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Powered by the live ER (1st), one of the biggest Seinfeld (2nd) premieres ever, and a huge debut for Kirstie Alley's lingerie-mogul sitcom, Veronica's Closet (3rd), NBC dominated the first week of the new TV season with seven shows finishing in the top 10. Closet racked up 35 million viewers, hanging on to all but a little over 2 million from its Seinfeld lead-in. CBS' Touched by an Angel (8th) continued to soar, and Brooklyn South (21st) locked up solid debut numbers, while a perky Dharma & Greg (25th) helped ABC recover from a lackluster Ellen (55th) premiere.
TOP 30
VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 42.7 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 6 2 37.8 SEINFELD NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 3 3 35.1 VERONICA'S CLOSET NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. -- 4 29.4 FRIENDS NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 15 5 26.1 HOME IMPROVEMENT ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 11 6 25.6 UNION SQUARE NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. -- 7 24.6 MAD ABOUT YOU NBC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 12 8 23.0 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 2 9 21.5 FRASIER NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 12 10 21.0 FOOTBALL: STEELERS VS. JAGUARS ABC, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 11 20.7 HOME IMPROVEMENT (R) ABC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. -- 20.7 THE 31ST CMA AWARDS CBS, Wednesday, 8 p.m. -- 13 19.9 MOVIE: GET TO THE HEART -- THE BARBARA MANDRELL STORY CBS, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 14 18.0 CAROLINE IN THE CITY NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 18.0 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 8 16 17.6 LAW & ORDER NBC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 45 17 17.5 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 5 18 17.4 JUST SHOOT ME NBC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. -- 19 17.3 HILLER AND DILLER ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. -- 20 17.0 PROMISED LAND CBS, Thursday, 8 p.m. -- 21 16.7 BROOKLYN SOUTH CBS, Monday, 10 p.m. -- 16.7 NEWSRADIO NBC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. -- 23 16.4 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN NBC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. -- 16.4 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY -- TOY STORY ABC, Sunday, 7 p.m. -- 25 16.1 DHARMA & GREG ABC, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. -- 26 15.8 KING OF THE HILL Fox, Sunday, 8:30 p.m. 10 27 15.5 EARLY EDITION CBS, Saturday, 9 p.m. 63 15.5 WALKER, TEXAS RANGER CBS, Saturday, 10 p.m. 39 29 15.2 THE DREW CAREY SHOW ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 34 30 15.1 DIAGNOSIS MURDER CBS, Thursday, 9 p.m. 23 15.1 MOVIE: CLONED NBC, Sunday, 9 p.m. --
*IN MILLIONS (R) RERUN WEEK OF SEPT. 22-28, 1997 SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
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