NBC ‘Homicide’ Fails To Punch Up Ratings

After strong ratings in its debut following the Super Bowl last Sunday, NBC’s police drama “Homicide: Life on the Streets” fell significantly in its regular 9 p.m. time slot Wednesday

The show averaged a 10.2 rating, compared to the 17.9 it had achieved Sunday. It ran third in the time slot behind ABC and CBS, and lost viewers from the first half hour to the second.

Each rating point is equivalent to 931,000 households in the A.C. Nielsen Co. measurement system.