| Rank |
Show |
Network |
Rating |
| 1 |
ER |
 |
22,0 |
| 2 |
Seinfeld |
|
21,2 |
| 3 |
Friends |
|
18,7 |
| 4 |
Caroline in the City |
|
17,9 |
| 5 |
NFL Monday Night Football |
 |
17,1 |
| 6 |
The Single Guy |
|
16,7 |
| 7 |
Home Improvement |
|
16,2 |
| 8 |
Boston Common |
|
15,6 |
| 9 |
60 Minutes |
 |
14,2 |
| 10 |
NYPD Blue |
|
14,1 |
| 11 |
Frasier |
|
13,6 |
| 11 |
20/20 |
|
13,6 |
| 13 |
Grace Under Fire |
|
13,2 |
| 14 |
Coach |
|
12,9 |
| 14 |
NBC Monday Night Movie |
|
12,9 |
| 16 |
Roseanne |
|
12,5 |
| 17 |
The Nanny |
|
12,4 |
| 18 |
Murphy Brown |
|
12,3 |
| 18 |
PrimeTime Live |
|
12,3 |
| 18 |
Walker, Texas Ranger |
|
12,3 |
| 21 |
Champs |
|
12,2 |
| 21 |
NBC Sunday Night Movie |
|
12,2 |
| 23 |
3rd Rock from the Sun |
|
12,1 |
| 24 |
Chicago Hope |
|
11,9 |
| 25 |
Can't Hurry Love |
|
11,4 |
| 25 |
CBS Sunday Movie |
|
11,4 |
| 25 |
Law & Order |
|
11,4 |
| 25 |
The Naked Truth |
|
11,4 |
| 29 |
America's Funniest Home Videos 2 |
|
11,3 |
| 29 |
Dateline NBC (Tue.) |
|
11,3 |
| 29 |
Dateline NBC (Wed.) |
|
11,3 |
| 32 |
The Dana Carvey Show |
|
11,2 |
| 32 |
Fox NFL Sunday - Postgame Show 2 |
 |
11,2 |
| 34 |
Touched by an Angel |
|
11,1 |
| 35 |
Wings |
|
11,0 |
| 36 |
If Not For You |
|
10,9 |
| 37 |
Mad About You |
|
10,8 |
| 38 |
Hudson Street |
|
10,7 |
| 39 |
ABC Sunday Night Movie |
|
10,6 |
| 39 |
Ellen |
|
10,6 |
| 39 |
NewsRadio |
|
10,6 |
| 42 |
Family Matters |
|
10,5 |
| 42 |
John Larroquette Show |
|
10,5 |
| 44 |
Dateline NBC (Fri.) |
|
10,3 |
| 44 |
Lois & Clark |
|
10,3 |
| 46 |
ABC Monday Night Movie |
|
10,2 |
| 46 |
High Society |
|
10,2 |
| 48 |
Boy Meets World |
|
10,1 |
| 48 |
The Drew Carey Show |
|
10,1 |
| 50 |
Cybill |
|
10,0 |
| 50 |
Pursuit of Happiness |
|
10,0 |
| 50 |
The X-Files |
|
10,0 |
| 53 |
Beverly Hills, 90210 |
|
9,8 |
| 54 |
Step by Step |
|
9,7 |
| 55 |
CBS Tuesday Movie |
|
9,6 |
| 55 |
Dr. Quinn Medecine Woman |
|
9,6 |
| 55 |
Fresh Prince of Bel Air |
|
9,6 |
| 58 |
Murder, She Wrote |
|
9,5 |
| 59 |
In The House |
|
9,4 |
| 59 |
Unsolved Mysteries |
|
9,4 |
| 61 |
The Faculty |
|
9,3 |
| 61 |
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper |
|
9,3 |
| 61 |
Melrose Place |
|
9,3 |
| 64 |
Buddies |
|
9,1 |
| 65 |
Almost Perfect |
|
9,0 |
| 66 |
Good Company |
|
8,9 |
| 66 |
Homicide: Life On The Street |
|
8,9 |
| 66 |
Murder One |
|
8,9 |
| 69 |
Diagnosis Murder |
|
8,8 |
| 70 |
America's Funniest Home Videos |
|
8,7 |
| 70 |
CBS Wednesday Night Movie |
|
8,7 |
| 70 |
Dave's World |
|
8,7 |
| 73 |
Nash Bridges |
|
8,6 |
| 74 |
Bonnie |
|
8,4 |
| 74 |
High Incident |
|
8,4 |
| 74 |
Muppets Tonight! |
|
8,4 |
| 77 |
The Simpsons |
|
8,3 |
| 78 |
Married … With Children |
|
8,2 |
| 79 |
JAG |
|
8,1 |
