11.   Fox still trails NBC by a little less than three-tenths of a rating point for the season in the age group.

12.   Leno has pulled to within a tenth of a rating point with Letterman.

13.   NBC edged Fox by one-tenth of a rating point.

14.   Phil Donahue, who started the confessional genre, called it quits last week, and some of his cruder heirs are losing rating points.

15.   The big emphasis the last three weeks is picking up one rating point.

16.   These shows might never come close to matching advertising dollars with rating points.

17.   These became media circuses because they translated into rating points and circulation and therefore, money.

18.   Those popularity rating points evaporated like dew at midmorning.

19.   This means CBS owes every advertiser three rating points on each commercial.

20.   NBC holds an edge by one-tenth of a household rating point over CBS, with ABC four-tenths of a point behind.