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Oh, my God, they killed Kenny!'' Not quite. But the week of June 22, basic cable -- bolstered by Comedy Central's South Park (9th), the original USA movie An Unexpected Life (7th) with Stockard Channing, and a whole lot of wrestling -- did some giant-killing when, for the first week ever, more households tuned in to it than to the four major broadcast nets combined. The following week the still rerun-heavy nets scored mainly with newsmags, including the top-ranked 60 Minutes.
TOP 15 CABLE SHOWS VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 3.3 WWF WRESTLING USA, Monday, 10 p.m. 2 3.2 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ESPN, Sunday, 8 p.m. 3 3.1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TNT, Monday, 10 p.m. 4 3.0 WWF WRESTLING USA, Monday, 8:57 p.m. 3.0 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TNT, Monday, 8 p.m. 6 2.9 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING TNT, Monday, 9 p.m. 7 2.8 NASCAR WINSTON CUP ESPN, Sunday, 4:20 p.m. 2.8 MOVIE: AN UNEXPECTED LIFE USA, Wednesday, 8:59 p.m. 9 2.5 THE BRADY BUNCH Nick, Sunday, 9:30 p.m. 2.5 SOUTH PARK Com, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 2.5 MOVIE: WHEN TRUMPETS FADE HBO, Saturday, 9 p.m. 12 2.3 BLUES CLUES Nick, Monday, 9:30 a.m. 2.3 MOVIE: BOOTY CALL HBO, Sunday, 10 p.m. 2.3 THE BRADY BUNCH Nick, Sunday, 10 p.m. 2.3 MOVIE: DIE HARD USA, Friday, 9 p.m. 2.3 MOVIE: MEN IN BLACK HBO, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 2.3 RUGRATS Nick, Saturday, 10 a.m. 2.3 THUNDER TBS, Wednesday, 9:06 p.m.
TOP 15 NETWORK SHOWS
1 15.7 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 1 2 13.6 MOVIE: DAVE (R) CBS, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 3 12.5 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL (R) CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 7 4 12.2 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 2 5 11.9 20/20 ABC, Monday, 9 p.m. 6 6 11.8 SEINFELD (R) NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 5 7 11.7 PRIMETIME LIVE ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 13 8 11.5 JUST SHOOT ME (R) NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 2 9 11.3 DATELINE NBC NBC, Monday, 10 p.m. 10 11.3 ER (R) NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 4 11 10.7 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 8 12 10.6 48 HOURS CBS, Thursday, 10 p.m. 36 10.6 MOVIE: IT WAS HIM OR US (R) CBS, Tuesday, 9 p.m. -- 14 10.4 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN (R) NBC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 13 10.3 FRASIER (R) NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 10 15 10.3 FRIENDS (R) NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 16
*IN MILLIONS (R) RERUN CABLE: WEEK OF JUNE 22-28, 1998; NETWORK: WEEK OF JUNE 29-JULY 5, 1998 SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
