11.   Some affiliates defected, advertising revenue fell and ratings declined in some parts of its TV schedule.

12.   Some affiliates defected, ad revenue fell and ratings declined in some parts of its TV schedule.

13.   Television ratings are also declining.

14.   Television ratings decline.

15.   With the fifth-year league still trying to find its niche in the marketplace and its television ratings declining, suddenly people are talking about the WNBA.

16.   All-Star game ratings have declined for all sports.

17.   But he has all but vanished from Russian media, and his popularity ratings have declined.

18.   But his popularity ratings have declined over the past year, and Russian media have largely ignored him.

19.   Miller was hired in June as part of a nearly complete overhaul of the show, which has seen its ratings steadily decline each of the past five years.

20.   Polls show the president remains popular, though his approval ratings have slowly declined under steady sniping from his critics.