After a series of washouts like NBC's South Beach, Fox's Danger Theater, and ABC's Street Match, the summer TV season of 1993 may have its first hit: CBS' Big Wave Dave's, starring Adam Arkin, David Morse, and Patrick Breen as a trio of Chicagoans who open a surf shop in Hawaii, debuted strongly in 15th place. Cozily hammocked between highly rated reruns of Murphy Brown and Northern Exposure, the six-episode sitcom could be brought back as a mid-season replacement if its numbers remain robust. Viewers top 20 Last week 1 23.7 Home Improvement (R) ABC,,Wednesday, 9 p.m. 1 % 2 22.3 60 Minutes CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 3 3 20.3 Roseanne (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m 11 4 18.5 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 2 5 17.2 Coach (R) ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 23 17.2 Murder, She Wrote (R) CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 8 7 17.1 Primetime Live ABC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 6 8 16.8 Seinfeld (R) NBC, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. 5 9 16.6 Movie: Bull Durham (R) ABC, Sunday, 9 p.m. - 10 16.1 Miss Teen Usa CBS, Tuesday, 9 p.m. - 16.1 Rescue 911 (R) CBS, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 17 12 16.0 Step By Step (R) ABC, Friday, 9 p.m. 23 13 15.8 Full House (R) ABC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 41 14 15.6 Murphy Brown (R) CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 30 15 15.1 America's Funniest Home Videos (R) ABC, Sunday, 8p.m.23 15.1 Big Wave Dave's CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. - 15.1 Dateline NBC NBC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 4 18 14.8 Unsolved Mysteries (R) NBC, Wednesday, 8 p.m. 20 19 14.7 48 Hours CBS, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 7 20 14.6 America's Funniest People (R) ABC, Sunday, 8:30 p.m. - 14.6 Delta (R) ABC, Wednesday, 9:30 p.m. 19 14.6 Eye To Eye With Connie Chung CBS, Thursday, 9 p.m. 16 14.6 The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air (R) NBC, Monday, 8 p.m. 21
Bottom 10 78 6.2 A League Of Their Own CBS, Friday, 8 p.m. - 79 6.0 A League Of Their Own CBS, Friday, 8:30 p.m. - 80 5.8 Movie: Frankenstein-The College Years (R) Fox, Friday, 8 p.m.- 81 5.7 Life Goes On (R) ABC, Sunday, 7 p.m. - 5.7 Melrose Place (R) Fox, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 86 5.7 Quantum Leap (R) NBC, Sunday, 7 p.m. 85 84 4.4 Parker Lewis (R) Fox, Sunday, 7 p.m. 88 85 4.3 Beverly Hills, 90210 (R) Fox, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 78 4.3 Danger Theater Fox, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. 86 87 3.8 Tribeca (R) Fox, Sunday, 10 p.m. 89 *IN MILLIONS (R) RERUN WEEK OF AUG. 9-AUG. 15, 1993


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