In its first week as the only Chicago hospital drama in its time slot, NBC's ER lunged into the top five, destroying its newsmag competitors, ABC's PrimeTime Live (71st) and CBS' Eye to Eye With Connie Chung (81st). Moved out of ER's path, CBS' Chicago Hope rose from 69th to 38th, but still got killed by NBC's Seinfeld (3rd). The Peacock network has other reasons to celebrate: Its Markie Post movie, Someone She Knows, finished 5th on Monday, and while Frasier (8th) hasn't knocked Home Improvement from its perch atop the ratings, Kelsey Grammer's sitcom has been slowly closing the gap on Tuesdays. NBC's seaQuest DSV (44th), however, is merely treading water, splitting the Sunday sci-fi audience with ABC's Lois & Clark (42nd) for the second straight season. VIEWERS* TOP 20 LAST WEEK
1 33.5 Home Improvement ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 1 2 30.1 Grace Under fire ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 3 3 29.8 Seinfeld NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 2 4 26.8 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 6 5 25.6 Movie: Someone She Knows NBC, Monday, 9 p.m. - 6 25.4 Roseanne ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 4 7 23.2 The 28th annual CMA Awards CBS, Wednesday, 8 p.m. - 8 22.4 Frasier NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 18 9 22.2 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 11 10 21.7 Ellen ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 7 21.7 Madman of the People NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 8 12 21.0 Dateline NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 50 13 20.7 Murder, She Wrote CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 10 14 20.3 Murphy brown CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 14 15 20.1 Dave's World CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m. 17 20.1 Football: Oilers vs. Steelers ABC, Monday, 9 p.m. - 17 19.9 Mad About You NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 14 18 19.6 Me and the Boys ABC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. 12 19 19.5 Friends NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 20 9.5 Movie: Is There Life Out There? CBS, Sunday, 9 p.m. -
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81 9.8 Cops (R) Fox, Saturday, 8:30 p.m. 86 9.8 Eye to Eye With Connie Chung CBS, Thursday, 10 p.m. - 83 9.2 Empty Nest NBC, Saturday, 8:30 p.m. 83 84 9.1 My So-Called life ABC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 86 85 9.0 Cops Fox, Saturday, 8 p.m. 88 86 8.6 M.A.N.T.I.S. Fox, Friday, 8 p.m. 91 87 7.9 Movie: The Super Fox, Tuesday, 8 p.m. - 88 7.5 Something Wilder NBC, Saturday, 8 p.m. 92 89 7.3 Party of Five Fox, Monday, 9 p.m. 95 90 7.0 Encounters Fox, Sunday, 7 p.m. - 91 6.8 Billy Ray Cyrus: A Year on the Road ABC, Thursday, 9 p.m. - *In millions week of Oct. 3-9,1994
