William ”The Refrigerator” Perry helped ”Late Night With David Letterman” set a viewership record in Chicago Monday while the Mains and the Hazards of ”North and South” pushed ABC into the No. 1 network spot last week.
In Chicago, ”Late Night” doubled its usual audience and got a 12.3 rating and a 46 share. The show was watched in 376,761 households.
Meanwhile, an estimated 100 million viewers tuned in some or all of
”North and South,” the 12-hour ABC mini-series that premiered Sunday, Nov. 3. That premiere episode finished in fourth place in the previous week`s A. C. Nielsen ratings. The five remaining parts placed in the top 10 spots in the following week`s ratings.
The David Wolper (”Roots,” ”The Thorn Birds”) extravaganza moved ABC into first place–for the second time this season–with a 19.9 rating and a 30 share, and into a tie with CBS for second place in the season-to-date ratings with a 16.8 rating and a 26 share. NBC has the first-place season-to-date position with a 17.8 rating and a 28 share.
In the evening news race, CBS continues its lead, followed by NBC and ABC.
The top 10 national A.C. Nielsen shows for the week ending Nov. 10:
1. ”The Cosby Show” (NBC); 2. ”North and South” (part 6) (ABC); 3.
”Family Ties” (NBC); 4. ”North and South” (part 3) (ABC); 5. ”Murder, She Wrote” (CBS); 6. ”60 Minutes” (CBS); 7. ”North and South” (part 4)
(ABC); 8. ”North and South” (part 2) (ABC); 9. Movie: ”Stone Pillow”
(CBS); 10. ”North and South” (part 5) (ABC).
Chicago`s top 10:
1. ”The Cosby Show” (NBC); 2. ”Family Ties” (NBC); 3. Movie: ”This Child Is Mine” (NBC); 4. ”North and South” (part 6) (ABC); 5. ”North and South” (part 3) (ABC); 6. ”Cheers” (NBC); 7. ”North and South” (part 4)
(ABC); 8. ”Miami Vice” (NBC); 9. ”Movie: Stone Pillow” (CBS); 10.
”Night Court” (NBC).
