Top 10 Videos”Twister” blows its way onto...

Top 10 Videos

“Twister” blows its way onto the top spot in its first week of release on video. Top 10 videos for the week ended Oct. 10, ranked by weekly unit sales.

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Last 2 wks Rank week ago Title Label 1 -- -- Twister Warner 2 1 94 Oliver & Company Disney 3 -- -- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial MCA 4 2 1 Wizard of Oz MGM 5 -- -- Willy Wonka Warner 6 4 3 Braveheart Paramount 7 3 2 Sound of Music Fox 8 5 -- American President Columbia 9 16 -- My Fair Lady Fox 10 6 4 Muppet Treasure Island Disney

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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. 6:

TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS

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Rank Program Network Air Day Air Time Rating 1 E.R. NBC Thu. 10:00 22.2 2 Seinfeld NBC Thu. 9:00 21.8 3 Monday Night Football ABC Mon. 9:00 19.7 4 Suddenly Susan NBC Thu. 9:30 18.5 5 Home Improvement ABC Tue. 9:00 18.4 6 Friends NBC Thu. 8:00 17.3 7 Spin City ABC Tue. 9:30 15.8 8 Single Guy NBC Thu. 8:30 15.4 9 Country Music Awards CBS Wed. 8:00 14.9 10 Murphy Brown CBS Mon. 9:00 13.2 Tie Walker, Texas Ranger CBS Sat. 10:00 13.2 Tie X-Files Fox Fri. 9:00 13.2 13 20/20 ABC Fri. 10:00 13.1 14 Cybill CBS Mon. 9:30 12.9 15 Roseanne ABC Tue. 8:00 12.8 16 Mov.: Peop. Next Door CBS Tue. 9:00 12.7 17 Life’s Work ABC Tue. 8:30 12.5 18 Cosby CBS Mon. 8:00 12.4 Tie 60 Minutes CBS Sun. 7:00 12.4 20 Pearl CBS Mon. 8:30 12.3

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WOMEN 18-49

Group size: 61,960,000

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Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 E.R. NBC 20.9 2 Seinfeld NBC 19.0 3 Suddenly Susan NBC 16.1 4 Home Improvement ABC 15.2 5 Friends NBC 14.7 6 Spin City ABC 14.4 7 Single Guy NBC 13.3 8 X-Files Fox 11.6 9 Life’s Work ABC 10.7 10 Roseanne ABC 10.6

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AGE 2 AND OLDER

Group size: 246,510,000

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Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Seinfeld NBC 12.6 2 E.R. NBC 12.1 3 Monday Night Football ABC 10.9 4 Home Improvement ABC 10.6 5 Suddenly Susan NBC 10.0 Tie Friends NBC 10.0 7 Spin City NBC 9.1 8 Country Music Awards CBS 8.8 Tie Single Guy NBC 8.8 10 X-Files Fox 8.4

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MEN 18-49

Group size: 60,200,000

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Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Monday Night Football ABC 16.0 2 Seinfeld NBC 14.8 3 E.R. NBC 12.3 4 X-Files Fox 11.5 5 Friends NBC 11.1 6 Suddenly Susan NBC 10.7 7 Home Improvement ABC 10.1 8 Single Guy NBC 9.4 9 Spin City ABC 9.2 10 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 8.7

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CHILDREN (AGES 2-11)

Group size: 38,180,000

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Rank Program Netwk. Rat’g 1 Sabrina-Teenage Witch ABC 10.1 2 Clueless ABC 9.3 3 Family Matters ABC 9.0 4 Boy Meets World ABC 7.0 5 Lois & Clark ABC 5.8 Tie Home Improvement ABC 5.8 7 Friends NBC 5.7 8 Single Guy NBC 5.1 9 X-Files Fox 4.9 10 Life’s Work ABC 4.5

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Source: A.C. Nielsen Co.