14A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2002
Sept.11 coverage drew big ratings
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Television viewers did not shy away from difficult remembrances of last Sept. 11. Instead, they seemed drawn to them Wednesday night.
ABC drew 10.8 million viewers during the 7 p.m. hour for a news special that drew on the recollections of World Trade Center survivors, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research ratings.
That beat CBS, which had 9.8 million viewers for an hour based on an exclusive interview with President Bush, reconstructing his actions a year ago.
NBC had 8.9 million viewers
Following Bush's address to the nation, viewers again gravitated to the graphic memories of New York's trauma.
for an hour focusing on air traffic controllers.
New York's numbal. CBS averaged 12.7 million viewers for a rerun of its/11 documentary, with footage from inside the trade center. NBC which bet that viewers would eventually tire of Sept. 11 news, drew 9.5 million for its concert special.
ABC's news programming had 8.3 million viewers.
Overall, analysts said, TV viewership was higher than it has been this summer but was about typical for a mid-September eve.
Fewer people were watching Wednesday than on the previous week, when Fox alone had more than 22 million viewers for the American Idol finale.
Meanwhile, Fox News Channel averaged 1.04 million viewers on Wednesday, CNN had 922,000 viewers and MSNBC had 316,000, according to Nielsen. All three networks were up over their August averages.
ning.
Ratings for the networks' daytime coverage were not immediately available.
Last year, the news networks combined had 8.1 million viewers on Sept. 11. This year, it was 2.2 million.
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6 Orbiting loc.
9 German autos
14 System of moral values
15 Boring routine
16 Rascal
17 Neighbor of Mexico
19 Archipelago member
20 Father
21 Frailty
23 Rocker Billy
25 Caribbean island
26 Badinage
28 Obligation
30 Scandinavian
34 Gem State
36 Perform again
38 Olin or Horne
39 Country settled by freed slaves
41 Groups of nine
43 Pop
44 Brief periods
46 Rock guitarist Van Halen
47 Sicilian code of silence
49 Employ
51 Deposit
52 Small crown
54 Lazily
56 Heads off
60 Mountain in Thessaly
63 Hotelier Helmsley
64 Rushing at full speed
66 Took on cargo
67 Had a bite
68 Golfer Palmer
69 Josiah's porcelain
70 Type of chart
71 Puts one's feet up
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1 Tilly and Ryan
2 Needle case
3 Generous to the needy
4 Quoted
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5 Best pitcher
6 Modern Persia
7 Certain chemical compound
8 One of a flight
9 With hands on hips
10 Disentangled
11 Roy's partner
12 Currier's partner
13 Fixes in position
18 Unit of distance
22 Talk and talk
24 Smell
26 Response to "roger"
27 Specialized vocabulary
29 Hillside by a loot
31 Pride, anger, sloth, etc.
32 Type of ink
33 Man at the bat
35 Encouraged
37 Bandleader Arnaz
40 Asimov or Newton
Solutions to Friday's puzzle.
42 Requirement
45 Indian bread
48 Diatriate
50 Face the day
53 Sum up
55 "The Maltese Falcon" co-sta
56 Ailments
57 Tide type
58 Commotion
59 Oak or maple
61 Tizzy
62 Gets older
65 Corn serving
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