TV Ratings : Daytime Emmy Show Tops the Week

NBC’s presentation of the Daytime Emmy Awards was the top-rated prime-time show of last week, attracting 26% of the national audience, the A.C. Nielsen research firm reported Tuesday. But CBS won the week overall with a 10.2 rating compared to NBC’s 9.5 and ABC’s 8.8. (Each rating point equals 921,000 homes. The full list is on F13.)

In a week dominated by summer reruns of entertainment shows, six news and reality series finished in the Top 20. They were “60 Minutes,” “PrimeTime Live,” “20/20,” “Rescue 911,” “Unsolved Mysteries” and “48 Hours.”

Although NBC had the top-rated Daytime Emmys, the slipping network, which once dominated TV with its potent series led by “The Cosby Show,” placed only four regular programs in the Top 25: “Cheers” (13th), “Unsolved Mysteries” (17th), “Fresh Prince” (19th) and “Seinfeld” (24th). Two NBC TV movies also made the Top 25.

* “Raven,” a new, one-hour action series about a martial arts master who teams up with a private eye (Lee Majors), helped CBS to its weekly victory as its 90-minute premiere ranked eighth, with 24% of the audience.

Points Share 1. “Daytime Emmy Awards” (NBC) 15.3 26 2. “60 Minutes” (CBS) 15.0 34 3. “Home Improvement” (ABC) 14.8 27 4. “Roseanne” (ABC) 14.8 25 5. “Sins of the Mother” (CBS) 14.7 26 * “Raven” (CBS) 13.3 24