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TV WINNERS & LOSERS: NUMBERS RACKET
A FINAL TALLY OF THE SEASON'S SHOWS
LAST %CHANGE
RANK VIEWERS[1] SHOW/NETWORK SEASON[2] [3]
1 25.4 ER NBC 2 -16%
2 23.5 Friends NBC 4 -2%
3 22.5 Frasier NBC 13 +35%
4 20.1 Jesse NBC -- --
5 19.6 NFL Monday Night Football ABC 6 -7%
6 19.5 Touched by an Angel CBS 5 -11%
7 19.3 Veronica's Closet NBC 3 -21%
8 18.7 60 Minutes CBS 8 -6%
9 17.3 CBS Sunday Movie CBS 9 -11%
10 15.6 Everybody...Raymond CBS 33 +17%
11 15.4 20/20 ABC Wednesday -- --
12 15.3 The X-Files Fox 11 -11%
13 14.9 The Drew Carey Show ABC 13 -11%
14 14.8 Home Improvement ABC 10 -20%
15 14.4 NYPD Blue ABC 19 -4%
14.4 Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 21 0%
17 14.2 JAG CBS 36 +10%
18 13.9 Becker CBS -- --
13.9 Providence NBC -- --
20 13.8 Ally McBeal Fox 59 +21%
13.8 Law & Order NBC 24 -2%
22 13.7 20/20 ABC Friday 19 -9%
23 13.6 Dateline NBC Friday 9 p.m. 34 +3%
13.6 NBC Sunday Night Movie 22 -4%
25 13.5 Dharma & Greg ABC 25 -3%
13.5 The Simpsons Fox 17 -12%
27 13.4 CBS Tuesday Movie -- --
28 13.1 Spin City ABC 47 +9%
13.1 Whose Line Is It Anyway? ABC -- --
30 13.0 Dateline NBC Monday 16 -16%
13.0 Dateline NBC Tuesday 17 -15%
32 12.9 Diagnosis Murder CBS 25 -7%
33 12.8 Family Guy Fox -- --
34 12.7 The Practice ABC 82 +27%
35 12.5 Cosby CBS 28 -9%
12.5 The King of Queens CBS -- --
37 12.4 The Hughleys ABC -- --
12.4 Just Shoot Me NBC 12 -27%
12.4 Nash Bridges CBS 51 +6%
40 12.3 Will & Grace NBC -- --
41 12.2 Dateline NBC Wed. 8 p.m. -- --
12.2 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC 41 +2%
43 12.1 60 Minutes II CBS -- --
44 12.0 Two Guys, a Girl... ABC 36 -7%
45 11.9 The Wonderful World of Disney ABC 30 -12%
46 11.8 The Norm Show ABC -- --
11.8 Sons of Thunder CBS -- --
11.8 20/20 ABC Sunday -- --
49 11.7 That '70s Show Fox -- --
50 11.6 World's Most Amazing Videos NBC -- --
51 11.5 Promised Land CBS 35 -12%
11.5 The Secret Lives of Men ABC -- --
53 11.2 Candid Camera CBS 48 -6%
11.2 20/20 ABC Monday 25 -19%
55 11.1 Dateline NBC Friday 8 p.m. -- --
11.1 Kids Say the Darndest Things CBS 45 -8%
57 11.0 Martial Law CBS -- --
58 10.9 ABC Monday Night Movie -- --
10.9 Boy Meets World ABC 55 -6%
60 10.8 Dateline NBC Sunday 8 p.m. 40 -14%
10.8 Two of a Kind ABC -- --
62 10.7 Brother's Keeper ABC -- --
10.7 48 Hours CBS 69 -2%
64 10.6 It's like, you know... ABC -- --
65 10.5 Sports Night ABC -- --
66 10.3 Homicide... NBC 74 -4%
10.3 The Magnificent Seven CBS 38 -20%
10.3 Turks CBS -- --
69 10.2 Early Edition CBS 48 -14%
70 10.1 Party of Five Fox 56 -12%
71 10.0 L.A. Doctors CBS -- --
10.0 The Pretender NBC 59 -12%
73 9.9 Chicago Hope CBS 45 -18%
74 9.8 Cops 2 Fox 82 -2%
75 9.7 Beverly Hills, 90210 Fox 59 -15%
9.7 Unsolved Mysteries CBS 86 -2%
77 9.6 The Brian Benben Show CBS -- --
9.6 NewsRadio NBC 68 -13%
9.6 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 43 -22%
