INDACC

KATZ PROGRAMMING RESEARCH

MAY 1999 SWEEP

NIELSEN RANKINGS

INDEPENDENT/FOX/UPN/WB AFFILIATE ACCESS/Top 100 Markets
		#	HH			M98	%		W18-49	M98	%		W25-54	M98	%		M18-49	M98	%		M25-54	M98	%		TEENS	M98	%		KIDS	M98	%
RANK	PROGRAM	OCC	R/S			T.P.S.	CHG	RNK	SHR	T.P.S.	CHG	RNK	SHR	T.P.S.	CHG	RNK	SHR	T.P.S.	CHG	RNK	SHR	T.P.S.	CHG	RNK	SHR	T.P.S.	CHG	RNK	SHR	T.P.S.	CHG
1	SEINFELD	51	6	/	10	13	*-23%*	2	13	19	*-32%*	2	11	17	*-35%*	1	16	21	*-24%*	1	15	20	*-25%*	8	13	19	*-32%*	8	5	9	*-44%*
1	FRIENDS	80	5	/	10	8	*+25%*	1	18	11	*+64%*	1	14	10	*+40%*	3	15	12	*+25%*	2	13	10	*+30%*	2	22	18	*+22%*	7	9	13	*-31%*
3	SIMPSONS	39	5	/	9	9	-	3	11	11	-	7	8	8	-	1	16	14	*+14%*	3	12	11	*+9%*	1	27	25	*+8%*	1	18	16	*+13%*
3	JUDGE JUDY	23	4	/	9	5	*+80%*	8	9	6	*+50%*	3	10	5	*+100%*	6	7	7	-	6	8	7	*+14%*	14	5	7	*-29%*	11	4	5	*-20%*
5	HOME IMPROVEMENT	23	5	/	8	10	*-20%*	6	10	13	*-23%*	5	9	11	*-18%*	4	12	14	*-14%*	4	10	11	*-9%*	3	20	24	*-17%*	2	14	17	*-8%*
5	FRASIER	43	4	/	8	10	*-20%*	6	10	13	*-23%*	3	10	12	*-17%*	5	10	14	*-29%*	4	10	13	*-23%*	11	8	13	*-38%*	11	4	7	*-43%*
7	JUDGE JOE BROWN	9	4	/	7	4	*+75%*	10	8	4	*+100%*	7	8	4	*+100%*	9	6	4	*+50%*	7	6	3	*+100%*	17	3	3	-	15	3	5	*-40%*
7	LIVING SINGLE	15	4	/	7	7	-	3	11	12	*-8%*	5	9	9	-	9	6	8	*-25%*	12	5	7	*-29%*	6	17	14	*-21%*	6	10	12	*-17%*
7	MARTIN	16	4	/	7	7	-	3	11	11	-	7	8	8	-	6	7	8	*-12%*	7	6	6	-	4	19	20	*-5%*	4	12	14	*-14%*
10	EXTRA	6	4	/	6	6	-	15	5	7	*-29%*	12	6	7	*-14%*	14	5	6	*-17%*	7	6	6	-	14	5	3	*+67%*	15	3	1	*+200%*
10	FRESH PRINCE	14	3	/	6	6	-	8	9	7	*+29%*	12	6	6	-	9	6	5	*+20%*	15	4	4	-	5	18	16	*+13%*	3	13	10	*+30%*
12	SISTER, SISTER	8	4	/	5	5	-	10	8	6	*+33%*	10	7	5	*+40%*	14	5	5	-	15	4	5	*-20%*	7	14	9	*+56%*	5	11	6	*+83%*
12	MAD ABOUT YOU	8	3	/	5	6	*-17%*	10	8	10	*-20%*	10	7	8	*-12%*	14	5	9	*-44%*	12	5	8	*-37%*	12	7	8	*-12%*	11	4	5	*-20%*
14	REAL TV	12	2	/	4	4	-	16	4	4	-	15	4	4	-	9	6	6	-	7	6	5	*+20%*	16	4	5	*-20%*	11	4	4	-
14	THE NANNY	11	2	/	4	4	-	13	6	6	-	15	4	5	*-20%*	19	3	6	*-50%*	21	2	5	*-60%*	9	11	9	*+22%*	8	5	4	*+25%*
16	COPS	10	2	/	3	4	*-20%*	19	3	4	*-25%*	19	3	4	*-25%*	17	4	5	*-20%*	15	4	4	-	17	3	5	*-40%*	19	2	4	*-50%*
16	LAPD	5	2	/	3	5	*-40%*	21	2	3	*-33%*	21	2	3	*-33%*	17	4	6	*-33%*	15	4	7	*-43%*	19	2	3	*-33%*	19	2	1	*+100%*
16	MASH	8	2	/	3	4	*-25%*	19	3	5	*-40%*	19	3	5	*-40%*	19	3	5	*-40%*	15	4	5	*-20%*	19	2	2	-	15	3	4	*-25%*
16	NEWSRADIO	5	2	/	3	4	*-25%*	16	4	5	*-20%*	15	4	5	*-20%*	9	6	4	*+50%*	12	5	4	*+25%*	10	9	5	*+80%*	15	3	3	-
16	ROSEANNE	11	2	/	3	6	*-50%*	13	6	7	*-14%*	14	5	6	*-17%*	19	3	9	*-67%*	20	3	7	*-57%*	12	7	9	*-22%*	8	5	6	*-17%*
16	STAR TREK:TNG	6	1	/	3	3	-	16	4	3	*+33%*	15	4	3	*+33%*	6	7	4	*-75%*	7	6	4	*+50%*	19	2	2	-	19	2	2	-
22	HARD COPY	5	1	/	1	2	*-50%*	21	2	2	-	21	2	2	-	22	1	3	*-67%*	22	1	3	*-67%*	22	1	1	-	22	-	1	-

Source: NSI Snap, May 1999, 5 or more occurrences.

New programs this season in bold.

6/23/99

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