Television
In a week in which ABC’s “World News Tonight” averaged more viewers than 55 of the networks’ prime-time programs, Americans balanced their anxiety about the Middle East crisis with large doses of laughter.
Aug. 15, 1990
“Cheers” edged out “America’s Funniest Home Videos” as the most-watched TV program in the nation last week, while the audience for Fox’s animated series “The Simpsons” continued to snowball, the A.C.
March 21, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
NBC, after months of tense negotiations and threats of canceling its top-rated show, has reached a tentative agreement with Paramount Pictures to renew “Cheers” for a 10th season.
March 20, 1991
With “Cheers” pulling down the No. 1 honors as most-watched program of the week, NBC handily disposed of its competitors in the prime-time ratings derby last week.
June 27, 1990
“Frasier” received an unprecedented fifth consecutive Emmy for best comedy series at the 50th annual Nighttime Emmy Awards on Sunday, adding to the program’s critical cache as it surpassed such acclaimed four-time winners as “All in the Family,” “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Cheers.”
Sept. 14, 1998
It was Brandon Tartikoff’s decade. At his peak in the 1980s, TV was his oyster.
July 19, 1990
TV or not TV. . . . CRONKITE & CO.: Walter Cronkite’s prime TV time these days is on cable.
May 25, 1993
NBC’s mighty Thursday night schedule carried two summer shows into the top five last week.
July 11, 1990
NBC isn’t happy about “Seinfeld” coming to an end, but executives aren’t approaching the show’s departure as if it represents the end of the world either.
Jan. 28, 1998
An estimated 93 million people tuned in to watch the closing of their favorite bar, NBC reported Friday--making the “Cheers” finale the second most-watched program in TV history.
May 22, 1993