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The verdict is in: ER (1st) butchered Murder One (54th) in their first head-to-head airing. Despite ABC's controversial ''ER moves to Fridays'' ad campaign (urging people to watch Murder and tape NBC's ER for viewing the next day), Steven Bochco's new courtroom drama drew only 10.7 million viewers. Still, Murder's doing better than ABC's other Thursday shows; the network canned Mark Harmon's Charlie Grace (65th) and William Devane's The Monroes (pre-empted for a Murder One rerun). With ABC's Home Improvement bumped for baseball, NBC's Frasier hopped back into the top five. The Peacock's Wings (10th) and NewsRadio (19th) also benefited from the lack of comedic competition on ABC, but The Pursuit of Happiness (23rd) is proving a sad companion to Frasier, losing 35 percent of its audience.
TOP 20 LAST VIEWERS* WEEK
1 35.5 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 1 2 32.3 SEINFELD NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 2 3 28.1 FRIENDS NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 3 4 26.5 CAROLINE IN THE CITY NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 5 5 25.9 FRASIER NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. - 6 23.5 THE SINGLE GUY NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 4 7 22.4 FOOTBALL: CHARGERS VS. CHIEFS ABC, Monday, 9 p.m. - 8 20.4 BASEBALL: LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP ABC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. - 9 20.3 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. - 10 19.9 BASEBALL: LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP ABC, Wednesday, 8 p.m. - 19.9 WINGS NBC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. - 12 19.7 LOIS & CLARK ABC, Sunday, 8 p.m. - 13 19.6 BASEBALL: LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP NBC, Sunday, 7:25 p.m. - 19.6 AMERICA'S FUNNIEST VIDEOS ABC, Sunday, 7:25 p.m. - 15 19.5 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 8 16 18.6 WALKER, TEXAS RANGER CBS, Saturday, 10 p.m. 19 17 18.5 DATELINE NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. - 18.5 MOVIE: CITY SLICKERS (R) ABC, Sunday, 9 p.m. - 19 18.4 NEWSRADIO NBC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. - 20 18.2 MURPHY BROWN CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 20
BOTTOM 10
89 4.2 CLEGHORNE! WB, Sunday, 8:30 p.m. - 4.2 THE PARENT 'HOOD WB, Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. 83 91 3.8 GREATEST HITS ON ICE UPN, Tuesday, 9 p.m. - 3.8 UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER WB, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 85 93 3.7 NOWHERE MAN UPN, Monday, 9 p.m. - 94 3.0 DEADLY GAMES UPN, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 87 95 2.9 FIRST TIME OUT WB, Sunday, 9 p.m. - 96 2.5 KIRK WB, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. - 97 2.4 PINKY & THE BRAIN WB, Sunday, 7 p.m. 88 98 2.1 SIMON WB, Sunday, 9:30 p.m. -
