NBC Winning Streak Continues

Even with its Tuesday night comedies capturing four of the top five spots, ABC failed last week to halt NBC’s winning streak in the weekly prime-time ratings race, the A.C. Nielsen Co. reported Tuesday. In fact, ABC didn’t even finish second. While NBC was recording its 59th consecutive first-place finish, with an average audience of about 9.5 million homes, CBS was drawing about 8.5 million and ABC about 8.3 million. The full ratings list is on Page 10.

* Mirroring the performances of the networks were the premieres of two news magazines. NBC’s “Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow” handily won its time period Wednesday night and finished as the week’s 19th most-watched program. ABC’s “PrimeTime Live,” which debuted the following night, ran third in its time slot and ranked 37th among the week’s 80 prime-time shows.

TV RATINGS

Show Points Share 1.”Roseanne” 18.8 32 ABC 2.”The Wonder Years” 16.7 31 ABC 3.”Who’s the Boss?” 15.5 30 ABC 4.”Cheers” 15.4 28 NBC 5.”Coach” 15.4 26 ABC *”Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow” 12.0 23 NBC