This week's top 10 may look familiar, but it doesn't tell the whole story: TV's hottest show was the weekend-long miniseries starring Clarence Thom-as and Anita Hill. Although absent from the ratings top 10 because viewers could choose among so many outlets, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings were the week's most-watched programming. On Friday, Oct. 11, combined hearings coverage on NBC, ABC, CNN, PBS, and local stations drew far more viewers than Roseanne, the week's No. 1 series. The hearings also bumped two potential top 10 shows from the list. None of CBS' baseball play-off games made the cut; the Toronto-Minnesota game that CBS broadcast opposite Friday's hearings ranked 57th, one of the worst performances ever for a play-off game in prime time. And as the hearings crested on Sunday, Oct. 13, part one of NBC's splashy miniseries A Woman Named Jackie was relegated to 23rd place. VIEWERS* TOP TEN LAST WEEK
1 32.0 Roseanne 1 ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 2 28.2 Murphy Brown 6 CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. 3 27.8 Cheers 3 NBC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 4 27.7 Home Improvement 7 ABC, Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. 5 27.1 Coach 5 ABC, Tuesday, 9:30 p.m. 6 26.5 Major Dad 12 CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m. 7 26.0 L.A. Law - NBC, Thursday, 10 p.m. 8 25.6 Designing Women 10 CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. 9 25.4 Full House 8 ABC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 10 25.3 America's Funniest Home Videos 9 ABC, Sunday, 8 p.m.
BOTTOM FIVE
81 7.5 Totally Hidden Video 91 Fox, Saturday, 9 p.m. 82 7.4 The Ultimate Challenge 95 Fox, Friday, 9 p.m. 83 7.0 Princesses 80 CBS, Friday, 8 p.m. 84 6.6 The Sunday Comics - Fox, Sunday, 10 p.m. 85 5.5 Parker Lewis Can't Lose 83 Fox, Saturday, 9:30 p.m. *In millions week of Oct 7-13
