NBC news ties CBS in TV ratings

NEW YORK NBC won the prime-time ratings last week, which was nosurprise, but the "NBC Nightly News" tied the "CBS Evening News,"marking NBC's best finish in more than four years.

A.C. Nielsen Co. figures, released yesterday, showed that DanRather's newscast on CBS and Tom Brokaw's broadcast on NBC eachaveraged an 11.8 rating for the week of March 31 through April 6.ABC's "World News Tonight" with Peter Jennings had a 10.9 rating.

Last week's top-rated prime-time shows were:

1. "The Cosby Show," NBC

2. "Family Ties," NBC

3. "Murder, She Wrote," CBS, and "Nobody's Child," CBS movie(tie)

5. "Cheers," NBC

6. "60 Minutes," CBS

7. "Who's the Boss?" ABC

8. "Night Court," NBC

9. "Perfect Strangers," ABC

10. "The Golden Girls," NBC