TV FACTS

The 20th Century Fox movie “Home Alone,” which grossed $281.5 million at the box office, was the highest-rated film on television from Sept. 20 through May 22. Top 10 movies and miniseries, ranked by average audience percentage:

Rank Program Ntwk. Air date Aud. 1 Home Alone NBC Nov. 25 19.1 2 Dances With Wolves Pt. 2 ABC Nov. 10 16.5 3 Hunt for Red October CBS Sept. 19 15.5 4 Rtn. to Lonesome Dove Pt. 3 CBS Nov. 18 15.2 5 Danielle Steele’s Star NBC Sept. 20 13.3 6 The War for Baby Jessica ABC Sept. 26 13.0 Tie Victim-Love: Unsolved Mys. NBC Nov. 9 13.0 8 Distant Cousins CBS Sept. 14 12.8 9 The Wizard of Oz CBS Nov. 11 12.1 10 Final Appeal NBC Sept. 26 12.0

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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 May 22:

TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS

Rank Program Network Air Day Air Time Rating 1 Frasier NBC Thu. 9:30 20.4 Tie Seinfeld NBC Thu. 9:00 20.4 3 Roseanne ABC Tue. 9:00 18.0 4 Coach ABC Tue. 9:30 16.9 5 NYPD Blue ABC Tue. 10:00 16.7 6 City Slickers ABC Sun. 8:30 16.2 7 Home Improvement ABC Wed. 9:00 15.9 Tie L.A. Law NBC Thu. 10:00 15.9 9 Grace Under Fire ABC Wed. 9:30 15.2 10 60 Minutes CBS Sun. 7:00 15.1 11 Murphy Brown CBS Mon. 9:00 14.7 12 Northern Exposure CBS Mon. 10:00 14.1 13 Murder, She Wrote CBS Sun. 8:00 14.0 14 Dr. Quinn CBS Sat. 8:00 13.6 Tie Murphy Brown Special CBS Mon. 9:30 13.6 16 One of Her Own ABC Mon. 9:00 13.5 Tie Mad About You NBC Thu. 8:00 13.5 18 Melrose Place Fox Wed. 8:00 13.3 19 Roseanne Special ABC Tue. 8:30 13.2 20 Fresh Prince NBC Mon. 8:00 13.1

WOMEN 18-49

Group size: 60,870,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Frasier NBC 18.5 2 Seinfeld NBC 17.8 3 Roseanne ABC 15.6 4 Coach ABC 14.6 5 Melrose Place Fox 14.4 6 Grace Under Fire ABC 12.9 Tie Murphy Brown CBS 12.9 8 Home Improvement ABC 12.5 9 City Slickers ABC 12.4 Tie NYPD Blue ABC 12.4

TEENS 12-17

Group size: 20,440,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Fresh Prince NBC 13.6 2 Simpsons Part 4 Fox 13.0 3 Melrose Place Fox 12.6 4 Simpsons Fox 11.8 5 In Living Color Fox 11.4 6 Step by Step ABC 10.5 7 City Slickers ABC 10.3 8 Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper ABC 10.0 9 Home Improvement ABC 9.8 Tie Married With Children Spcl. Fox 9.8

MEN 18-49

Group size: 59,450,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Seinfeld NBC 14.0 2 Frasier NBC 13.6 3 City Slickers ABC 11.7 4 NYPD Blue ABC 9.9 5 Coach ABC 9.6 6 Roseanne ABC 9.4 7 Home Improvement ABC 9.2 8 L.A. Law NBC 8.9 9 Grace Under Fire ABC 8.5 10 Northern Exposure CBS 7.8

KIDS 2-11

Group size: 36,870,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Simpsons Part 4 Fox 13.0 2 Home Improvement ABC 12.6 3 Step by Step ABC 12.3 4 Simpsons Fox 12.0 5 Sister, Sister ABC 11.7 6 Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper ABC 10.9 7 Full House ABC 10.6 8 Family Matters ABC 9.4 9 Sesame Street’s 25th ... ABC 9.2 10 In Living Color Fox 8.8

Source: A.C. Nielsen Co.