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

	VIEWERS1	LAST SEASON2	% CHANGE3
1	34.1	Seinfeld NBC	2	(+11%)
2	30.2	ER NBC	1	(-2%)
3	24.4	Veronica’s Closet NBC	—
4	24.0	Friends NBC	3	(-4%)
5	21.8	Touched by an Angel CBS	10	(+7%)
6	21.0	NFL Monday Night Football ABC	7	(-7%)
7	19.9	Union Square NBC	—
8	19.8	60 Minutes CBS	11	(+5%)
9	19.4	CBS Sunday Movie	14	(+11%)
10	18.4	Home Improvement ABC	8	(-15%)
11	17.1	The X-Files FOX	12	(-7%)
12	17.0	Just Shoot Me NBC	71	(+53%)
13	16.7	The Drew Carey Show ABC	18	(-2%)
	16.7	Frasier NBC	22	(+1%)
15	16.3	King of the Hill FOX	27	(+6%)
16	15.4	Dateline NBC Monday	—
17	15.3	Dateline NBC Tuesday	27	(-1%)
	15.3	The Simpsons FOX	37	(+7%)
19	15.0	NYPD Blue ABC	16	(-14%)
	15.0	20/20 ABC Friday	12	(-18%)
21	14.4	Walker, Texas Ranger CBS	18	(-15%)
22	14.2	NBC Sunday Night Movie	14	(-19%)
	14.2	Primetime Live ABC	23	(-12%)
24	14.1	Law & Order NBC	32	(-5%)
25	13.9	Dharma & Greg ABC	—
	13.9	Diagnosis Murder CBS	55	(+10%)
	13.9	20/20 ABC Monday	—
28	13.8	Cosby CBS	24	(-14%)
29	13.6	Soul Man ABC	21	(-19%)
30	13.5	Hiller and Diller ABC	—
	13.5	Wonderful World of Disney ABC	—
32	13.4	Mad About You NBC	25	(-15%)
33	13.3	Everybody Loves Raymond CBS	82	(+27%)
34	13.2	Dateline NBC Friday	31	(-11%)
35	13.1	Promised Land CBS	58	(+7%)
36	12.9	Jag CBS	62	(+8%)
	12.9	Two Guys, a Girl and a… ABC	—
38	12.8	ABC Sunday Night Movie	40	(-7%)
	12.8	The Magnificent Seven CBS	—
40	12.6	Dateline NBC Sunday 8 P.M.	—
41	12.5	Sabrina… ABC, 9 P.M.	32	(-16%)
42	12.4	Ellen ABC	30	(-18%)
43	12.3	Lateline NBC	—
	12.3	3rd Rock From the Sun NBC	18	(-28%)
45	12.1	Chicago Hope CBS	39	(-14%)
	12.1	Kids Say the Darndest Things CBS	—
47	12.0	Spin City ABC	17	(-31%)
48	11.9	Candid Camera CBS	—
	11.9	Early Edition CBS	44	(-12%)
	11.9	Something So Right ABC	46	(-11%)
51	11.7	Caroline in the City NBC	29	(-24%)
	11.7	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman CBS	53	(-9%)
	11.7	Nash Bridges CBS	65	(-1%)
	11.7	Over the Top ABC	—
55	11.6	Boy Meets World ABC	41	(-15%)
56	11.5	The Nanny CBS	51	(-12%)
	11.5	Party of Five FOX	85	(+12%)
	11.5	That’s Life ABC	—
59	11.4	Ally Mcbeal FOX	—
	11.4	Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX	62	(-4%)
	11.4	The Pretender NBC	74	(+5%)
	11.4	Working NBC	—
63	11.3	Funniest Home Videos ABC	91	(+11%)
	11.3	George & Leo CBS	—
	11.3	Grace Under Fire ABC	49	(-14%)
	11.3	Sabrina… ABC, 8 P.M.	—
67	11.2	Cybill CBS	35	(-22%)
68	11.0	NewsRadio NBC	96	(+15%)
69	10.9	48 Hours CBS	85	(+7%)
	10.9	You Wish ABC	—
71	10.8	Dateline NBC Sunday 7 P.M.	74	(-1%)
	10.8	Suddenly Susan NBC	4	(-56%)
	10.8	20/20 ABC, Thursday	—
74	10.7	Homicide: Life on the Street NBC	69	(-5%)
