After David Caruso spent the summer in the headlines, NYPD Blue had a smoking season premiere, snagging eighth place and more viewers than any of its episodes did last year. But can ABC keep up the pace after Nov. 1, when Caruso departs on the heels of his much-ballyhooed contract dispute? Stay tuned. NBC's own shaky-cam police drama, Homicide: Life on the Street, didn't do nearly as well. Despite critical raves, the show placed a disappointing 80th. Speaking of disappointments, CBS' Daddy's Girls-Dudley Moore's lemon of a vehicle-was put on indefinite hiatus after placing 82nd for the week. And viewers seem to be more interested in watching Roseanne (her ABC show came in 4th) than someone playing her: Fox's docudrama, Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography, thudded in at 90th. Last Viewers* Top 20 Week 1 34.2 Home Improvement ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 1 2 31.2 Grace Under Fire ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 2 3 29.2 Seinfeld NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 3 4 26.8 Roseanne ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 6 5 26.7 ER NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 4 6 25.0 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 9 7 24.5 Football: vikings vs. giants ABC, Monday, 9 p.m. - 8 24.3 NYPD Blue ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. - 9 23.9 Murder, She wrote CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 13 10 23.4 Frasier NBC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 8 11 22.6 Ellen ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 10 12 21.8 Frasier (R) NBC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. - 13 21.6 Murphy Brown CBS, Monday, 9:09 p.m. 14 14 21.5 Mad About You NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 17 15 21.2 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 25 16 20.9 Mad About You (R) NBC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. - 20.9 Madman of the People NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 10 18 20.5 Dave's world CBS, Monday, 8:39 p.m. 15 19 19.7 Friends NBC, Thursday, 8:30 p.m. 19 20 19.5 Me and the Boys ABC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. 18
Bottom 10 83 10.7 Cops (R) Fox, Saturday, 8:30 p.m. 81 84 10.5 America's Most Wanted Fox, Saturday, 9 p.m. - 85 10.4 Eye to Eye with Connie Chung CBS, Thursday, 10 p.m. 81 86 10.2 Encounters Fox, Sunday, 7:15 p.m. 90 87 10.0 Cops Fox, Saturday, 8 p.m. 85 88 8.4 Empty Nest NBC, Saturday, 8:30 p.m. 83 8.4 Party of Five Fox, Monday, 9:08 p.m. 89 90 8.3 Movie: Roseanne-An Unauthorized Biography Fox, Tuesday, 8 p.m. - 92 8.0 M.A.N.T.I.S. Fox, Friday, 8 p.m. 86 93 7.3 Something Wilder NBC, Saturday, 8 p.m. 88 *In Millions week of Oct. 10-16,1994
