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The long-running Tim Allen comedy's 90-minute 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 -while National Nielsen Viewership Improvement to ABC "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 onehour 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 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. Viewership is listed here in millions.

NetProgram work 1. Home Improvement ABC 2. Spin City ABC 3. NYPD Blue ABC 4. Mad About You NBC 5.

Law Order NBC 6. Law Order (9 p.m.) NBC 7. Ally McBeal FOX 8. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 9. Frasier NBC 10.

"Cleopatra," Part 2 ABC 11. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 12. Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 13. Dharma Greg ABC 14. JAG CBS 15.

Friends NBC 16. (Fri.) ABC 17. The Drew Carey Show ABC 18. "A Match Made in Heaven" CBS 19. (Wed.) ABC 20.

Will Grace ABC 21. Suddenly Susan (8:30 p.m.) NBC 22. ER NBC 23. 48 Hours CBS 24. Two Guys, Girl, Pizza Place ABC 25.

Just Shoot Me NBC 26. "Murder on Shadow Mountain" CBS 27. "American President" CBS 28. Jesse NBC 29. Dateline NBC (Fri.) NBC 30.

"Miss Universe Pageant" CBS 31. Touched by an Angel CBS "True Lies" FOX 33. (Mon.) ABC "Most Shocking Moments FOX 35. Dateline NBC (Wed.) NBC 36. Metrose Place FOX 37.

60 Minutes CBS 38. The Norm Show ABC 39. Diagnosis Murder CBS 40. 7th Heaven WB 41. Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 42.

60 Minutes Il CBS 43. Suddenly Susan NBC 44. Nash Bridges CBS 45. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC 46. 3rd Rock From the Sun ABC 47.

Law Order (Fri.) NBC Candid Camera CBS 49. Kids Say the Damndest Things CBS Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 51. America's Most Wanted FOX 52. (Sun.) ABC 53. The Practice ABC Unsolved Mysteries CBS 55.

Brother's Keeper ABC 56. Wildest Police Videos FOX Viewers 35.53 22.95 20.23 19.79 19.29 16.31 14.94 14.88 14.61 14.27 13.77 13.36 13.18 12.92 12.82 12.81 12.62 12.59 12.45 12.37 12.35 12.15 11.94 11.91 11.78 11.59 11.52 11.43 11.03 10.96 10.95 10.95 10.75 10.75 10.62 10.36 10.20 10.02 9.72 9.60 9.50 9.31 8.63 8.62 8.35 8.11 8.09 8.09 8.03 8.03 7.94 7.84 7.63 7.63 7.51 7.40 Net- View- Net- ViewProgram work ers Program work ers 57. Promised Land CBS 7.16 2. Wrestling 9 p.m.) USA 8.11 58. Martial Law CBS 7.15 3.

NBA TNT Playoffs (Thurs.) 5.60 59. Providence NBC 6.90 60. The X-Files FOX 6.80 4. Wrestling 8 p.m.) TNT 5.11 61. Boy Meets World ABC 6.58 5.

"Hope Floats" HBO 4.41 62. Fox Files FOX 6.54 6. Wrestling 9 p.m.) TNT 4.08 63. "Train Wrecks" FOX 6.51 64. Cops FOX 6.44 7.

Wrestling 7 p.m.) USA 3.90 65. Family Guy FOX 6.39 8. Wrestling 10 p.m.) TNT 3.84 66. Two of a Kind ABC 6.36 9. Wrestling 9 p.m.) TBS 3.54 67.

Dawson's Creek WB 6.32 68. Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 6.23 10. "Lethal Weapon" HBO 3.24 The Simpsons FOX 6.23 70. Early Edition CBS 6.20 71. "Mars Attacks" FOX 5.93 Network Averages 72.

Charmed WB 5.59 73. "The Joy Luck Club" NBC 5.15 Here is the number of viewers that each 74. "Thanks Part 1 NBC 5.11 network averaged per hour of prime time, 75. "Dogmatic" ABC 4.92 76. "I'll Do Anything" ABC 4.86 for last week and for the season.

77. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 4.80 Last Season 78. Felicity WB 4.65 week to date 79. "Quiz Show" ABC 4.49 80. Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.23 ABC 10.95 million 11.69 81.

Buffy, Vampire Slayer (Tue.) WB 3.99 82. World's Funniest FOX 3.95 NBC 10.52 12.62 83. The Steve Harvey Show WB 3.94 For Your Love WB 3.94 CBS 10.23 12.95 85. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer WB 3.61 FOX 8.26 10.56 86. The Jamie Foxx Show WB 3.57 87.

Wayans Bros. WB 2.83 WB 4.27 4.47 7 Days UPN 2.83 UPN 2.31 2.73 89. Moesha UPN 2.54 90. Dilbert UPN 2.47 91. Unhappily Ever After WB 2.45 92.

Smart Guy WB 2.38 Southland Viewing 93. Malcolm Eddie UPN 2.28 94. Clueless UPN 2.26 Here are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time 95. Sister, Sister WB 2.25 programs in the Los Angeles area during 96. "Riddler's Moon" UPN 2.10 the same week.

The rankings are based on 97. Between Brothers UPN 2.03 98. Zoe, Duncan, Jack Jane WB 1.98 the number of households watching. 99. The Parent 'Hood WB 1.81 100.

The Sentinel UPN 1.76 Sta- House101. Home Movies UPN Program tion holds 1.72 102. America's Greatest Pets UPN 1.59 103. America's Greatest Pets UPN 1.54 1. Home Improvement KABC 1,139,992 104.

The Parent 'Hood (7 p.m.) WB 1.38 105. Love Boat: The Next Wave UPN 1.30 2. Mad About You KNBC 955,129 3. Ally McBeal KTTV 852,427 Cable Top 10 4. Law Order KNBC 785,670 5.

Spin City KABC 770,265 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable pro6. NYPD Blue KABC 718,914 grams in prime time last week, also ranked 7. KNBC Law Order (9 p.m.) 631,617 by total viewers (in millions). Net- View- 8. "Cleopatra," Part 2 KABC 621,347 Program work ers Friends KNBC 621,347 1.

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