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Daily News from New York, New York • 185

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Li Television 4 'Public Eye' reports on young programs forced to work as prostitutes; CBS, 9 p.m. CMoDugs: NELC easBIly ft wdtoiry claim to eight of the top 10. most-watched programs for the week, including the No. 1 show, "ER." The lone non-NBC shows among the top 10 were CBS' "Touched by an Angel" at No. 7 and the same network's "60 Minutes," which finished No.

9. For the week, NBC averaged an 11.4 rating (percentage of the nation's By RICHARD HUFF Daily News Staff Writer A STRONG performance from Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, combined with its usually powerful Thursday-night lineup, propelled NBC to an easy prime-time ratings victory last week, according to Nielsen. Indeed, the Peacock Network laid (16,090,000 viewers) since November (when it aired "The Santa "Ruby" ranked No. 16 for the week. Also, the debut of ABC's new drama "Prey," at 8 p.m.

on Thursday, finished No. 74 overall, and well behind its time-period competitors on CBS and NBC. Meanwhile, in the evening-news race, NBC's "Nightly News" grabbed its 12 straight weekly win and 28th out of the past 29 weeks. NBC averaged a 9.4 rating18 share, and 12,211,000 viewers. CBS' "Evening News" averaged an 8.616, with 11,859,000 viewers, and ABC's "World News Tonight" an 8.516, with 11,416,000 viewers.

98 million TV homes) and an 18 share (percentage of the sets in use), with 16,710,000 viewers setside on average. CBS averaged an 8.9 rating15 share, with 12,920,000 viewers. ABC averaged an 8.213, with 12,210,000 viewers. And Fox averaged a 6.711, with 9,960,000 viewers. The annual airing of the "Golden Globes" finished No.

5 for the week, with an average 24,340,000 viewers. The show's viewership was up 23 from a year ago, according to Nielsen. Elsewhere, ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney," with the film "Ruby Bridges," got its best turnout 1 In the rankings betow, for the week of Jan. 12-18, the program is followed by its network and then the imhor naf nioiMwre ifraftraotwt in millkinc PnfMVtd ranlriraHs indicate a fit. 2.

"Seinfeld" INBCI 33 4l 3. "Friends" (NBC) 27.14 S3 4.1'Veronica's Closet" (NBC) 26.66 lfc 5.rGoMen Globe Awards" (NBC) 24.34 I 6. "Union Square" (NBC) 20.69 7. -Touched by an Anger (CBS) 20.13 pilliwiffli ffi; open XmK SUNDAY 8. "Frasier" (NBC) 19.61 Minutes'' (CBS) 17.89 10: Dateline" dues.) (NBC) 17.68 60.

"Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC) 11.41 61. "Profiler" (NBO 11-30 62. "America's Most Wanted" (Fox) 11.22 63. "Style Substance" (CBS) 11.17 64. Movie: "To Wong FoeJulie Newmar" (Fox) 11.10 65.

"Melrose Place" (Fox) 10.77 66. "Teen Angel" (ABC) 10.74 67. "AH-Star TV-Censored Bloopers" (NBC) 10.66 68. "PrimeTime Live" (ABC) 10.59 69. "The Nanny" (CBS) 10.29 70.

"PubBc EyeBryant GumbeT (CBS) 10.08 71. "The Gregory Hines Show" (CBS) 10.01 72. "Cops 2" (Fox) 9.97 73. "Dateline" (Sun.) (NBO 9.79 74. "Prey" (ABO 9-76 75.

Movie: "On the Line" (ABO 9-59 76. "Michael Hayes" (CBS) 9.58 77. "Step by Step" (CBS) 9.52 78. "ANy McBeal" (Fox) 9.22 79. "Murphy Brown" (CBS) 9.01 80.

"World's Funniest!" (Fox) 8.90 81. "Jenny" (NBC) 8.79 82. "Fired Up" (NBC) 8.67 83. "Cops" (Fox) 6.60 84. "Family Matters" (CBS) 8.57 85.

