has in the wings one starring Valerie Harper (the former Rhoda) the other a ditty from the creators of Cheers called All Is Forgiven starring Bess Armstrong and erence Knox (the former Peter White of St Elsewhere And if NBC is really in a gambling mood it just might move Family Ties from Thursday to Saturday at 8 to give the night a bigger kick-off ABC had banked heavily on Saturday on the appeal of Robert Wagner in his new vehicle Lime Street not going to work Look for show to move to Tuesdays at 10 before How can famous brand and designer shoes cost so Sttle because you Kite our selection so much that you buy a lot of shoes at Then we can place big orders with our suppliers and pass the savings on to you Always the latest fashions always at the best price See for yourself Always the best Always for less! 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COCAINE' Bridals Formats President Brandon Tartikoff to go ahead with a daring move been contemplating moving Vice opposite Dallas permanently The idea of moving Vice up an hour is not so much to knock off Dallas as it is to get another show working for NBC on Fridays much easier to launch a new compatible show behind a hit where its audience can simply stay tuned than it is to try and get that audience to come to their sets an hour earlier The Vice producers have resisted the move to 9 pm fearing that the early hour would mean have to tone down the content But Tartikoff told the Associated Press Tuesday that if he did move Vice no changes in the series would be necessary Meanwhile the numbers for poor Robert Spenser: for Hire the lowest rated show of the week were actually lower than a lot of late night progaming In fact it was only about The Bottom Five ONE DAY Bridal Sale SUN OCT 6th io am to 4 pm Ft Lauderdale Store ONLY! 1515 EAST LAS OLAS BOULEVARD Reservations Required Call: 463-1773 Broward 949-3753 Dade ts 3 i II 'jpv united availabiht Must a healthy lunch put one's taste buds to sleep? rs3MSMEEr 3131223! 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