Even by the eccentric standards of television, 1992 was an erratic year, with an Olympics, a presidential election campaign and an extraordinary parade of wildly hyped, glitz-o-matic miniseries and TV movies belaboring the airwaves and cable wires. Here are some of the year's frequent nadirs and occasional apexes.

•JAMES TAYLOR (The Disney Channel)
•BOWE VS. HOLYFIELD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT (Ray-per-view)
•TAKING BACK MY LIFE (CBS)
•THE REAL WORLD (MTV)