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Finally making it to the airwaves after Fox yanked it from last May's sweeps, the big-budget slasher mini- series Intensity -- based on Dean Koontz's best-selling novel -- showed ratings zeal, becoming the top movie of the week, with part 1 (30th) reaching 10.1 million viewers and part 2 (22nd) improving to 10.6 million. CBS' JAG (53rd) had a solid premiere in its new Tuesday-at-8 p.m. time slot, opposite Intensity, NBC's Mad About You (39th), and NewsRadio (also 53rd). The return of Monday Night Football (18th) gave ABC something to cheer about. And in the syndicated late-night talk-show wars, Disney's Keenen Ivory Wayans Show posted better numbers than Columbia's Vibe. Even so, Jay Leno's got nothing to worry about.
TOP 30 VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 18.5 SEINFELD (R) NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 1 2 16.4 SUDDENLY SUSAN (R) NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 3 3 15.9 DATELINE NBC NBC, Monday, 10 p.m. 7 4 15.3 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 6 5 15.0 ER (R) NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 3 6 14.7 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 10 14.7 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 2 8 14.3 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL (R) CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 5 9 14.1 HOME IMPROVEMENT (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 15 10 13.8 PRIMETIME LIVE ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 18 11 13.1 MEN BEHAVING BADLY (R) NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 10 12 12.8 FRIENDS (R) NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 10 13 12.7 SPIN CITY (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 20 14 12.3 THE X-FILES (R) Fox, Sunday, 9 p.m. 14 15 11.7 DATELINE NBC NBC, Friday, 9 p.m. 16 16 11.6 COUNTRYFEST '97 CBS, Wednesday, 9 p.m. -- 17 11.0 WINGS (R) NBC, Monday, 9:30 p.m. 53 18 10.9 FOOTBALL: DOLPHINS VS. BRONCOS ABC, Monday, 8 p.m. -- 10.9 WORLD'S SCARIEST POLICE CHASES (R) Fox, Monday, 8 p.m. -- 20 10.8 WALKER, TEXAS RANGER (R) CBS, Saturday, 10 p.m. 34 21 10.7 THE DREW CAREY SHOW (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 17 22 10.6 CAROLINE IN THE CITY (R) NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. 41 10.6 48 HOURS CBS, Thursday, 10 p.m. 31 10.6 FRASIER (R) NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 20 10.6 MOVIE: INTENSITY, PART 2 Fox, Wednesday, 8 p.m. -- 26 10.5 DIAGNOSIS MURDER (R) CBS, Thursday, 9 p.m. 24 27 10.4 KING OF THE HILL (R) Fox, Sunday, 8:30 p.m. 32 28 10.2 LAW & ORDER (R) NBC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 8 10.2 SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCH (R) ABC, Friday, 9 p.m. 28 30 10.1 MOVIE: INTENSITY, PART 1 Fox, Tuesday, 8 p.m. --
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF AUG. 4-10, 1997 (R) RERUN SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
