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Swim at your own risk. Sunset Beach (97th), Aaron Spelling's daytime drama, tested the prime-time waters and was promptly eaten alive by such seemingly nonthreatening fare as Kids Say the Darndest Things (49th) and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (59th). The wickedly inventive sudser isn't a total washout, however. During the month of August, Beach made some waves on its own turf, surging to its best daytime numbers since its January 1997 bow and besting ABC's Port Charles in the key 18-49 female demo for the first time. NBC, which may cancel one of its soaps within the year, is no doubt keeping close watch on Beach's progress as compared with its competition for cancellation, the steadily declining Another World. May the best soap win.
TOP 30
VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 17.3 SEINFELD (R) NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 5 2 16.5 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 1 3 15.6 FRASIER (R) NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. -- 4 15.0 DATELINE NBC NBC, Monday, 10 p.m. -- 5 14.3 MOVIE: UNDER SIEGE 2 (R) NBC, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 6 14.1 FRIENDS (R) NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 8 14.1 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: PRIMETIME Fox, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 8 8 14.0 FRASIER (R) NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. -- 9 13.6 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL (R) CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 12 10 13.5 ER (R) NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 10 11 13.4 PRIMETIME LIVE ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 6 12 13.1 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 3 13 12.9 FOOTBALL: PACKERS VS. BRONCOS ABC, Monday, 8:05 p.m. -- 14 12.3 DATELINE NBC NBC, Wednesday, 8 p.m. -- 15 11.6 WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 11 16 11.5 DATELINE NBC NBC, Sunday, 8 p.m. 25 17 11.4 MOVIE: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, PT. 2 (R) CBS, Tuesday, 9 p.m. -- -- 11.4 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 12 19 11.2 NIGHTLINE IN PRIMETIME: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, PT. 4 ABC, Thursday, 10 p.m. -- 20 11.1 THAT '70S SHOW Fox, Sunday, 8:30 p.m. 7 21 11.0 MOVIE: CHILDREN OF THE DUST, PT. 1 (R) CBS, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- -- 11.0 THE DREW CAREY SHOW (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 18 23 10.7 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 37 24 10.6 JUST SHOOT ME (R) NBC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. -- -- 10.6 THE SIMPSONS (R) Fox, Sunday, 8 p.m. 12 26 10.5 JAG (R) CBS, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 48 27 10.4 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. -- 28 10.3 FRASIER (R) NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 23 29 10.0 COSBY (R) CBS, Monday, 8 p.m. 40 30 9.9 COSBY (R) CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m. --
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF AUG. 24-30, 1998 (R) RERUN SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
