THE INDUSTRY
TV's race for ratings would seem to be a matter of interest only within the industry. Yet each spring Americans await the final results in much the same way that they await the results of an election: as participants, they want to see which entries they have made the favorites. This season, for the 14th time in as many years, CBS held a slim numerical edge. CBS, by its own calculations (Nielsen ranks shows, not networks), won 20.3% of the audience to NBC's 20.0% and ABC's 15.6%.*
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