9.6 ...Wildest Police Videos Fox 81 -5%
81 9.5 Dateline NBC Sunday 7 p.m. 71 -12%
9.5 Suddenly Susan NBC 71 -12%
9.5 Working NBC 59 -17%
84 9.3 The Nanny CBS 56 -19%
85 9.1 America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Fox 91 -7%
9.1 Guinness...Records Fox -- --
9.1 Mad About You NBC 32 -32%
9.1 The PJs Fox -- --
89 8.9 Futurama Fox -- --
8.9 Profiler NBC 86 -10%
91 8.8 Caroline in the City NBC 51 -25%
92 8.6 Maggie Winters CBS -- --
93 8.5 ABC Thursday Night Movie 104 +4%
8.5 Cops Fox 100 -2%
95 8.4 Everything's Relative NBC -- --
8.4 Melrose Place Fox 80 -18%
97 8.3 Buddy Faro CBS -- --
8.3 Conrad Bloom NBC -- --
99 8.1 ABC Saturday Night Movie 109 +1%
8.1 Encore! Encore! NBC -- --
8.1 Payne CBS -- --
8.1 Trinity NBC -- --
103 8.0 Fox Files Fox -- --
104 7.9 King of the Hill Fox 15 -52%
7.9 To Have & to Hold CBS -- --
106 7.6 7th Heaven WB 131 +31%
107 7.2 Lateline NBC 43 -41%
7.2 The World's Funniest! Fox 93 -24%
109 7.1 Funniest Home Videos ABC 63 -37%
7.1 Vengeance Unlimited ABC -- --
111 6.5 Millennium Fox 104 -21%
112 6.1 Strange World ABC -- --
113 6.0 Fantasy Island ABC -- --
114 5.8 Cupid ABC -- --
5.8 Wind on Water NBC -- --
116 5.6 Brimstone Fox -- --
5.6 Costello Fox -- --
118 5.4 Charmed WB -- --
5.4 Dawson's Creek WB 121 -18%
120 5.3 Buffy...Vampire Slayer WB 133 +2%
121 5.2 The Big Moment ABC -- --
122 4.9 Holding the Baby Fox -- --
4.9 Star Trek: Voyager UPN 132 -9%
124 4.4 Felicity WB -- --
125 4.1 Rescue 77 WB -- --
4.1 The Steve Harvey Show WB 134 -20%
127 4.0 Living in Captivity Fox -- --
4.0 Smart Guy WB 136 -20%
129 3.8 Getting Personal Fox 115 -46%
3.8 The Jamie Foxx Show WB 143 -3%
131 3.7 For Your Love WB 86 -63%
3.7 7th Heaven: Beginnings WB -- --
133 3.6 Sister, Sister WB 139 -23%
134 3.5 The Wayans Bros. WB 134 -31%
135 3.4 Dilbert UPN -- --
3.4 7 Days UPN -- --
137 3.3 Moesha UPN 141 -18%
3.3 Unhappily Ever After WB 145 -13%
139 3.2 Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane WB -- --
140 2.9 Hyperion Bay WB -- --
141 2.8 Clueless UPN 148 -22%
142 2.7 The Army Show WB -- --
143 2.6 Between Brothers UPN 118 -62%
2.6 Red Handed UPN -- --
145 2.5 UPN Thursday Night Movie -- --
146 2.4 Family Rules UPN -- --
2.4 The Sentinel UPN 147 -35%
148 2.3 Guys Like Us UPN -- --
2.3 Malcolm & Eddie UPN 140 -47%
150 2.2 ...Greatest Pets UPN -- --
151 2.1 Mercy Point UPN -- --
152 2.0 ...Greatest Pets II UPN -- --
2.0 Love Boat: The Next Wave UPN 138 -58%
154 1.9 DiResta UPN -- --
155 1.8 The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer UPN -- --
1.8 Legacy UPN -- --
157 1.7 Home Movies UPN -- --
158 1.4 Reunited UPN -- --
[1] IN MILLIONS (SEPT. 21, 1998-MAY 23, 1999)
[2] SEPT. 22, 1997-MAY 17, 1998 [3] PERCENT CHANGE REFLECTS DIFFERENCE IN VIEWERSHIP. SOURCE: EW ANALYSIS OF NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH DATA |
As for the Place's finale, it only averaged 10.38 million viewers. Rather dismal numbers.