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BAD NEWS for The Single Guy: The debut of NBC's Thursday-night comedy Boston Common (3rd) drew a million more viewers than the season average for the Jonathan Silverman sitcom it's temporarily replacing. Yet if it follows the pattern of almost every other mid-season show, Common's numbers will decline in future weeks. Sinking series include ABC's The Dana Carvey Show (29th), Muppets Tonight (38th), Aliens in the Family (53rd), Buddies (61st), and The Faculty (62nd), and CBS' Good Company (67th). One of the few new programs bucking the trend is ABC's family drama Second Noah (45th), which is quietly building an audience on Monday nights. Meanwhile, an eviction from Fox's Melrose Place (50th) hasn't hurt Kristin Davis -- her NBC movie The Ultimate Lie landed in the top 10.
TOP 20
VIEWERS* LAST WEEK 1 30.1 FRIENDS NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 3 2 27.7 SEINFELD (R) NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 1 3 26.0 BOSTON COMMON NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. -- 4 23.4 CAROLINE IN THE CITY (R) NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 5 5 21.9 HOME IMPROVEMENT (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 2 6 20.4 ER (R) NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. -- 7 19.7 AMERICA'S FUNNIEST VIDEOS ABC, Sunday, 7:25 p.m. 23 8 19.6 MOVIE: THE ULTIMATE LIE NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 9 19.5 WALKER, TEXAS RANGER CBS, Saturday, 10 p.m. 35 10 19.2 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7:09 p.m. 8 11 19.0 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 4 12 18.1 NYPD BLUE ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. -- 13 17.7 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN NBC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. 12 14 17.6 MOVIE: IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE ABC, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 15 17.2 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 17 17.2 FRASIER (R) NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 11 17 17.0 GRACE UNDER FIRE ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 15 18 16.9 LOIS & CLARK ABC, Sunday, 8 p.m. 51 19 16.8 DATELINE NBC NBC, Friday, 9 p.m. 16 20 16.7 THE NANNY (R) CBS, Monday, 8 p.m. 18
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99 4.6 SISTER, SISTER (R) WB, Sunday, 8 p.m. 106 100 4.5 MINOR ADJUSTMENTS UPN, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. 106 4.5 SISTER, SISTER (R) WB, Wednesday, 8 p.m. 101 102 4.3 THE WAYANS BROS. (R) WB, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 104 103 4.0 KIRK (R) WB, Sunday, 8:30 p.m. 108 104 3.8 UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER (R) WB, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. -- 105 3.3 THE PARANORMAL BORDERLINE UPN, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 110 3.3 THE PARENT 'HOOD (R) WB, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. 111 107 3.2 NOWHERE MAN UPN, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 108 2.7 PINKY & THE BRAIN (R) WB, Sunday, 7 p.m. 111
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF MARCH 18-24, 1996 (R) RERUN SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
