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Page CIO Television. Decatur, Illinois, Wednesday, October 22, 1986 CBS scraps 'Belter Days' MM I A 1 fit, a 1 A --7 i wm mm 3 ri J1 NEW YORK (AP) Here are the prime-time television ratings as compiled by the A.C. Nielsen Co. for the week of October 13-19. Listings include the week's ranking, with full season-to-date ranking in parentheses.

An denotes onetime-only I. 1) "The Cosby Show," NBC. 2. (2) "Family Ttes," NBC. 3.

(3) "Cheers." NBC. 4. (6) "Night Court," NBC. 4. (X) "World Series Game 2: Boston vs.

New York," NBC. 6. (5) "Murder She Wrote," CBS. 7. (X) "World Series Game 1: Boston vs.

New York," NBC. 8. (8) "Dallas." CBS. 8. (11) "60 Minutes." CBS.

10. (13) "Newhart." CBS. II. (X) "American League Championship Series Game 7: California vs. Boston," ABC.

12. (X) "A.L.C.S. Game 6: California vs. Boston," ABC. 13.

(21) "Of Pure Blood" "CBS Sunday Night Movie." 14. (X) "Country Music Awards," CBS. 15. (14) "Can You Feel Me Dancing?" "NBC Monday Night Movie." 16. (24) "Highway to Heaven," NBC.

17. (25) "Kate Allie," CBS. 18. (X) "World Series Pre-game 2." NBC. 19.

(X) "A.L.C.S Pre-game 7," ABC. 20. (22) "Matlock," NBC. 21. (29) "Hill Street Blues," NBC.

22. (34) "Magnum, P.I.," CBS. 23. (30) "The Equalizer," CBS. 23.

(35) "Falcon Crest," CBS. 25. (30) "Gimme A Break," NBC. 26. (28) "Miami Vice," NBC.

27. (39) "Knots Landing," CBS. 27. (17) "NFL Monday Night Football: Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati," ABC.

29. (20) "Miles To Go" "CBS Tuesday Night Movies." 30. (X) "World Series Pre-game 1," NBC. 31. (43) "You Again?" NBC.

32. (X) "A.L.C.S. Pre-game 6." ABC. 33. (50) "20-20," ABC.

34. (48) "St. Elsewhere," NBC. 35. (54) "Webster," ABC.

36. (44) "L.A. Law," NBC. 37. (57) 38.

(48) "Alf," NBC. 38'. (58) "Mr. Belvedere." ABC. 40.

(59) "Crime Story." NBC. 41 (46) "Scarecrow Mrs. King," CBS. 42. (52) "Amazing Stories." NBC.

43. (52) "Together We CBS. 43. (60) "Simon Simon," CBS. NEW YORK (AP) The grim reaper has begun his fall harvest in the television schedule, with "Better Days" on CBS becoming the first of the new season's programs to succumb to low ratings.

In a week when NBC was celebrating its strongest night of regular programming ever on Thursday night, CBS scrambled its Wednesday and Saturday night schedules, dropping two other programs temporarily and launching a new weekend movie. NBC, buoyed by the first two games of the World Series, won the A.C. Nielsen ratings last week by nearly three points. NBC's prime-time average was 19.6, followed by CBS at 16.7 and ABC at 14.6: It was apparently the first time NBC had ever-won the first four weeks of a season, and the first time for any network since ABC did it in 1977, said Gerald Jaffe, NBC's vice president for research projects. "The Cosby Show," top-rated again last week, had a 57 percent share of the audience on Thursday, its highest ever.

"Family Ties," in second place, also had a best-ever snare of 52. Each rating point represents homes equipped with television. THe share is the portion of sets in use during a time period. The rest of the top 10 included "Cheers," "Night Court" and the second game of the World Series on NBC, f'Murder, She Wrote" on CBS, the first game of the World Series and then three from CBS: "Dallas," "60 Minutes" and "Newhart." ABC's highest-rated shows were the seventh and sixth games of the American League championship series. In a week when series such as "Moonlighting" were pre-empted by baseball, ABC had only four shows in the top 30: three baseball games and "Monday Night Football." The network's "Our World," which is up against "The Cosby Show" on Thursday; was the lowest rated program of the week.

At CBS, "Better Days" was canceled and "Together We Stand" was temporarily dropped from Wednesday night. As of Nov. 5, "Mike Hammer" will move from Saturday nights to Wednesday, giving CBS an all-action evening of "Hammer," "Magnum P.I." and "The Equalizer." "Better Days," starring Raphael Sbarge as a kid uprooted from Beverly Hills to Brooklyn, showed no sign of building an audience, said CBS Research Director Michale Eisenberg. Its average rating was 11.6. "Twilight Zone," which had followed "Hammer" on Saturday nights, also was shelved and beginning Nov.

1, CBS will have a Saturday night movie. Wednesday has been a bright spot for CBS this year, with "Magnum" showing new life it ranked 22nd last week and is up seven percent in ratings after a losing three-year battle against "The Cosby Show" on Thursday nights. "I'm real pleased that there has been a Selleck said in an interview this week. "It vindicates the show in a way." oney' pockets million Flash" finished third, earning $4.3 million for 20th Century Fox. She edged out siren Kathleen Turner and Tri-Star's nostalgic "Peggy Sue Got Married," which finished fourth with $4.2 million.

Touchstone's two-star offering, "Tough Guys," with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas as a couple of train robbers back on the bricks after serving prison time, was fifth with $2.3 million. The most serious offering of the bunch, stage play-turned-movie "Children of a Lesser God," earned $2 million for sixth place. In seventh place with $1.9 million was the year's big hit, Paramount's "Top Gun." Warner Bros' "Deadly Friend" was eighth, with $1.9 million while Columbia's "Stand By Me" was ninth with $1.4 million, followed by Blake Edwards' "That's Life." with $1.5 million. HOLLYWOOD (AP) "'Crocodile' Dundee" is still the nation's top-earning film, but on a per-theater basis, it was skinned by a pair of pool sharks who hustled "The Color of Money" over the weekend. The Aussie import snapped up $7.4 million, while "Money," Touchstone's poolroom drama starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise, racked up $6.35 million on its first weekend out.

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