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Transcript: Cable TV Squeezes High Numbers and Aces Competition
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- February 9, 1995
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ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: And now, a new and highly irregular feature of
All Things Considered, cable television week in review.
LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: We were struck by a list from Nielsen Media
Research of the 15 most highly-rated shows on cable TV last week.
ROBERT SIEGEL: We'll spare you the fine print. The top show rated
more than 5 million homes, which is more than Officer Flack can shake
the club at.
LINDA WERTHEIMER: The 15th-place show reached just a shade under
4 million.
ROBERT SIEGEL: Those are awfully good numbers for cable television,
but even more impressive is the breadth of subject matter. All times
are Eastern.
LINDA ...