1.  Despite heavy promotion by Fox, the NHL has an even lower rating, 1.4.

2.  Despite lower ratings, sports remain popular with advertisers because they generally deliver young male viewers.

3.  Disney also cited lower ratings at ABC News and carry-over costs stemming from the Capital Cities/ABC merger.

4.  DIALING DOWN THE CLINTONS: Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's convention speeches got a lower rating than any Republican convention address, according to an instant meter survey.

5.  Five of NBC's six weekend games recorded lower ratings from the same time slots a year ago.

6.  For the Sydney Olympics, the network received much lower ratings than it had promised advertisers.

7.  Higher advertising prices and increased syndication revenue at the network offset lower ratings and increased programming and affiliate compensation costs, Westinghouse said.

8.  If that means lower ratings for one, it will mean lower ratings for all.

9.  In comparison, Moody's has assigned a lower rating of 'Aa3' to the government debt of both Italy and Sweden.

10.  In its broadcasting operations, profit rose 7 percent to $337 million even with lower ratings at ABC, which trails NBC and CBS.