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Show TV Today Wednedav Tbc Salt Lake Tribune . Ft'hruarv C5 Ifi. When you sell any 1983 Chevrolet Despite the Mixed Reviews , Winds'1 a Winner By Harold Schindler Tribune Television Editor Criticism of The Winds of War has been mixed and from a wide Some spectrum of opinion-makerthought Herman Wouk was too fanciful in his represent an estimated 833,000 television homes. During the past week, the AC. Nielsen Co. checked its confidential test homes across the United States and applied the magic which translates those statistics to something understandable. The conclusion7 That Winds of War was seen by 140 million viewers during its run. Roots was seen by 135 million As expected, "Winds scored a clean sweep for the first six places in the the weekly Nielsen listing (the first episode aiied a week ago last Sunday and was included in the earlier ratings). What the one week did for ABC was phenomenal. It pushed the network so far ahead of CBS for the week that network officials d throughout the industry were to come to comprehend the numbers In a clement where one or two points are considered a whopping lead; ABC managed to overwhelm its toughest competitor CBS by an unbelievable 16 4 points' ABC netted a 32 1 rating for the week, CBS was 15 7 and NBC was 13 4 (and dozing). Madison Avenue likes to say that one rating point is worth (last year at least) roughly $50 million in advertising revenue. Another windfall was the effect of the weeks totals on the season-to-datIt narrowed the gap between CBS, the leader, and ABC, the runneh r-up, to of a rating point. too scripting, faithful to his own novel and thus reluctant to a fault to abbreviate his tome for television, others took exception to the casting (Robert .Mr Srhmdlrr Mitchum walked through the part like a zombie, Ali Mecgraw was ineffectual and incompetent, and on, and on) . . . hard-presse- Personally, I looked at the seven episodes as pure escapism, and other than being miffed that it conflicted with "Hill Street Blues, was quite entertained by most of the 18 hours. Though had Producer-Directo- r Dan Curtis permitted it, I would have settled for 16 hours and chopped at least 120 minutes of small talk from the final print. But all that aside, all the criticism considered and the praise duly noted, the facts are unalterable: The Winds of War was the most watched program in the history of television; that includes the previous record-holdeRoots, in the barThe key phrase, however, is gain. "Roots brought in The week ended, according to higher ratings during its premiere in Nielsen, with Winds in the top six 1977, but the rating points then reppositions, led by Episode VII, and resented a substantially smaller au- followed, in order, by Episodes II, dience than today. IV, III, V, and VI In seventh place For instance, in 1977 one rating was the old reliable "60 Minutes, The Love point was taken to represent 712,000 then Magnum, P.I., Amandas."La-vern- e homes with television, while in 1983 Boat, "Fall Guy, & Shirley, Condo, "T. J. the same rating point is taken to Hooker, "The A Team,'Dalla-s- , "Happy Days, CBS Tuesday Dif- Night Movies: Taddyshack. f'rent Strokes, and, in 20th place, "Walt Disneys Valentines Of the 61 prime time programs surveyed during the week, CBS's Highway Honeys was 57th, Bring Em Back Alive was 58th; CBS Wednesday Night Movies: The was 59th, Magic or Miracle was 60th, and "St. Elsewhere" was the pits in 61st place HI-- ORTH. A six hour mmiseries, "Smuggler, created in Great Britain, will debut on Ted Turner's WTBS (cable channel 21) in three parts beginning Feb. 28. It is being touted as the swashbuckRobin ling tale of a Hood in 19th century Scotland, with Oliver Tobias in the title role, and featuring Lesley Dunlop, Hywel Williams Ellis, Arthur English, Peter Konig, Norman Bowler, and Horst Janson FOR WHAT IT'S - w TJBIf) CHEVROLET 262-341- 1 DRAINS authorized IS MANWILL bp&ctalisfs J70E.21stS. SliJiWiNl TUBS. TOILETS, SINKS, BASINS on Most Brands Y. 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