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Despite head-to-head competition with “Frasier,” “Home Improvement” continued to defend its prime-time ratings crown in the latest year-to-date survey. Top 10 series, ranked by average audience percentage:

Rank Program Ntwk. Day Time Aud. 1 Home Improvement ABC Tue. 9:00 21.5 2 Grace Under Fire ABC Tue. 9:30 20.5 3 Seinfeld NBC Thu. 9:00 20.1 4 E.R. NBC Thu. 10:00 18.4 5 Roseanne ABC Wed. 9:00 18.2 6 NYPD Blue ABC Tue. 10:00 17.9 7 Monday Night Football ABC Mon. 9:00 17.7 8 60 Minutes CBS Sun. 7:00 17.2 9 Murder, She Wrote CBS Sun. 8:00 16.3 10 Ellen ABC Wed. 9:30 16.0

Source: Nielsen Media Research