Word: nielsens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...show, is the highest-rated syndicated series in television history. Or that the venerable game-show genre has suddenly hit the jackpot once again. Following the No. 1-rated Wheel of Fortune, two more games, Jeopardy! and The New Newlywed Game, currently rank in the top five on A.C. Nielsen's list of the most-watched syndicated shows (those sold directly to local stations by independent syndicators rather than distributed through the networks). In addition to the ten games aired weekdays by the three networks, at least 15 game shows are currently running in syndication, and no fewer than...
...well as where each ranks in the ratings individually. A 1984 University of Pennsylvania survey estimated that 13.3 million people, or 6.2% of the national TV audience, are regular viewers of the various shows. That nearly equals the membership of the United Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal churches combined. A Nielsen survey last year, designed to add cable data to the broadcast ratings, showed that 21% of the nation's TV households tune in to Christian TV for at least six minutes in a week, and 40% for at least six minutes in a month. This adds up to 61 million...
Sociologist Jeffrey Hadden of the University of Virginia, who was skeptical of religious broadcasters' claims to big audiences in his 1981 book Prime Time Preachers, says the Nielsen report shows a "much larger" audience than he and other experts had thought. The preachers, he now asserts, "have greater unrestricted access to media than any other interest group in America." Powered by TV evangelism, he predicts, the Christian right "is destined to become the major social movement in America" during the late 20th century...
...romance began almost a year ago, when Danish Model Brigitte Nielsen sent her muscular movie hero a fan letter, along with a photograph. Last week Sylvester Stallone, 39, married Nielsen, 22, in a private civil ceremony attended by 30 close friends and relatives at the Beverly Hills home of Producer Irwin Winkler. It was the second time down the aisle for both bride and bridegroom, who afterward treated 150 or so guests, including John Travolta, Donna Summer and Bruce Jenner, to a sit-down dinner, followed by dancing to Righteous Brothers' songs performed by Bill Medley. After a twirl...
...almost inevitably swept the land. When Spielberg's Amazing Stories debuted on NBC, the reaction from critics and viewers was a widespread yawn. The show's ratings, along with those of NBC's Alfred Hitchcock Presents and CBS's The Twilight Zone, settled into the lackluster middle of the Nielsen pack. A fourth anthology entry, George Burns Comedy Week, was canceled. Some revolution...