| 79 |
Second Noah |
|
8,1 |
| 81 |
Aliens in the Family |
|
8,0 |
| 82 |
The Client |
|
7,9 |
| 83 |
48 Hours |
|
7,8 |
| 84 |
ABC Thursday Night Movie |
|
7,7 |
| 84 |
Rescue: 911 |
|
7,7 |
| 86 |
The Louie Show |
|
7,6 |
| 87 |
Bless This House |
|
7,5 |
| 87 |
Day One |
|
7,5 |
| 87 |
Matt Waters |
|
7,5 |
| 90 |
Before The Were Stars (Thu.) |
|
7,4 |
| 90 |
Dateline NBC (Sun.) |
|
7,4 |
| 90 |
World's Funniest Home Videos |
|
7,4 |
| 93 |
Cops 2 |
|
7,3 |
| 94 |
Due South |
|
7,2 |
| 94 |
The Marshal |
|
7,2 |
| 96 |
The Jeff Foxworthy Show |
|
7,1 |
| 96 |
Party of Five |
|
7,1 |
| 98 |
Fox Tuesday Night Movie |
|
7,0 |
| 98 |
Hope and Gloria |
|
7,0 |
| 98 |
Picket Fences |
|
7,0 |
| 98 |
Saturday Night at the Movies |
|
7,0 |
| 102 |
New York Undercover |
|
6,9 |
| 103 |
Sisters |
|
6,8 |
| 104 |
America's Most Wanted |
|
6,7 |
| 104 |
Brotherly Love |
|
6,7 |
| 104 |
Martin |
|
6,7 |
| 104 |
NBC Saturday Night Movie |
|
6,7 |
| 108 |
American Gothic |
|
6,6 |
| 108 |
Charlie Grace |
|
6,6 |
| 108 |
Maybe This Time |
|
6,6 |
| 111 |
The Crew |
|
6,5 |
| 111 |
Living Single |
|
6,5 |
| 113 |
New York News |
|
6,3 |
| 113 |
Space: Above and Beyond |
|
6,3 |
| 115 |
Central Park West |
|
6,2 |
| 115 |
What's So Funny? |
|
6,2 |
| 117 |
Cops |
|
6,1 |
| 117 |
Courthouse |
|
6,1 |
| 117 |
SeaQuest 2032 |
|
6,1 |
| 117 |
Strange Luck |
|
6,1 |
| 121 |
Ned and Stacey |
|
6,0 |
| 122 |
Dweebs |
|
5,9 |
| 122 |
Misery Loves Company |
|
5,9 |
| 122 |
Sliders |
|
5,9 |
| 122 |
Too Something |
|
5,9 |
| 126 |
Kindred: The Embraced |
|
5,6 |
| 126 |
The Monroes |
|
5,6 |
| 126 |
The Show |
|
5,6 |
| 129 |
The Bonnie Hunt Show |
|
5,5 |
| 129 |
Local Heroes |
|
5,5 |
| 131 |
Malibu Shores |
|
5,4 |
| 131 |
Partners |
|
5,4 |
| 133 |
My Guys |
|
5,3 |
| 134 |
The Home Court |
|
5,1 |
| 134 |
NBC Baseball Night |
|
5,1 |
| 134 |
Star Trek: Voyager |
 |
5,1 |
| 134 |
Time-Lost Civilizations |
|
5,1 |
| 138 |
Profit |
|
4,9 |
| 139 |
Minor Adjustments |
|
4,8 |
| 140 |
The Preston Episodes |
|
4,1 |
| 141 |
Moesha |
|
3,5 |
| 142 |
The Parent 'Hood |
 |
3,0 |
| 142 |
Sister, Sister |
|
3,0 |
| 144 |
Savannah |
|
2,9 |
| 144 |
The Wayans Bros. |
|
2,9 |
| 146 |
The Sentinel |
|
2,8 |
| 147 |
Minor Adjustments |
|
2,7 |
| 148 |
Nowhere Man |
|
2,6 |
| 148 |
Sister, Sister (Sun.) |
|
2,6 |
| 150 |
Swift Justice |
|
2,5 |
| 150 |
Unhappily Ever After |
|
2,5 |
| 152 |
Kirk |
|
2,2 |
| 152 |
The Paranormal Borderline |
|
2,2 |
| 154 |
Cleghorne! |
|
2,1 |
| 154 |
Deadly Games |
|
2,1 |
| 156 |
The Parent 'Hood (Sun.) |
|
1,8 |
| 156 |
Pinky and the Brain |
|
1,8 |
| 158 |
First Time Out |
|
1,6 |
| 158 |
Live Shot |
|
1,6 |
| 160 |
Simon |
|
1,5 |
Source: 1997 A&E Entertainment Almanac
