Oscars Win the Night; NBC Wins the Week : TV RATINGS

With its best showing in five years, the Academy Awards telecast on ABC easily topped the prime-time ratings released Tuesday by the A.C. Nielsen Co. But that wasn’t enough to prevent NBC from placing first for the 41st week in a row. NBC did not set a new record for consecutive wins, however, as it thought it might last week. The network said that further research had revealed that CBS captured 46 weeks in a row in 1962-63. The full list of this week’s ratings is on Page 9.

* ABC’s hopes of reviving “Moonlighting” by bringing it back in a new time period with seven new episodes were rudely dashed Sunday. The once-popular series bombed--finishing fourth in its 8-9 p.m. slot behind CBS, NBC and Fox.

Show Points Share 1. Academy Awards 29.8 50 ABC 2. “The Cosby Show” 26.0 42 NBC 3. “Roseanne” 25.5 39 ABC 4. “A Different World” 24.8 40 NBC 5. “Cheers” 24.4 39 NBC * “Moonlighting” 6.9 11 ABC