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As far as movies-of-the-week go, NBC is the reigning champ this February sweeps. Its commercial-free Sunday-night showing of Schindler's List (3rd) triumphed over competing MOWs, including ABC's Volcano (12th), in which Dan Cortese is chased by lava, and part 1 of CBS' Night Sins (31st), starring Valerie Bertinelli. Indeed, Schindler had the highest ratings for any theatrical film on TV since Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park debuted on NBC in 1995. One week earlier, the first installment of NBC's insanely hyped rock opera Asteroid (2nd) pulled in twice as many viewers as ABC's ''...first do no harm'' (20th), starring Oscar winner Meryl Streep. On the series front, Fox had reason to celebrate: Party of Five earned its highest numbers ever with Feb. 19's ''Intervention'' (44th), in which alcoholic Bailey is confronted by his family.
TOP 15, FEB. 10-16
VIEWERS* LAST WEEK 1 35.9 ER NBC,Thursday, 10 p.m. 2 2 34.5 MOVIE: ASTEROID, PART 1 NBC, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 3 32.0 SEINFELD NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 1 4 27.3 FRIENDS NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 3 5 26.9 THE NAKED TRUTH NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 4 6 23.6 THE SINGLE GUY NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 4 7 21.6 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 6 8 19.3 HOME IMPROVEMENT ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. -- 9 19.1 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 8 10 18.7 THE DREW CAREY SHOW ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 12 11 18.3 NYPD BLUE ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. -- 12 18.0 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 9 13 17.9 WALKER, TEXAS RANGER CBS, Saturday, 10 p.m. 13 14 17.5 KING OF THE HILL Fox, Sunday, 8:30 p.m. 20 17.5 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN NBC, Sunday, 8 p.m. --
TOP 15, FEB. 17-23 1 33.8 SEINFELD NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 3 2 33.2 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 1 3 33.1 MOVIE: SCHINDLER'S LIST NBC, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. -- 4 30.9 MOVIE: ASTEROID, PART 2 NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 5 28.3 FRIENDS, Thursday, 8 p.m. 4 6 26.7 THE NAKED TRUTH NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 5 7 25.7 THE SINGLE GUY NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 6 8 22.0 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 12 9 20.5 MOVIE: THE FLINTSTONES ABC, Friday, 8 p.m. -- 10 20.3 HOME IMPROVEMENT ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 8 11 19.9 PRIMETIME LIVE ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 17 12 18.3 MOVIE: VOLCANO -- FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN ABC, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 13 18.1 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 7 18.1 THE DREW CAREY SHOW ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 10 15 17.8 COSBY CBS, Monday, 8 p.m. 16
*IN MILLIONS (R) RERUNS SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
