What ranked and what tanked

What ranked and what tanked -- A complete ranking of all the year's shows

May 29, 1998 4:00 a.m. ET
VIEWERS1LAST SEASON2% CHANGE3
134.1Seinfeld NBC2(+11%)
230.2ER NBC1(-2%)
324.4Veronica’s Closet NBC
424.0Friends NBC3(-4%)
521.8Touched by an Angel CBS10(+7%)
621.0NFL Monday Night Football ABC7(-7%)
719.9Union Square NBC
819.860 Minutes CBS11(+5%)
919.4CBS Sunday Movie14(+11%)
1018.4Home Improvement ABC8(-15%)
1117.1The X-Files FOX12(-7%)
1217.0Just Shoot Me NBC71(+53%)
1316.7The Drew Carey Show ABC18(-2%)
16.7Frasier NBC22(+1%)
1516.3King of the Hill FOX27(+6%)
1615.4Dateline NBC Monday
1715.3Dateline NBC Tuesday27(-1%)
15.3The Simpsons FOX37(+7%)
1915.0NYPD Blue ABC16(-14%)
15.020/20 ABC Friday12(-18%)
2114.4Walker, Texas Ranger CBS18(-15%)
2214.2NBC Sunday Night Movie14(-19%)
14.2Primetime Live ABC23(-12%)
2414.1Law & Order NBC32(-5%)
2513.9Dharma & Greg ABC
13.9Diagnosis Murder CBS55(+10%)
13.920/20 ABC Monday
2813.8Cosby CBS24(-14%)
2913.6Soul Man ABC21(-19%)
3013.5Hiller and Diller ABC
13.5Wonderful World of Disney ABC
3213.4Mad About You NBC25(-15%)
3313.3Everybody Loves Raymond CBS82(+27%)
3413.2Dateline NBC Friday31(-11%)
3513.1Promised Land CBS58(+7%)
3612.9Jag CBS62(+8%)
12.9Two Guys, a Girl and a… ABC
3812.8ABC Sunday Night Movie40(-7%)
12.8The Magnificent Seven CBS
4012.6Dateline NBC Sunday 8 P.M.
4112.5Sabrina… ABC, 9 P.M.32(-16%)
4212.4Ellen ABC30(-18%)
4312.3Lateline NBC
12.33rd Rock From the Sun NBC18(-28%)
4512.1Chicago Hope CBS39(-14%)
12.1Kids Say the Darndest Things CBS
4712.0Spin City ABC17(-31%)
4811.9Candid Camera CBS
11.9Early Edition CBS44(-12%)
11.9Something So Right ABC46(-11%)
5111.7Caroline in the City NBC29(-24%)
11.7Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman CBS53(-9%)
11.7Nash Bridges CBS65(-1%)
11.7Over the Top ABC
5511.6Boy Meets World ABC41(-15%)
5611.5The Nanny CBS51(-12%)
11.5Party of Five FOX85(+12%)
11.5That’s Life ABC
5911.4Ally Mcbeal FOX
11.4Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX62(-4%)
11.4The Pretender NBC74(+5%)
11.4Working NBC
6311.3Funniest Home Videos ABC91(+11%)
11.3George & Leo CBS
11.3Grace Under Fire ABC49(-14%)
11.3Sabrina… ABC, 8 P.M.
6711.2Cybill CBS35(-22%)
6811.0NewsRadio NBC96(+15%)
6910.948 Hours CBS85(+7%)
10.9You Wish ABC
7110.8Dateline NBC Sunday 7 P.M.74(-1%)
10.8Suddenly Susan NBC4(-56%)
10.820/20 ABC, Thursday
7410.7Homicide: Life on the Street NBC69(-5%)
10.7The Naked Truth NBC5(-56%)
7610.6Teen Angel ABC
7710.5The Closer CBS
7810.3Dateline NBC Friday 8 P.M.
10.3Fired Up NBC6(-56%)
8010.2Melrose Place FOX65(-14%)
8110.1World’s Wildest Police Videos FOX
8210.0Cops 2 FOX99(+6%)
10.0Michael Hayes CBS
10.0The Practice ABC55(-21%)
10.0Public Eye CBS
869.9For Your Love NBC
9.9Murphy Brown CBS35(-31%)
9.9Profiler NBC76(-8%)
9.9Style & Substance CBS
9.9Unsolved Mysteries CBS58(-20%)
919.8AMW: America Fights Back FOX94(+1%)
929.7Jenny NBC
939.5The World’s Funniest! FOX
949.3Brooklyn South CBS
9.3Dellaventura CBS
969.2FOX Tuesday Night Movie85(-11%)
979.1Men Behaving Badly NBC79(-14%)
9.1Tv Censored Bloopers NBC
998.9Family Matters CBS41(-35%)
1008.7Cops FOX108(+1%
1018.5Four Corners CBS
1028.4Step by Step CBS50(-36%)
1038.3Damon FOX
1048.2ABC Thursday Night Movie91(-20%)
8.2The Gregory Hines Show CBS
8.2House Rules NBC
8.2Millennium FOX85(-20%)
8.2Sleepwalkers NBC
1098.0ABC Sat. Night at the Movies76(-26%)
8.0Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? FOX
8.0Meego CBS
1127.9The Tony Danza Show NBC
1137.8Players NBC
1147.5The Visitor FOX
1157.1Getting Personal FOX
7.1Prey ABC
1177.0Living Single FOX101(-25%)
1186.8Ask Harriet FOX
6.8Between Brothers FOX
1206.7Timecop ABC
1216.6Dawson’s Creek WB
1226.5ABC News Saturday Night
6.5New York Undercover FOX102(-29%)
1246.4C-16 ABC
1256.3Total Security ABC
1266.2Built to Last NBC
1276.1Nothing Sacred ABC
1286.0Significant Others FOX
1295.9Cracker ABC
5.9413 Hope St. FOX
1315.87th Heaven WB148(+81%)
1325.4Star Trek: Voyager UPN125(-13%)
1335.2Buffy The Vampire Slayer WB144(+41%)
1345.1The Steve Harvey Show WB141(+28%)
5.1The Wayans Bros. WB134(+9%)
1365.0Push ABC
5.0Smart Guy WB137(+11%)
1384.8Love Boat: The Next Wave UPN
1394.7Sister, Sister WB139(+9%)
1404.3Malcolm & Eddie UPN130(-12%)
1414.0In the House UPN136(-13%)
4.0Moesha UPN130(-18%)
1433.9Good News UPN
3.9The Jamie Foxx Show WB130(-20%)
1453.8Sparks UPN145(+6%)
3.8Unhappily Ever After WB140(-7%)
1473.7The Sentinel UPN134(-21%)
1483.6Clueless UPN46(-73%)
1493.4The Parent ‘Hood WB147(0%)
1503.2Three WB
1513.1Hitz UPN
1522.8Kelly Kelly WB
2.8Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher WB138(-36%)
2.8The Tom Show WB
2.8You’re the One WB
1562.7Alright, Already WB
2.7Head Over Heels UPN

1. IN MILLIONS (SEPT. 22, 1997 TO MAY 17, 1998)

2. SEPT. 16, 1996 TO MAY 21, 1997

3. PERCENT CHANGE REFLECTS DIFFERENCE IN VIEWERSHIP.

SOURCE: EW ANALYSIS OF NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH DATA

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