NETWORKS ARE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP

Of the new fall series, four managed to crack the Top 20 -- not a bad percentage. They are ABC's "Grace Under Fire" and the drama "NYPD Blue," NBC's "Frasier" and CBS' "Dave's World." The negative flip side is that almost no other new netwo...

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Published inThe Salt Lake tribune
Main Author Rick Du Brow LOS ANGELES TIMES
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Salt Lake City, Utah The Salt Lake Tribune 04.01.1994
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Summary:Of the new fall series, four managed to crack the Top 20 -- not a bad percentage. They are ABC's "Grace Under Fire" and the drama "NYPD Blue," NBC's "Frasier" and CBS' "Dave's World." The negative flip side is that almost no other new network series, from the hundreds of concepts that boiled down to 38 freshman shows, had much impact. Among the major new ratings disappointments are NBC's "seaQuest DSV" and ABC's "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," both ambitious projects, but both shot down in total household tune-in by CBS' "Murder, She Wrote," their head-on competition. Despite its admitted lust for the 18-to-49-year-old audience that advertisers favor, ABC's overall game plan seems to be working best this season. CBS is still the No. 1 network, but ABC -- with the help of its two new hits, "Grace Under Fire" and "NYPD Blue" -- has won the ratings race in seven of the season's 14 weeks and now trails CBS by only three-tenths of a point.
ISSN:0746-3502