TV FACTS

Tried and true celebrities from the ‘80s hold the top spots among the new shows of the fall TV season. Top 10 new shows, ranked by average audience percentage:

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Rank Program Ntwk. Air Day Aud. 1 Suddenly Susan NBC Thu. 20.2 2 Spin City ABC Tue. 15.9 3 Cosby CBS Mon. 14.8 4 Pearl CBS Mon. 14.1 5 Something So Right NBC Tue. 13.4 6 Early Edition CBS Sat. 11.0 Tie Life’s Work ABC Tue. 11.0 8 Sabrina-Teenage Witch ABC Fri. 10.9 9 Men Behaving Badly NBC Wed. 9.6 10 Clueless ABC Fri. 9.1

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Source: Nielsen Media Research

Top Prime-Time Programs

National rankings for the Top 20 prime-time network programs for total households and the Top 10 programs ranked by demographics for the week ended Sept. 29:

TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS

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Net- Air Air Rat- Rank Program work Day Time ing 1 E.R. NBC Thu. 10:00 24.2 2 Seinfeld NBC Thu. 9:00 22.0 3 Suddenly Susan NBC Thu. 9:30 20.0 4 Friends NBC Thu. 8:00 18.4 5 Monday Night Football ABC Mon. 9:00 18.1 6 Home Improvement ABC Tue. 9:00 16.5 7 Single Guy NBC Thu. 8:30 16.3 8 Cosby CBS Mon. 8:00 14.9 9 Spin City ABC Tue. 9:30 14.8 10 Frasier NBC Tue. 9:00 14.2 11 Mov.: Bachelor’s Baby CBS Sun. 9:00 14.1 12 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC Sun. 8:00 13.7 13 Dateline NBC NBC Tue. 10:00 13.6 Tie Murphy Brown CBS Mon. 9:00 13.6 15 Movie: She Cried No NBC Mon. 9:00 13.4 Tie Touched by an Angel CBS Sun. 8:00 13.4 17 Pearl CBS Mon. 8:30 13.2 18 Caroline In the City NBC Tue. 9:30 12.9 19 Grace Under Fire ABC Wed. 9:00 12.8 20 Cybill CBS Mon. 9:30 12.7 Tie Movie: The Lottery NBC Sun. 9:00 12.7

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Source: A.C. Nielsen Co.