On the first Sunday night of May sweeps, part one of CBS' Anjelica Huston-Melanie Griffith oater, Buffalo Girls (4th), rode roughshod over NBC's Fred Dryer crime drama, The Return of Hunter (15th), and ABC's Clint Eastwood Oscar winner, Unforgiven (34th). Another CBS Western, Walker, Texas Ranger, shot up into the top 10, even as star Chuck Norris' new movie, Top Dog, was proving a bowser at the box office. By contrast, the big-screen success of Bad Boys hasn't helped Martin Lawrence's flaccid Fox sitcom, Martin (72nd). And in a clash of female-appeal Monday movies, Susan Lucci's made-for-NBC sudser, Seduced and Betrayed (12th), thrashed ABC's more simply titled Goldie Hawn thriller, Deceived (46th).
TOP 20 VIEWERS* LAST WEEK
1 33.5 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 4 2 28.4 FRIENDS NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. -- 3 28.2 SEINFELD NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 1 4 28.1 MOVIE: BUFFALO GIRLS, PART ONE CBS, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 5 26.6 HOME IMPROVEMENT (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 3 6 23.6 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 6 7 23.1 ELLEN (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. -- 8 21.9 MURDER, SHE WROTE CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. -- 9 20.8 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 5 10 19.8 WALKER, TEXAS RANGER CBS, Saturday, 10 p.m. 49 11 19.6 GRACE UNDER FIRE (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 13 12 19.4 MOVIE: SEDUCED AND BETRAYED NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 13 18.8 HOPE & GLORIA NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 9 14 18.5 BEFORE THEY WERE STARS ABC, Sunday, 8 p.m. -- 15 18.4 MOVIE: THE RETURN OF HUNTER NBC, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 16 18.3 PRIMETIME LIVE ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. -- 17 18.1 MAD ABOUT YOU NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 15 18 17.5 DAVE'S WORLD CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m. 31 19 17.4 IN THE HOUSE NBC, Monday, 8:30 p.m. 34 20 17.3 FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS (R) ABC, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. 16 17.3 COACH (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 20
BOTTOM 10
86 5.8 VR.5 Fox, Friday, 8 p.m. 91 87 4.5 FOX ALL STAR CHALLENGE Fox, Sunday, 7 p.m. -- 4.5 LEGEND UPN, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 90 89 3.5 MARKER UPN, Tuesday, 9 p.m. -- 90 3.4 PIG STY (R) UPN, Monday, 9 p.m. 94 91 2.7 PLATYPUS MAN (R) UPN, Monday, 9:30 p.m. 94 92 2.5 THE PARENT 'HOOD (R) WB, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. 93 93 2.4 UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER (R) WB, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 94 2.4 THE WAYANS BROS. (R) WB, Wednesday, 8 p.m. 94 95 1.7 MUSCLE WB, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 98
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF APRIL 24-30, 1995 (R) RERUN SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH

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