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Nielsen doesn't have viewership figures for the Academy Awards before 1974
In a big news week, NBC's "Nightly News" lengthened its lead in the evening news ratings race, averaging 13
The week was clogged with reruns and interrupted by news coverage of the war in Iraq 5 million; "American Idol-Wednesday," Fox, 17 2 million viewers (9 6, 14) and the "CBS Evening News' had 8 Pax TV had 1 0, 9), and CBS had an extremely rare fourth-place showing, with 9 ABC's "World News Tonight" was second, averaging 10 6 rating, 14 share), NBC was second with 10 That's more than 4 million fewer than the previous low, in 1987 when "Platoon" won best picture 9, 3; UPN: 1 9 million viewers, were in a virtual dead heat (WB: 1 4 million viewers (8 1 million; "Oscar Countdown 2003," ABC, 19 6 million viewers (7 nielsenmedia 8, 3) The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show 7 million TV homes
A ratings point represents 1,067,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 106 2 rating, 17 share)
For the week, ABC averaged 13
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The WB and UPN, both with 2
3 million viewers (6 7 million; "Scrubs," NBC, 14 4 million (6 2 million; "Survivor: Amazon" special, CBS, 16 8, 1) Most of that coverage is not included in Nielsen Media Research's rankings because it was commercial-free 8, 11), Fox had 10 million (6 com 3 million viewers (6
For the week of March 17-23, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "Academy Awards," ABC, 33 million; "American Idol-Tuesday," Fox, 21 2 million; "Judging Amy," CBS, 14
The Oscar telecast, minus the glitz and glamour because of the war, was watched by 33 million people ABC Takes Weekly Nielsen's Ratings
Mar 25, 6:38 PM EST
Despite the least-watched Academy Awards since at least 1974, ABC earned a rare prime-time ratings victory last week 2, 10) |