	10.7	The Naked Truth NBC	5	(-56%)
76	10.6	Teen Angel ABC	—
77	10.5	The Closer CBS	—
78	10.3	Dateline NBC Friday 8 P.M.	—
	10.3	Fired Up NBC	6	(-56%)
80	10.2	Melrose Place FOX	65	(-14%)
81	10.1	World’s Wildest Police Videos FOX	—
82	10.0	Cops 2 FOX	99	(+6%)
	10.0	Michael Hayes CBS	—
	10.0	The Practice ABC	55	(-21%)
	10.0	Public Eye CBS	—
86	9.9	For Your Love NBC	—
	9.9	Murphy Brown CBS	35	(-31%)
	9.9	Profiler NBC	76	(-8%)
	9.9	Style & Substance CBS	—
	9.9	Unsolved Mysteries CBS	58	(-20%)
91	9.8	AMW: America Fights Back FOX	94	(+1%)
92	9.7	Jenny NBC	—
93	9.5	The World’s Funniest! FOX	—
94	9.3	Brooklyn South CBS	—
	9.3	Dellaventura CBS	—
96	9.2	FOX Tuesday Night Movie	85	(-11%)
97	9.1	Men Behaving Badly NBC	79	(-14%)
	9.1	Tv Censored Bloopers NBC	—
99	8.9	Family Matters CBS	41	(-35%)
100	8.7	Cops FOX	108	(+1%
101	8.5	Four Corners CBS	—
102	8.4	Step by Step CBS	50	(-36%)
103	8.3	Damon FOX	—
104	8.2	ABC Thursday Night Movie	91	(-20%)
	8.2	The Gregory Hines Show CBS	—
	8.2	House Rules NBC		—
	8.2	Millennium FOX	85	(-20%)
	8.2	Sleepwalkers NBC	—
109	8.0	ABC Sat. Night at the Movies	76	(-26%)
	8.0	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? FOX	—
	8.0	Meego CBS	—
112	7.9	The Tony Danza Show NBC	—
113	7.8	Players NBC	—
114	7.5	The Visitor FOX	—
115	7.1	Getting Personal FOX	—
	7.1	Prey ABC	—
117	7.0	Living Single FOX	101	(-25%)
118	6.8	Ask Harriet FOX	—
	6.8	Between Brothers FOX	—
120	6.7	Timecop ABC	—
121	6.6	Dawson’s Creek WB	—
122	6.5	ABC News Saturday Night	—
	6.5	New York Undercover FOX	102	(-29%)
124	6.4	C-16 ABC	—
125	6.3	Total Security ABC	—
126	6.2	Built to Last NBC	—
127	6.1	Nothing Sacred ABC	—
128	6.0	Significant Others FOX	—
129	5.9	Cracker ABC	—
	5.9	413 Hope St. FOX	—
131	5.8	7th Heaven WB	148	(+81%)
132	5.4	Star Trek: Voyager UPN	125	(-13%)
133	5.2	Buffy The Vampire Slayer WB	144	(+41%)
134	5.1	The Steve Harvey Show WB	141	(+28%)
	5.1	The Wayans Bros. WB	134	(+9%)
136	5.0	Push ABC	—
	5.0	Smart Guy WB	137	(+11%)
138	4.8	Love Boat: The Next Wave UPN	—
139	4.7	Sister, Sister WB	139	(+9%)
140	4.3	Malcolm & Eddie UPN	130	(-12%)
141	4.0	In the House UPN	136	(-13%)
	4.0	Moesha UPN	130	(-18%)
143	3.9	Good News UPN	—
	3.9	The Jamie Foxx Show WB	130	(-20%)
145	3.8	Sparks UPN	145	(+6%)
	3.8	Unhappily Ever After WB	140	(-7%)
147	3.7	The Sentinel UPN	134	(-21%)
148	3.6	Clueless UPN	46	(-73%)
149	3.4	The Parent ‘Hood WB	147	(0%)
150	3.2	Three WB	—
151	3.1	Hitz UPN	—
152	2.8	Kelly Kelly WB	—
	2.8	Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher WB	138	(-36%)
	2.8	The Tom Show WB	—
	2.8	You’re the One WB	—
156	2.7	Alright, Already WB	—
	2.7	Head Over Heels UPN	—