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Taking up residence next to those Melrose Place hooligans can be daunting, but Fox's new legal dramedy, Ally McBeal (36th), proved able. Its premiere drew 9.9 million viewers, retaining the bulk of its Melrose (30th) lead-in audience. The true test will come Sept. 22 when McBeal squares off against new lineups, including NBC's Must She TV. The Emmys (3rd) on CBS attracted 18.8 million viewers, down a bit from last year. The telecast took a hit from Fox's shrewd counterprogramming of True Lies (10th) and TNT's Sunday Night NFL. ABC had a rare Saturday triumph with the Miss America pageant (must've been the two-piece swimsuits). And the WB's Alright Already (101st) beat out regular cellar dweller Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (99th) as TV's least-watched show.
TOP 30
VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 22.6 SEINFELD (R) NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 2 2 19.1 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN (R) NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 8 3 18.8 THE 49TH ANNUAL PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. -- 4 18.7 THE 77TH ANNUAL MISS AMERICA PAGEANT ABC, Saturday, 9 p.m. -- 5 18.4 FRASIER (R) NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. -- 6 18.1 PRIMETIME LIVE ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 6 7 17.7 FOOTBALL: CHIEFS VS. RAIDERS ABC, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 8 16.9 FRIENDS (R) NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 17 9 16.3 ER (R) NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 11 10 16.0 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 3 16.0 MOVIE: TRUE LIES (R) Fox, Sunday, 7 p.m. -- 12 15.5 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 8 13 15.3 HOME IMPROVEMENT (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 5 14 15.0 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 23 15 14.1 THE DREW CAREY SHOW (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. -- 16 14.0 BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 Fox, Wednesday, 8 p.m. -- 17 13.7 HOME IMPROVEMENT (R) ABC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 14 18 13.5 SPIN CITY (R) ABC, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. 39 19 13.3 MOVIE: PERFECT BODY NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 13.3 20/20 ABC, Thursday, 10 p.m. -- 21 12.8 SPIN CITY (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 13 22 12.1 CAROLINE IN THE CITY (R) NBC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m.. -- 12.1 COSBY (R) CBS, Monday, 8 p.m 35 24 11.9 DATELINE NBC NBC, Friday, 10 p.m. 4 25 11.7 GRACE UNDER FIRE (R) ABC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. 18 26 11.4 48 HOURS CBS, Thursday, 10 p.m. -- 27 11.2 THE DREW CAREY SHOW (R) ABC, Wednesday, 8 p.m. 39 28 11.1 ELLEN (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. -- 29 11.0 MOVIE: BEETHOVEN'S 2ND (R) NBC, Friday, 8 p.m. -- 30 10.7 MELROSE PLACE Fox, Monday, 8 p.m. --
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF SEPT. 8-14, 1997 (R) RERUN SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
