ABC's "MNF" third regular-season broadcast last night
featuring Cowboys-Redskins produced a 14.0/22 preliminary
overnight Nielsen rating, up 3% from a 13.6/22 for ABC's
game-three broadcast in '99, which featured 49ers-Cardinals,
In Dallas, the game earned a 35.9/48, while in DC, the game
drew a 33.6/55 rating. The rating peaked in the 10:00-
10:30pm ET half-hour with a 15.2/22 (THE DAILY).
HEARD FROM DC: ABC's Dennis Miller: "The ironic thing
about (Redskins owner Daniel) Snyder is as a
telecommunications giant [Snyder Communications], he has
trouble with interpersonal communication. ... I like the way
Snyder does business. In a town that deifies the status
quo, this guy's a breath of fresh air" (ABC, 9/18). In
Dallas, Ed Bark writes Miller "scored enough times to turn
the heads of possibly even hidebound traditionalists. He
also made enough broken-field references to throw most
viewers for a loss or two. But Miller clearly is improving
his game and slowly proving he belongs" (DMN, 9/19). Of the
114,504 AOL members polled today, 17.2% give Miller's work
an A, 28.9% a B, 8.8% a C, and 45% a D rating (THE DAILY).
