In a test run in its new Thursday-at-8 slot, Angela Lansbury's long-running CBS series, Murder, She Wrote (58th), got killed by NBC's mighty comedy block, led by the top-rated Friends. The rerun of Murder's 1984 two-hour pilot even got beaten by a fellow elder-appeal mystery, Andy Griffith's now-canceled ABC show, Matlock (53rd). But when Murder returned to its longtime Sunday home, it shot back up to 14th. Another CBS series took a dip when it shifted: Harry Anderson's sitcom Dave's World placed 13th on Monday, then dropped to 39th in its new Wednesday spot. And America's sports fans voted with their remote controls Saturday night as Fox's coverage of a preseason clash between the Buffalo Bills and the Dallas Cowboys finished 51st, while ABC's major-league baseball package struck out in 75th.
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VIEWERS LAST WEEK 1 24.0 FRIENDS (R) NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. - 2 20.5 HOME IMPROVEMENT (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 5 3 20.2 ER (R) NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 3 20.2 SEINFELD (R) NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 1 5 18.2 COACH (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 8 6 17.0 ELLEN (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. - 7 16.9 GRACE UNDER FIRE (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 9 8 16.0 PRIMETIME LIVE ABC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 17 9 15.7 AMERICA'S FUNNIEST VIDEOS (R) ABC, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. 14 10 15.6 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 12 15.6 20/20' ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 2 12 15.5 MURPHY BROWN (R) CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 13 13 15.2 DAVE'S WORLD (R) CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m. 10 14 15.1 MURDER, SHE WROTE (R) CBS, Sunday, 8:07 p.m. 24 15 14.9 MOVIE: JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (R) ABC, Sunday, 9 p.m. - 16 14.7 CYBILL (R) CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. 16 14.7 ROSEANNE (R) ABC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. 15 18 13.9 HOPE & GLORIA (R) NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. - 13.9 THE NANNY (R) CBS, Monday, 8 p.m. 18 20 13.6 NYPD BLUE (R) ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 39
BOTTOM 10 82 4.4 TV NATION Fox, Friday, 8 p.m. 83 83 4.3 PARTY OF FIVE (R) Fox, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 85 84 4.1 STAR TREK: VOYAGER (R) UPN, Monday, 8 p.m. 84 85 3.7 SISTER, SISTER (R) WB, Wednesday, 8 p.m. 90 86 3.4 THE WAYANS BROS. (R) WB, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 89 87 3.3 THE PARENT 'HOOD (R) WB, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. 87 88 3.2 UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER (R) WB, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 87 89 2.1 LEGEND (R) UPN, Monday, 9 p.m. 92 90 2.0 LEGEND UPN, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 92 91 1.8 MARKER (R) UPN, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 91
*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF AUG. 7-13, 1995 (R) RERUN SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
