Viewers found in favor of Judging Amy (2nd), as a special Sunday preview of the CBS courtroom drama debuted as the week's highest-rated entertainment program, crushing a rerun of NBC's Mad About You series finale (78th). The final verdict on NYPD Blue vet Amy Brenneman's series won't be delivered until it settles into its regular Tuesday-at-10 time slot, however. America already seems to have cast a negative vote against Fox's Action: Jay Mohr's bleep-heavy Hollywood satire premiered in an unstellar 47th place Thursday at 9 p.m., and the second episode -- which aired immediately afterward -- dropped to 69th. Meanwhile, even squeaky-clean cohosts Donny and Marie Osmond couldn't save The 79th Annual Miss America Pageant (6th) from drawing its lowest ratings ever. Maybe the contestants should trade in their evening gowns for judicial robes.
TOP 30
VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 23.1 FOOTBALL: DOLPHINS VS. BRONCOS ABC, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 2 19.6 JUDGING AMY CBS, Sunday, 8:26 p.m. -- 3 18.7 FRASIER (R) NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 6 4 17.5 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7:26 p.m. 5 5 16.6 FRIENDS (R) NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 6 6 15.4 THE 79TH ANNUAL MISS AMERICA PAGEANT ABC, Saturday, 8 p.m. -- 7 15.2 ER (R) NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 6 8 14.0 MOVIE: SEALED WITH A KISS CBS, Sunday, 9:26 p.m. -- 9 13.4 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 2 10 13.2 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 3 13.2 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m. -- 12 12.9 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. -- 13 11.9 DATELINE NBC NBC, Wednesday, 8 p.m. 21 14 11.7 WILL & GRACE (R) NBC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 20 15 11.5 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) CBS, Monday, 8 p.m. -- 11.5 LAW & ORDER (R) NBC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 14 17 11.4 FOOTBALL: MICHIGAN VS. SYRACUSE CBS, Saturday, 8 p.m. -- 18 11.3 48 HOURS CBS, Thursday, 10 p.m. 34 19 10.8 20/20 ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 14 20 10.7 60 MINUTES II CBS, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 4 21 10.6 THE DREW CAREY SHOW (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 14 22 10.5 MOVIE: FOOLS RUSH IN NBC, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 10.5 WORLD'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS (R) NBC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 35 24 10.4 WILL & GRACE (R) NBC, Tuesday ,9 p.m. 39 25 10.3 JAG (R) CBS, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 9 26 10.2 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 10 27 10.0 48 HOURS CBS, Monday, 10 p.m. 56 10.0 JUST SHOOT ME (R) NBC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 42 29 9.9 DHARMA & GREG (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 23 9.9 THE PRACTICE (R) ABC, Sunday, 10 p.m. 50
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF SEPT. 13-19, 1999 (R) RERUN SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
