When it comes to the ratings, The Sopranos is hardly out of whack. The season finale of HBO's Mob drama gave the network its biggest audience ever (barring boxing), with 9 million viewers tuning in (last year's season capper garnered 5.2 million viewers). On network TV, the premiere of Kyra Sedgwick's ABC sitcom Talk to Me (17th) spoke to an impressive 12.9 million viewers, while The WB's Roswell (90th) pulled in an above-average 3.8 million fans in its new Monday slot, though it lost 2.2 million from its 7th Heaven (80th) lead-in. Speaking of heaven, a Sunday night showing of The Ten Commandments (6th) on ABC -- which preempted powerhouses The Practice and Millionaire -- attracted a praiseworthy 17.4 million followers.
TOP 5 PAY CABLE APRIL 3-9
VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 9.0 THE SOPRANOS HBO, Sunday, 9 p.m. 2 7.1 MOVIE: THE MATRIX HBO, Saturday, 9 p.m. 3 4.6 THE BEST OF REAL SEX HBO, Saturday, 11:30 p.m. 4 4.0 THE SOPRANOS HBO, Sunday, 8 p.m. 5 3.2 MOVIE: FORCES OF NATURE HBO, Sunday, 10 p.m.
TOP 25 PRIME-TIME APRIL 10-16
1 28.1 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE ABC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 3 2 26.5 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE ABC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 2 3 26.0 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 1 4 18.8 FRIENDS NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 10 5 18.2 DHARMA & GREG ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 12 6 17.4 MOVIE: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ABC, Sunday, 7 p.m. -- 7 15.8 DADDIO NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 17 8 15.6 NYPD BLUE ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 14 9 15.1 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 31 15.1 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 8 11 14.5 BECKER CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. -- 12 13.9 FRASIER (R) NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 11 13 13.5 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL (R) CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 9 14 13.3 THE DREW CAREY SHOW ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 33 15 13.1 LAW & ORDER (R) NBC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 7 16 13.0 20/20 ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 21 17 12.9 TALK TO ME ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. -- 12.9 PROVIDENCE NBC, Friday, 8 p.m. 43 12.9 MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Fox, Sunday, 8:30 p.m. 16 20 12.7 LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT NBC, Friday, 10 p.m. 44 21 12.3 DATELINE NBC NBC, Wednesday, 8 p.m. 34 22 12.0 DATELINE NBC NBC, Friday, 9 p.m. -- 23 11.7 THE SIMPSONS Fox, Sunday, 8 p.m. 15 24 11.5 60 MINUTES II CBS, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 42 11.5 SPIN CITY (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 40 11.5 48 HOURS CBS, Wednesday, 9 p.m. --
*IN MILLIONS SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
