TV RATINGS--TOPS OF THE NON-RERUNS : Guns and Weddings Spark Little Interest

ABC’s “20/20” news magazine attracted 28% of the available viewers last week, tying its best performance since moving to Friday nights last fall. It was the highest-rated first-run program on the networks, ratings from the A. C. Nielsen Co. showed Tuesday. NBC’s documentary on handguns and a “48 Hours” look at weddings on CBS didn’t fare as well, but still drew far more viewers than “Hothouse,” a dramatic series that ABC introduced June 30: It ranked 59th. For the full list of ratings, see Page 10.

Show Points Share 12.”20/20” 13.8 28 (ABC) 23.”Guns, Guns, Guns” 11.1 20 (NBC News Summer Showcase) 51.”Blue Skies” 6.7 16 (CBS) 52.”Wedding in America” 6.7 14 (CBS News “48 Hours”) 56. “The Pretenders” 6.4 12 (CBS Summer Playhouse) * “America’s Most Wanted” 6.7 14 (Fox Broadcasting)

* Fox Broadcasting chalked up its largest share of audience and its highest placement in the weekly standings with Sunday’s telecast of “America’s Most Wanted.” The crime-fighting series drew 14% of the people watching TV at the time. That’s the national average; Fox said it did far better in some cities, topped by Washington, where it garnered 31% of the audience and ranked first in the time period.