The new year started off with a bang for Lifetime as its distaff-cops drama, The Division, with Bonnie Bedelia and Nancy McKeon, chalked up the biggest debut in the network's history, placing 11th with 2.4 million households. Also ranking high were USA's airings of the Harrison Ford-Anne Heche romantic comedy Six Days, Seven Nights (1st and 4th) and a trio of episodes from A&E's New Year's Day Law & Order marathon. On pay cable, the season opener of HBO's prison drama Oz finished 3rd, behind the network's premiere of the Oliver Stone football flick Any Given Sunday (1st). Meanwhile, Maury Povich continues to climb the syndication chart, as his self-titled show (9th) now trails only the mighty Oprah (4th) in the chat field.
TOP 15 BASIC CABLE JAN. 1-7
HOUSEHOLDS* 1 3.8 MOVIE: SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS USA, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 3.8 WWF WAR ZONE TNN, Monday, 10 p.m. 3 3.4 WWF RAW IS WAR TNN, Monday, 9 p.m. 4 3.2 MOVIE: SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS USA, Sunday, 6 p.m. 5 2.9 MOVIE: BADGE OF BETRAYAL Lifetime, Sunday, 4 p.m. 6 2.7 FOOTBALL: OUTBACK BOWL ESPN, Monday, 10:58 a.m. 2.7 LAW & ORDER A&E, Monday, 7 p.m. 8 2.6 MOVIE: GONE IN THE NIGHT, PT. 2 Lifetime, Monday, 9 p.m. 9 2.5 RUGRATS Nickelodeon, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. 2.5 LAW & ORDER A&E, Monday, 4 p.m. 11 2.4 RUGRATS Nickelodeon, Sunday, 9 a.m. 2.4 RUGRATS Nickelodeon, Saturday, 9:30 a.m. 2.4 MOVIE: THE WRONG WOMAN Lifetime, Sunday, 2 p.m. 2.4 THE DIVISION Lifetime, Sunday, 9 p.m. 2.4 LAW & ORDER A&E, Monday, 5 p.m. TOP 15 SYNDICATED DEC. 25-31 1 9.9 WHEEL OF FORTUNE 2 8.9 JEOPARDY! 3 6.7 JUDGE JUDY 4 6.6 THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW 5 6.0 ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT 6 5.3 FRIENDS 7 4.9 SEINFELD 8 4.6 FRASIER 9 4.5 MAURY 10 4.4 FOX HOLLYWOOD THEATRE III 4.4 JUDGE JOE BROWN 12 4.0 BUENA VISTA III 13 3.9 THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW 14 3.8 SEINFELD-WEEKEND 15 3.6 LIVE! WITH REGIS 3.6 EXTRA
*IN MILLIONS SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
