VIDEO FACTS

“Jurassic Park,” the Steven Spielberg megahit about genetically engineered dinosaurs, roared to the top of the video sales chart in each of its first two weeks of release. Top 10 videos for the week ended Oct. 16, ranked by weekly unit sales:

Last 2 wks Rank week ago Title Label 1 1 -- Jurassic Park Universal 2 2 1 Nightmare Before Christmas Disney 3 4 3 An Affair to Remember Fox 4 3 2 Beethoven’s 2nd Universal 5 10 -- Barney: Imagination Island Lyon 6 6 6 Thumbelina (1994) Disney 7 5 4 Hondo MPI 8 9 7 Morphin Rangers: Wannabe WEA 9 7 5 Sleepless in Seattle Columbia 10 12 10 Barney Live! In NYC Lyon

Source: VideoScan Inc.

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 Oct. 16:

TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS

Rank Program Network Air Day Air Time Rating 1 Home Improvement ABC Tue. 9:00 21.0 2 Grace Under Fire ABC Tue. 9:30 20.1 3 Seinfeld NBC Thu. 9:00 20.0 4 E.R. NBC Thu. 10:00 19.1 5 60 Minutes CBS Sun. 7:00 18.3 6 Monday Night Football ABC Mon. 9:00 18.1 7 Roseanne ABC Wed. 9:00 18.0 8 NYPD Blue ABC Tue. 10:00 17.4 9 Murder, She Wrote CBS Sun. 8:00 17.0 10 Frasier NBC Tue. 9:00 15.9 11 Ellen ABC Wed. 9:30 15.6 12 Frasier spcl. NBC Tue. 9:30 14.9 Tie Mad About You NBC Thu. 8:00 14.9 Tie Murphy Brown CBS Mon. 9:00 14.9 15 Mad About You spcl. NBC Tue. 8:30 14.7 Tie Madman of the People NBC Thu. 9:30 14.7 17 20/20 ABC Fri. 10:00 14.5 18 Dave’s World CBS Mon. 8:30 14.1 19 Friends NBC Thu. 8:30 13.7 Tie Wings NBC Tue. 8:00 13.7

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WOMEN 18-49

Group size: 61,960,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 E.R. NBC 17.7 2 Seinfeld NBC 17.2 3 Grace Under Fire ABC 17.0 4 Home Improvement ABC 16.6 5 Roseanne ABC 15.7 6 Ellen ABC 14.1 7 NYPD Blue ABC 12.8 8 Mad About You (Thu.) NBC 12.6 Tie Madman of the People NBC 12.6 10 Friends NBC 12.4

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AGE 2 AND OLDER

Group size: 246,510,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Home Improvement ABC 13.9 2 Grace Under Fire ABC 12.7 3 Seinfeld NBC 11.9 4 Roseanne ABC 10.9 Tie E.R. NBC 10.9 6 60 Minutes CBS 10.2 7 Monday Night Football ABC 9.9 Tie NYPD Blue ABC 9.9 9 Murder, She Wrote CBS 9.7 10 Frasier NBC 9.5

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MEN 18-49

Group size: 60,200,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Monday Night Football ABC 14.3 2 Home Improvement ABC 14.2 3 Seinfeld NBC 14.0 4 Grace Under Fire ABC 12.4 5 Roseanne ABC 11.5 6 NYPD Blue ABC 10.7 7 Frasier NBC 10.3 8 Frasier spcl. NBC 10.0 Tie Married With Children Fox 10.0 10 Ellen ABC 9.9

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CHILDREN (AGES 2-11)

Group size: 38,180,000

Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Boy Meets World ABC 14.1 2 Home Improvement ABC 13.9 3 Step by Step ABC 12.9 4 Full House ABC 12.8 5 Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper ABC 11.9 Tie Me and the Boys ABC 11.9 7 Family Matters ABC 11.8 8 Grace Under Fire ABC 9.6 9 Roseanne ABC 9.3 10 All American Girl ABC 9.2

Source: A.C. Nielsen Co.