Calgary and the Street top ratings

Press, 9 March 1988, Page 19

Calgary and the Street top ratings

Calgary 88 and the 6.30 News dominated the top of the television ratings for the second time in a row during the week, February 21 to 27. According to A.G.B. Research N.Z., Ltd, the most popular night of the Winter Olympics was the Tuesday, which included coverage of the ice dancing. Only Hilda Ogden’s exit from “Coronation Street” was able to break into the top 15 programmes. Her final appearance after 23

years on New Zealand screens was eleventh in the ratings. Twenty-five per cent of the potential audience watched, including half of all women viewers aged over 40. “Sons and Daughters” caught up with the Street during the week, rising up to 13 places. The three episodes were bunched together between seventeenth and nineteenth place, in between two documentaries. “World Alive — Spain" continued to interest viewers. Its 21 per cent audience share was 3 per cent more than the insights into human behaviour demonstrated in "Body Language.” "Sledge Hammer” was in twenty-ninth place in the final of the present series. The final of The Late, Late Breakfast Show captured 19 per cent of the television audience. "AU the Rivers Run” grew steadily more popular during its repeat screening. Seventeen per cent of all viewers watched, compared with a maximum of 6 per cent for another repeat, “The Life and Loves of a She Devil.” "Footloose” was the favourite movie for the week, especially among the 10 to 19-year-olds, who rated it their fifth best programme for the week.