"DeHaventura" (CBS) 8.38 86. "King of the Hill" (Thur.) (Fox) 8.23 87. "Players" (NBC) 8.16 88. "Brooklyn South" (CBS) 7.81 89. "Boys and Gins Are Different" (ABC) 7.54 90.

"The Visitor" (Fox) 7.37 91. "Ask Harriet" (Fox) 7.16 ffe Gnems faun Drew Carey Show" (ABC) 17.21 42. "NYPO Blue" (ABC) 16.97 113. 'Just Shoot Me" (NBC) 16.71 i Improvement" (ABC) 16.57 About You" (NBC) 16.12 16. "Disney: Ruby Bridges" (ABC) 16.09 17.

"Walker, Texas Ranger" (CBS) 16.07 18. "Diagnosis Murder" (CBS) 15.98 19. "2020" (Mon.) (ABO 15.93 20. "Dateline" (Wed.) (NBC) 15.91 21. "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" (ABC) 15.40 22.

"DateHrte" (Mon.) (NBC) 15.32 23. "Kids Say the Darndest Things" (CBS) 15.26 24. "Everybody Loves Raymond" (CBS) 15.20 25. "Dateline" (Fri.) (NBC) 15.18 26. "Promised Land" (CBS) 15.09 27.

"2020" (ABC) 14.86 28. "Boy Meets World" (ABC) 14.65 29. "Cosby" (CBSr 14.47 30. "Grace Under Fire" (ABC) 14.34 31. "JAG" (CBS) 13.96 32.

Movie: "8est Friends for Life" (CBS) 13.95 33. "Sabrina: Teenage Witch" (8 p.m.) (ABO 13.78 92. "Millennium" (Fox) 7.01 34. "NewsRadio" (NBO 13.54 Single jf Double Breasted Suits xi FHuirv up to $293 SIZES 36 TO 46 1QQ wool polywool 1 93. "New York Undercover" (Fox) 6.77 94.

"Bufry. the Vampire Srayer" (WB) 6.48 95. "7th Heaven" (WB) 6.15 96. "Nothing Sacred" (ABO 5.70 97. "Smart Guy" (WB) 5.47 98.

"Sister, Sister" (WB) 5.45 99. "Star Trek: Voyager" (UPN) 5.33 100. "The Wayans Bros." (WB) 5.00 101. "Moesha" (UPN) 4.71 102. "Good News" (UPN) 4.58 103.

"The Steve Harvey Show" (WB) 4.55 104. "Malcolm Eddie" (UPN) 4.40 105. "Cracker" (ABC) 4.25 106. "In the House" (UPN) 4.17 107. "NHL AH-Star Game" (Fox) 4.04 108.

"Sparks" (UPN) 3.79 109. "Clueless" (UPN) 3.73 110. "The Sentinel- (UPN) 3.49 111. "Unhappily Ever After" (WB) 3.22 112. "Moesha" (9 p.m.) (UPN) 3.13 113.

"Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher" (WB) 3.06 114. "The Jamie Foxx Show" (WB) 3.01 115. "Clueless" (Tues.) (UPN) 2.92 116. "The Parent 'Hood" (WB) 2.71 117. "The Tom Show" (WB) 2.68 118.

"Alright Already" (WB) 2.09 35. "The Magnificent Seven" (CBS) 13.46 36. "Chicago Hope" (CBS) 13.44 37. "SoU Man" (ABC) 1335 38. "Dharma Greg" (ABC) 13.28 39.

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"48 Hours" (CBS) 11.88 95. "3rd Rock From the Sun" (NBO 11-84 56. "Ellen" (ABC) 11.83 "Working" (NBO 11-80 58. "Nash Bridges" (CBS) 113 59. "Spin City" (ABC) 11.46 We're Ready To Say Easy Auto Credit For Italian Designer AT Imported Suits Buy Any 2 Better Quality Suits and Take Hone 3rd SUIT lOOO's To Choose From jFjRJEjE Sizes 36 to 60 Any car you want New or used! 3 ro SB EEB 2 -V".

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