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 Nov. 27:

TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS

Rank Program Network Air Day Air Time Rating 1 Grace Under Fire ABC Tue. 9:30 19.2 2 Home Improvement ABC Tue. 9:00 18.7 3 60 Minutes CBS Sun. 7:00 18.6 4 Rockford Files CBS Sun. 9:00 18.5 5 NYPD Blue ABC Tue. 10:00 17.5 6 Murder, She Wrote CBS Sun. 8:00 17.1 7 Frasier NBC Tue. 9:00 17.0 8 Murphy Brown CBS Mon. 9:00 16.5 9 Mad About You Spcl. NBC Tue. 8:30 15.0 10 Monday Night Football ABC Mon. 9:00 14.8 11 Father of the Bride ABC Sun. 9:00 14.6 Tie Before ... Stars ABC Sun. 8:00 14.6 Tie Million Dollar Babies CBS Tue. 9:00 14.6 14 Nanny CBS Mon. 9:30 14.3 15 Abbott ... Seinfeld NBC Thu. 10:00 14.0 16 Dave’s World CBS Mon. 8:30 13.8 Tie Home Alone NBC Thu. 8:00 13.8 Tie Roseanne ABC Wed. 9:00 13.8 19 Late Show/Letterman CBS Mon. 10:00 13.6 20 Amer. Funniest Videos ABC Sun. 7:30 13.4

WOMEN 18-49

Group size: 61,960,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Grace Under Fire ABC 16.6 2 Home Improvement ABC 14.4 3 Father of the Bride ABC 13.5 4 NYPD Blue ABC 13.2 5 Frasier NBC 13.0 6 Before They Were Stars ABC 12.6 7 Murphy Brown CBS 12.4 8 The Nanny CBS 11.6 9 Ellen ABC 11.1 Tie Roseanne ABC 11.1

AGE 2 AND OLDER

Group size: 246,510,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Home Improvement ABC 12.6 2 Grace Under Fire ABC 12.5 3 Rockford Files CBS 11.1 4 Home Alone NBC 10.9 5 60 Minutes CBS 10.7 6 Abbott ... Seinfeld NBC 10.5 7 NYPD Blue ABC 10.4 8 Before They Were Stars ABC 10.2 9 Murder, She Wrote CBS 10.1 10 Amer. Funniest Videos ABC 10.0

MEN 18-49

Group size: 60,200,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Grace Under Fire ABC 12.6 2 Home Improvement ABC 12.1 3 NYPD Blue ABC 11.8 Tie Abbott ... Seinfeld NBC 11.8 5 Monday Night Football ABC 10.9 6 Frasier NBC 10.8 7 Home Alone NBC 10.6 8 Before They Were Stars ABC 10.5 9 Mad About You Spcl. NBC 9.2 10 Amer. Funniest Videos ABC 9.1

CHILDREN (AGES 2-11)

Group size: 38,180,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Wizard of Oz CBS 14.9 2 Full House ABC 14.0 3 Amer. Funniest Videos ABC 13.4 4 Home Alone NBC 12.4 5 Home Improvement ABC 12.3 6 Me and the Boys ABC 11.5 7 My Girl ABC 11.2 8 Step by Step ABC 11.2 9 Boy Meets World ABC 10.7 10 Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper ABC 9.9

Source: A.C. Nielsen Co.

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