TNT'S GOODWILL HUNTING RESULTS IN 1.1 AVERAGE RATING

          TNT's four-night coverage of the inaugural Winter
     Goodwill Games generated a 1.1 average Nielsen rating,
     representing approximately 836,000 HHs, according to Pete
     Dougherty of the Albany TIMES UNION.  The ratings ranged
     from a low of 0.6 on Thursday night to a high of a 1.5 on
     Saturday, when TNT carried the figure-skating finals. 
     Dougherty writes that for comparison, ESPN's coverage of
     college basketball last week averaged a 1.0 rating, the X-
     Games a 0.5 and the NHL a 0.4.  But an ESPN spokesperson
     "prefaced those numbers by noting that they were all
     stronger in the advertiser-friendly 18-34 age group."  TNT
     spokesperson Greg Hughes, on the ratings: "For a first-time
     event, where you're building new fans, we're very pleased." 
     TNT's coverage of the '98 Summer Goodwill Games averaged a
     1.6 rating (Albany TIMES UNION, 2/24).