To no one's surprise, NBC was able to give The Naked Truth (3rd) the top 10 spot ABC never could. While the Peacock touted the Tea Leoni vehicle as its highest premiere in the 18-49 demographic since A Different World in 1987, the net neglected to mention that the show lost more than 7 million viewers from its Seinfeld lead-in. Fox's animated wonder King of the Hill (39th) dropped from the top 20 in its second week but still managed to build on The Simpsons' (43rd) audience, while CBS' Orleans (85th) lost most of its first-week momentum. CBS' down-to-earth newsmag Coast to Coast (59th) premiered in second place in its time slot, but the network lost out on Sunday night; viewers chose to hang out with the glamorazzi at the Golden Globes (11th) on NBC rather than with Bill, Hillary, and Kenny G at the Presidential Inaugural Gala (57th). Who'da thunk it?
TOP 30
VIEWERS* LAST WEEK 1 37.3 SEINFELD NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 1 2 35.9 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. -- 3 29.9 THE NAKED TRUTH NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. -- 4 29.6 FRIENDS NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 2 5 26.9 THE SINGLE GUY NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 4 6 23.2 HOME IMPROVEMENT ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 7 7 21.3 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 5 8 20.6 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 6 9 20.3 WALKER, TEXAS RANGER CBS, Saturday, 10 p.m. 14 10 20.2 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 10 11 19.9 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS NBC, Sunday, 8 p.m. -- 12 19.6 NYPD BLUE ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 25 13 18.8 ROSEANNE ABC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 23 14 18.5 DATELINE NBC NBC, Friday, 9 p.m. 22 15 18.4 THE DREW CAREY SHOW ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 21 16 18.1 FRASIER NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 18 18.1 PRIMETIME LIVE ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 13 18.1 SPIN CITY ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 19 19 17.4 ELLEN ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 29 20 17.3 CAROLINE IN THE CITY NBC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 27 21 16.9 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 17 16.9 FAMILY MATTERS ABC, Friday, 8 p.m. 50 23 16.6 COSBY CBS, Monday, 8 p.m. 32 24 16.5 MURPHY BROWN CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 41 16.5 SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH ABC, Friday, 9 p.m. 31 26 16.2 MOVIE: ALL LIES END IN MURDER ABC, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 27 16.1 MAD ABOUT YOU NBC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 32 28 15.9 BOY MEETS WORLD ABC, Friday, 8:30 p.m. 47 29 15.6 CYBILL (R) CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. 39 30 15.5 MOVIE: HOME INVASION NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. --
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF JAN. 13-19, 1997 (R) RERUN SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
