TV Ratings : NBC Shut Out of the Top 10

With National Basketball Assn. playoffs disrupting its normally strong Tuesday and Thursday night schedules, NBC failed to place a show in the Top 10 and fell to third place in the prime-time ratings last week. Figures released Tuesday by the A. C. Nielsen Co. gave ABC three of the four top-rated programs but placed CBS first among the networks by average rating. Not that that was something to crow about: The three networks combined to attract only 53% of the prime-time audience. The full list of ratings is on F12.

* Twenty years after its debut, “All in the Family” was back in the Top 10 last week. Paired with a new comedy from the same creator, Norman Lear, the landmark series about the quarreling Bunker clan was seen Sunday in about 12 million homes, making it the top-rated show in its time slot and No. 10 among the week’s 90 prime-time programs. Lear’s new show, “Sunday Dinner,” ranked 20th with about 10.6 million homes.

Show Points Share 1. “Roseanne” (ABC) 17.2 29 2. “Coach” (ABC) 15.6 26 3. “60 Minutes” (CBS) 15.2 34 4. “thirtysomething” (ABC) 13.9 24 5. “Designing Women” (CBS) 13.8 24 “Murphy Brown” (CBS) 13.8 24 * “All in the Family” (CBS) 12.9 24