‘Sins’ vs. ‘Peter the Great’: Winner Is . . .

Joan Collins’ “Sins” on CBS opened its battle Sunday with the rich Russian history of NBC’s “Peter the Great,” and when the smoke had cleared, overnight ratings for the first round in the war between the miniseries showed Peter the greater in terms of audience.

National ratings are due today. But they aren’t expected to change the victory won by NBC in Sunday’s overnight A.C. Nielsen ratings for 12 major markets, including New York and Los Angeles and representing a total of about 27 million households. (Story on Page 10.)