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National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Dec. 8-14) as compiled Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates that there are 254 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions. Net- View- Net- ViewProgram work ers Program work NBC 31.66 104. Clueless UPN 4.72 1. ER 105. Malcolm &amp; Eddie UPN 4.52 2. Seinfeld NBC 30.47 106. Malcolm &amp; Eddie (8 p.m.) UPN 4.45 107. In the House UPN 4.41 3. Veronica's Closet NBC 24.57 &amp; Eddie 108. Malcolm (9 p.m.) UPN 4.26 4. "Ellen Foster" CBS 24.13 109. "National Geographic" NBC 3.99 110. Good News UPN 3.94 5. Friends NBC 23.89 111. The Jamie Foxx Show WB 3.89 6. The X-Files FOX 20.94 112. The Parent 'Hood WB 3.72 113. Sparks UPN 3.51 7. 60 Minutes CBS 20.31 114. Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher WB 3.29 8. Mon. Night Football ABC 20.26 115. The Sentinel UPN 3.15 Union Square NBC 19.99 116. Unhappily Ever After WB 3.11 9. 117. The Tom Show WB 2.70 10. Touched by an Angel CBS 19.89 118. Alright Already WB 2.34 11. Home improvement ABC 19.30 12. King of the Hill FOX 18.27 13. NYPD Blue ABC 18.25 Network Averages 14. Frasier NBC 17.82 Jena Malone 15. The Drew Carey Show ABC 17.58 Net• View16. Dharma &amp; Greg ABC 16.69 Program work Here is the number of viewers that each 17. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 16.34 network : averaged per hour of prime time, 18. "Holiday in Your Heart" ABC 16.21 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman CBS 10.95 for last week and for the season. 21. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 15.32 6888885 Working NBC 10.61 19. Frasier (9:30 p.m.) NBC 15.75 George &amp; Leo CBS 10.87 20. The Simpsons FOX 15.51 Homicide: Life on the Street NBC 10.77 Last Week Diagnosis Murder CBS 14.87 Murphy Brown CBS 10.51 . . 14.38 million 23. PrimeTime Live ABC 14.84 The Nanny CBS 10.39 24. Promised Land CBS 14.68 Grace Under Fire ABC 10.26 . . . . . CBS. 13.39 25. Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 14.43 68. The Naked Truth NBC 10.21 ABC 12.82 26. Law &amp; Order NBC 14.24 69. Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 10.04 FOX . . 10.86 27. Mad About You NBC 14.13 70. Profiler NBC 9.98 WB . . . . . . . . . . . 4.59 28. Spin City ABC 13.87 71. "Son-in-Law" FOX 9.84 UPN . ... . 4.34 29. Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 13.83 72. Teen Angel ABC 9.73 30. "Frosty Returns" CBS 13.69 Public Eye: Bryant Gumbel CBS 9.73 31. The Pretender NBC 13.60 America's Most Wanted FOX 9.73 Season to Date 32. "Frosty the Snowman" CBS 13.57 75. "Tales From the Tomb" ABC 9.63 33. Caroline in the City NBC 13.49 76. Michael Hayes CBS 9.31 NBC. . . . . . ... 15.27 million 34. JAG CBS 13.37 77. Cops FOX 9.06 CBS. . . . . . . .. . . . 14.15 *Kathie Lee Christmas" CBS 13.35 78. 48 Hours CBS 8.44 ABC . . 13.18 35. 36. Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 13.23 79. "Christmas Concert, Hope" CBS 8.38 37. Just Shoot Me NBC 13.06 80. Brooklyn South CBS 8.37 ...... . . FOX. 10.97 38. "The Flintstones" ABC 13.05 81. Dellaventura CBS 7.75 UPN . . . . . 4.60 20/20 ABC 13.05 82. The Tony Danza Show NBC 7.54 WB ... . . . . 4.36 40. "Story of Santa Claus"* CBS 13.01 83. Players NBC 7.50 41. Dateline NBC (Fri.) NBC 12.86 84. "Great White Shark" NBC 7.44 42. "*Billboard Music Awards" FOX 12.81 85. The Practice ABC 7.31 Southland Viewing 43. Cosby CBS 12.70 86. Living Single FOX 6.87 44. "Congo" NBC 12.35 87. Millennium FOX 6.59 Here are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time 45. Sabrina, Teen. Witch (8 p.m.) 12.27 88. Nothing Sacred ABC 6.56 programs in the Los Angeles area during 46. Ellen ABC 12.16 89. "Christmas Miracles" ABC 6.52 the same week. The rankings are based on 47. World's Funniest! FOX 12.11 90. Between Brothers FOX 6.40 the ABC 12.10 number of households watching. 48. Soul Man 91. "Santa vs. the Snowman". ABC 6.32 49. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC 12.02 92. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer WB 6.09 Sta- House50. Chicago Hope CBS 12.00 93. Cracker ABC 6.06 Program tion holds 51. 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 11.68 94. The Visitor FOX 5.95 1. Seinfeld KNBC 1,112,049 52. Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX 11.56 95. 413 Hope St. FOX 5.88 2. ER KNBC 971,791 53. Party of Five FOX 11.55 96. Sister, Sister WB 5.77 3. Friends KNBC 911,680 54. Suddenly Susan NBC 11.50 97. Smart Guy WB 4. 60 KCBS 85888 3rd Boy Mad Cybill 20/20 Rock Meets About (Thur.) From You World Sun (Mon.) (8 p.m.) ABC CBS NBC NBC ABC 11.03 11.05 11.04 11,17 11.29. 103. 102. 101. 100. 99. 7th The The Star "Online Trek: Steve Heaven Wayans Advent Harvey Voyager Bros. Ozzie Show Elf' ABC UPN WB WB WB 5835385 10. 9. 7. 6. 8. Union NYPD Frasier *Billboard Veronica's Blue Square Music Closet Awards" KNBC KNBC KABC KNBC KTTV 626,154 696,283 831,532 701,292 726,338 Minutes 851,569 The Pretender (8 p.m.) NBC 11.50 98. Moesha UPN The X-Files KTTV 851,569