Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 6, 1990 TAG: 9003061907
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With Rooney back at work, commenting on his suspension, Sunday's "60 Minutes" got a 36 percent share of the audience and a 22.7 rating in the A.C. Nielsen Co. overnight audience estimates. Those estimates are from 23 cities that collectively represent 45.3 percent of the nation's TV households. The show's share usually averages 32 percent or 33 percent in overnight ratings.
\ Bob Hope was unable to attend a charity event whose host was Jimmy Stewart, so he bought five raffle tickets at $1,000 apiece to help out. He pulled the grand prize, including a luxury car.
"Isn't that amazing? I never win a thing," Hope said from his desert home Monday, a day after learning he had won a $50,000 BMW, a set of luggage and a trip to Germany.
Hope was performing Friday night in Port Arthur, Texas, and couldn't appear at the Beverly Hilton Hotel's "An Evening of Elegance." He bought five of the 100 tickets sold for the benefit for abused and neglected children.
\ Bob Newhart says he had fun making "Newhart" for the last eight years, but this year is the last for the CBS situation comedy.
"Newhart," in which the comedian stars as an embattled hotelier, will have its last broadcast in April. The 60-year-old Newhart said that another year for the sitcom was scuttled by demands made by MTM, the show's producers. He and CBS are in talks to develop a new situation comedy.
"Our series was the perfect example of how much fun episodic television can be," Newhart said.
by CNB