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CBS wasted no time professing that Everybody Loves Raymond (8th), putting out a press release stating that the CBS comedy outrated the 9-9:30 p.m. segment of ABC's Monday Night Football (7th) for the first time. The only hitch: Turns out the Arizona-vs.-San Francisco matchup squeaked by with 100,000 more viewers when the final numbers came in. In other face-offs, Dharma & Greg (26th) beat out last week's time-slot champ, Will & Grace (29th), while Just Shoot Me (38th) inched out Spin City (40th) for the second week in a row. The critically reviled UPN rap romp Shasta McNasty (102nd) -- in a special post-Smackdown! premiere -- majorly McFlopped, losing 25 percent of its lead-in audience. CBS' freshman entry Ladies Man (30th) is one of the few new comedic bright spots, though the Peacock's Stark Raving Mad (4th) did get a boost from ER's (1st) season premiere.
TOP 35 VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 31.5 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. -- 2 23.7 FRASIER NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 2 3 22.9 FRIENDS NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 1 4 19.5 STARK RAVING MAD NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 8 5 18.7 LAW & ORDER NBC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 8 6 18.6 JESSE NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 5 7 18.3 FOOTBALL: CARDINALS VS. 49ERS ABC, Monday, 9:07 p.m. -- 8 18.2 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 10 9 17.4 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7:34 p.m. -- 10 17.0 JAG CBS, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 17 11 16.7 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL CBS, Sunday, 8:34 p.m. -- 12 16.2 BECKER CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. 20 16.2 THE PRACTICE ABC, Sunday, 10 p.m. 12 14 15.7 JUDGING AMY CBS, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 30 15 15.1 THIRD WATCH NBC, Sunday, 8 p.m. 25 16 15.0 FAMILY LAW CBS, Monday, 10 p.m. 18 17 14.7 THE DREW CAREY SHOW ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 35 18 14.6 DATELINE NBC NBC, Monday, 10 p.m. 57 19 14.3 60 MINUTES II CBS, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 32 20 13.8 PROVIDENCE NBC, Friday, 8 p.m. 24 21 13.7 THE WEST WING NBC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 13 13.7 NASH BRIDGES CBS, Friday, 10 p.m. 37 23 13.6 THE KING OF QUEENS CBS, Monday, 8 p.m. 30 24 13.5 DHARMA & GREG (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 15 25 13.4 ONCE AND AGAIN ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 14 26 13.3 DHARMA & GREG ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 22 13.3 MOVIE: BREAKDOWN CBS, Wednesday, 9 p.m. -- 28 13.1 LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. 27 29 13.0 WILL & GRACE NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 16 30 12.7 LADIES MAN CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m. 29
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3, 1999
