List of Week’s TV Ratings
Prime-time ratings as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for May 12-18. Top 20 listings include the week’s ranking, with rating for the week, season-to-date rankings in parentheses, and total homes.
An ``X″ in parentheses denotes one-time-only presentation. A rating measures the percentage of the nation’s 97.0 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 970,000 households.
1. (1) ``ER,″ NBC, 24.0, 23.3 million homes
2. (2) ``Seinfeld,″ NBC, 20.7, 20.1 million homes
3. (18) ``NBC Sunday Night Movie: The Odyssey Pt. 1,″ NBC, 17.3, 16.8 million homes
4. (4) ``Friends,″ NBC, 16.5, 16.0 million homes
5. (6) ``Fired Up,″ NBC, 16.4, 15.9 million homes
6. ``CBS Wednesday Movie: Mario Puzo’s The Last Don Pt. 3,″ 15.3, 14.8 million homes
7. (10) ``Touched by an Angel,″ CBS, 14.8, 14.4 million homes
8. ``CBS Tuesday Movie: Mario Puzo’s: The Last Don Pt. 2,″ 14.5, 14.1 million homes
9. (9) ``Home Improvement,″ ABC, 14.2, 13.7 million homes
10. (X) ``Fired Up,″ NBC, 14.0, 13.6 million homes
11. (14) ``CBS Sunday Movie: True Women, Pt. 1 of 2,″ 13.2, 12.8 million homes
12. (20) ``X-Files,″ Fox, 12.7, 12.3 million homes
13. (24) ``Caroline in the City,″ NBC, 12.4, 12.0 million homes
14. ``Chicago Hope,″ CBS, 12.3, 11.9 million homes
14. (26) ``3rd Rock From The Sun,″ 12.3, 11.9 million homes
16. (12) ``20/20,″ ABC, 12.2, 11.8 million homes
17. ``Ellen,″ ABC, 11.9, 11.5 million homes
18. (18) ``Drew Carey Show,″ ABC, 11.7, 11.4 million homes
19. ``Cybill,″ CBS, 11.6, 11.3 million homes
19. (16) ``Frasier,″ NBC, 11.6, 11.3 million homes
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21. ``60 Minutes,″ CBS, 11.5
22. ``Ink,″ CBS, 11.2
23. (X) ``Kids Say the Darndest Things,″ CBS, 11.1
23. ``NYPD Blue,″ ABC, 11.1
25. (X) ``Caroline in the City,″ NBC, 11.0
26. ``Mad About You,″ NBC, 10.7
27. ``PrimeTime Live,″ ABC, 10.4
28. ``Roseanne,″ ABC, 10.3
28. ``Spin City,″ ABC, 10.3
30. (X) ``Home Improvement,″ ABC, 10.2
31. ``Cosby,″ CBS, 10.1
31. ``Dateline NBC″ (Tuesday), NBC, 10.1
33. ``Law & Order,″ NBC, 9.9
33. ``Walker, Texas Ranger,″ CBS, 9.9
35. (X) ``46th Annual Miss Universe Pageant,″ CBS, 9.8
36. (X) ``All-Star TV Censored Bloopers,″ NBC, 9.5
36. ``NBC Monday Night Movies: Survival On The Mountain,″ NBC, 9.5
36. (X) ``Simpsons,″ Fox, 9.5
39. ``Coach,″ ABC, 9.3
40. (X) ``Video Justice: Crime Caught On Tape,″ Fox, 8.9
41. ``ABC Thursday Night Movie: Columbo: A Trace Of Murder,″ ABC, 8.8
41. ``Dateline NBC″ (Friday), NBC, 8.8
41. ``Early Edition,″ CBS, 8.8
44. ``Murphy Brown,″ CBS, 8.6
44. (X) ``Nanny,″ CBS, 8.6
46. (X) ``World’s Scariest Police Shootings,″ Fox, 8.5
47. ``Simpsons,″ Fox, 8.3
48. ``Beverly Hills, 90210,″ Fox, 8.2
48. ``Nanny,″ CBS, 8.2
50. (X) ``When Stunts Go Bad,″ Fox, 8.1
51. ``Homicide: Life on the Street,″ NBC, 8.0
51. ``Step by Step,″ ABC, 8.0
53. ``Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,″ ABC, 7.9
54. ``Promised Land,″ CBS, 7.8
55. ``Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,″ CBS, 7.5
56. ``ABC Monday Night Movie: 2000 Leagues Under The Sea, Pt. 2,″ ABC, 7.4
56. (X) ``CBS Thursday Movie Special: Grumpy Old Men,″ CBS, 7.4
58. ``Melrose Place,″ Fox, 7.3
59. ``ABC Sunday Night Movie: Disclosure,″ ABC, 7.2
59. ``Pretender,″ NBC, 7.2
61. ``48 Hours,″ CBS, 7.1
62. (X) ``I Survived A Disaster 2,″ ABC, 7.0
63. (X) ``All-Star TV Mega Bloopers,″ NBC, 6.6
63. ``Millennium,″ Fox, 6.6
65. ``Men Behaving Badly,″ NBC, 6.5
65. ``New York Undercover,″ Fox, 6.5
67. ``Saturday Night At The Movies: Clear And Present Danger,″ ABC, 6.4
68. ``Unsolved Mysteries,″ NBC, 6.2
69. ``America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back,″ Fox, 6.1
69. (X) ``Busted On The Job,″ Fox, 6.1
71. ``Dateline NBC″ (Sunday), NBC, 6.0
72. (X) ``All-Star T.G.I.F. Magic,″ ABC, 5.9
73. ``Wings,″ NBC, 5.7
74. (X) ``3 Stooges Greatest Hits,″ ABC, 5.6
75. ``NewsRadio,″ NBC, 5.4
76. ``Cops 2,″ Fox, 5.3
76. (X) ``Naked Truth,″ NBC, 5.3
78. ``America’s Funniest Home Videos,″ ABC, 5.1
79. ``Sliders,″ Fox, 4.9
80. ``Fox Tuesday Movie: Quicksilver Highway,″ Fox, 4.8
81. ``Cops,″ Fox, 4.7
82. (X) ``World’s Most Daring Rescue,″ ABC, 4.6
83. ``Jamie Foxx Show,″ WB, 3.3
83. ``Smart Guy,″ WB, 3.3
85. ``Sister, Sister,″ WB, 2.9
87. ``Unhappily Ever After,″ WB, 2.6
88. ``Buffy, The Vampire Slayer,″ WB, 2.5
88. ``7th Heaven,″ WB, 2.5
90. (X) ``Jamie Foxx Show,″ WB, 2.3
91. ``Steve Harvey Show,″ WB, 2.1
92. ``Brotherly Love″ (Sunday), WB, 1.8
93. ``Nick Freno: Licensed to Teach,″ (Sunday) WB, 1.6
93. ``Parent ’Hood,″ WB, 1.6