Easter Bunny Turns Off TV Sets

The Easter bunny wreaked havoc with Sunday television ratings last week, as Americans stayed away from the tube and programming on all three networks laid a giant egg, according to Nielsen ratings released today.

Hardest hit was CBS. “60 Minutes” and “Murder, She Wrote” were knocked out of their usual top 10 spots, leaving the network with no top 10 winners. At NBC, “Family Ties” sank to 64th place and the network’s Andy Williams special from Rome was the lowest-rated show of the week. None of the Sunday movies made the top 10, either. Top rated among them was “The Woman He Loved” on CBS, which tied for 26th.