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The sitcom showdown between ABC's Home Improvement and NBC's Seinfeld is finally over, and the winner is both. After four months of Wednesday-night drubbings, NBC moved Jerry and his pals to Thursdays (following Cheers) beginning Feb. 4 and saw the series surge to 11th place, with its best ratings ever. Meanwhile, with no comic competition on Wednesday, Home Improvement vaulted to the No. 1 slot for the week. The downside for NBC: The highly touted new police drama, Homicide: Life on the Street, finished 59th opposite Tim Allen and his tools. The first Sunday night of the February sweeps also yielded two big winners: NBC's Laugh-In anniversary special and CBS' Skylark, the sequel to 1991's Sarah, Plain and Tall. The loser this time was ABC, whose movie Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland flamed out in 37th place. VIEWERS* TOP TEN LAST WEEK
1 34.4 Home Improvement 5 ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 2 32.8 60 Minutes 36 CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 3 29.2 Laugh-In's 25th Anniversary - NBC, Sunday, 9 p.m. 4 28.9 20/20 10 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 5 28.5 Murphy Brown 28 CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 6 28.4 Coach 8 ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 28.4 Movie: Skylark - CBS, Sunday, 9 p.m. 8 28.2 Roseanne 4 ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 9 27.1 Cheers 20 NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 27.1 The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air 23 NBC, Monday, 8 p.m.
BOTTOM FIVE
89 7.1 Shaky Ground 94 Fox, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. 90 6.6 Class Of '96 90 Fox, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 6.6 Key West 92 Fox, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 92 6.2 Batman: The Series 95 Fox, Sunday, 7 p.m. 93 6.1 The Edge - Fox, Sunday, 10:30 p.m. *In millions week of Feb. 1-7
