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Prime-Time TV Rankings Cad I 800 LA TIMES to subscribe In Farewell, Home, Brings Improvement to ABC P.SnplTOnRArFRS'W "NYPD Blue" drew its biggest audience since Jimmy Smits' swan song in November. Other farewells dominated the week, which featured the usual influx of reruns after sweeps. NBC's "Mad About You" surged to its highest rating in more than two years for the show's one-hour farewell, though numbers were less lofty as everyone at Fox's "Melrose Place" got out of the pool. Benjamin Bratt became the latest cast member to leave "Law Order," which heightened tune-in for back-to-back episodes. "Suddenly Susan" also featured a tribute to the late David Strickand.

BRIAN LOWRY The final "Home Improvement" raised ABC to its highest-rated Tuesday in seven years and first weekly ratings win since the Academy Awards aired in March, based on results issued Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research. The long-running Tim Allen comedy's 90-min-ute finale delivered the second-highest rating for any episodic series broadcast during the just-concluded TV season (which ended May 26), behind only George Clooney checking out from "ER." Having so many people come back to "Home" boosted the rest of ABC's Tuesday lineup, as "Spin City" posted its highest rating since 1996 when it regularly followed "Home Improvement" while National Nielsen Vlewershlp SANTA MQNICA 1( Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (May 24-30) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates that there are 256.6 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older.

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NYPD Blue ABC 20.23 60. TheX-files FOX 6.80 wrestling 8 p.m.) TNT 5.11 4. Mad About You NBC 19.79 61. Boy Meets World ABC 6.58 5. "Hope Floats" HBO 4 41 5.

Law Order NBC 19.29 JJ e. wrestling 9 p.m.) tnt 4.08 6. Law Order (9 p.m.) NBC 16.31 tM 7. usa 3.90 7. Ally McBeal FOX 14.94 65.

Family Guy FOX 6.39 8. Wrestling 10 p.m.) TNT 3.84 8. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 14.88 taofaiM abc 6.36 9 tbs 3.54 Praciar MRP 14 fit 67. Dawson's CreeK WB 632 in ARP ii07 68. Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 6.23 "Utnal weapon" HBO 3.24 10.

Cleopatra, Part 2 ABC 14.27 ti Simpsons fox 6.23 11. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 13.77 70. Early Edition CBS 6 20 12. Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 13.36 71. "Mars Attacks" FOX 5.93 NetWOrTK AVerflgGS 13.

ABC 13.18 72. Charmed WB 5.59 K. JAG CBS 12.92 73. "The Joy Luck Club" nbc 5.15 Here is the number of viewers that each 15. Friends NBC 12.82 74.

"Thanks otNabon" Parti NBC 5.11 16. 2020 (Fri.) abc 12.81 75. "Oogmauc" abc 4.92 network averaged per hour of prime time, 17. The Drew Carey Show ABC 12.62 76. Til Do Anything" ABC 4 86 for last week and for the season.

18. "AMatxhMadeinHsaven" CBS 12.59 77. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 4 .80 utt Seam 19. 2020 (Wed.) ABC 12.45 78. Felicity WB 4.65 20.

Will Grace ABC 12.37 79. "Qui Show" ABC 449 21. Suddenly Susan (8:30 p.m.) NBC 12.35 80. Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.23 22. ER NBC 12.15 81.

Buffy Vampie Slayer (Tue.) WB 3.99 ABC 10.95 million 11.69 23. 48 Hours CBS 11.94 82. World Funniest FOX 3.95 NBC 10.52 12.62 24. Two Guys, Girl, Ptiza Place ABC 11.91 83. The Steve Harvey Show WB 3.94 25.

Just Shoot Me NBC 11.78 For Your love WB 3.94 CBS 10.23 12.95 26. "Murder on Shadow Mountain" CBS 11.59 85. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer WB 3.61 fqx 8 26 10 56 27. "American President" CBS 11.52 86. The Jamie Fon Show WB 3.57 28.

Jesse N8C 11.43 87. The Wayans Bros. WB 2 83 WB 4.27 4.47 29. Dateline N8C (Fri.) NBC 11.03 7 Days UPN 2.83 30. "Miss Universe Pageant" CBS 10.96 89.

Moesha UPN 2.54 um 31. Touched by an Angel CBS 10.95 90. Dllbert UPN 2.47 "True Lies" FOX 10.95 91. Unhappily Ever Alter WB 2.45 CAiilhlaiul Vlouiliuf 33. 2020 (Mon.) ABC 10.75 92.

Smart Guy WB 2.38 OOUlniaillJ IqWIflg "Most Shocking Moments 3" FOX 10.75 93. Malcolm 1 Eddie UPN 2.28 35. Dateline NBC (Wed.) NBC 10.62 94. Clueless UPN 2.28 Here are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time 36. Melrose Place fox 1036 95.

Sister, sister WB 2.25 programs in the Los Angeles area during 37. 60 Minutes CBS 10.20 96. "Riddlef Moon" UPN 2.10 38. The Norm Show ABC 10 02 97. Between Brothers UPN 2.03 the same week.

The rankings are based on 39. Diagnosis Muider CBS 9.72 98. Zoe. Duncan, jack Jane WB 1.98 the number of households watching. 40.

7th Heaven WB 9 60 99. The Parent 'Hood WB 1.81 41. Walker, Tens Ranger CBS 9.50 100. The Sentinel UPN 1.76 tta- Hmk- 42. 60 Minutes a CBS 9.31 101.

Home Movies UPN 1.72 Preen ttaa aka 43. Suddenly Susan NBC 8.63 102. America's Greatest Pets UPN 1.59 44. Nash Bridges CBS 8.62 103. America's Greatest Pets II UPN 1.54 Home Improvement KABC 1,139,992 45.

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC 8.35 104. The Parent Hood (7 p.m.) WB 1.38 y-m, unr oii 46. 3rd Rock From the Sun ABC 8.11 105. love Boat: The Next Wave UPN 1.30 2' WBC 955,129 47. Law Order (Fn.) NBC 809 3.

Ally McBeal KTTV 852,427 Candid Camera CBS 8.09 faKlaa Tnn 1 A Laws Order KNBC 785,670 H- came Top 10 5 spnc mc mxs 51. SL 5S Her? t0P 6- NYPD Blue KABC 718,914 52. 2020(Sun.) abc 7.84 grams in prime time last week, also ranked knbc 631,617 53. The Practice abc 7.63 by total viewers (in millions). unsolved Mystenes CBS 7.63 Net- View- "Cleopatra," Pa 2 KABC 621,347 55.

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