From the June 4th Entertainment Weekly:

TV WINNERS & LOSERS: NUMBERS RACKET
A FINAL TALLY OF THE SEASON'S SHOWS
	
LAST   %CHANGE
RANK  VIEWERS[1] SHOW/NETWORK                                SEASON[2] [3]
  1     25.4     ER NBC                                            2  -16%
  2     23.5     Friends NBC                                       4   -2%
  3     22.5     Frasier NBC                                      13  +35%
  4     20.1     Jesse NBC                                        --    --
  5     19.6     NFL Monday Night Football ABC                     6   -7%
  6     19.5     Touched by an Angel CBS                           5  -11%
  7     19.3     Veronica's Closet NBC                             3  -21%
  8     18.7     60 Minutes CBS                                    8   -6%
  9     17.3     CBS Sunday Movie CBS                              9  -11%
 10     15.6     Everybody...Raymond CBS                          33  +17%
 11     15.4     20/20 ABC Wednesday                              --    --
 12     15.3     The X-Files Fox                                  11  -11%
 13     14.9     The Drew Carey Show ABC                          13  -11%
 14     14.8     Home Improvement ABC                             10  -20%
 15     14.4     NYPD Blue ABC                                    19   -4%
        14.4     Walker, Texas Ranger CBS                         21    0%
 17     14.2     JAG CBS                                          36  +10%
 18     13.9     Becker CBS                                       --    --
        13.9     Providence NBC                                   --    --
 20     13.8     Ally McBeal Fox                                  59  +21%
        13.8     Law & Order NBC                                  24   -2%
 22     13.7     20/20 ABC Friday                                 19   -9%
 23     13.6     Dateline NBC Friday 9 p.m.                       34   +3%
        13.6     NBC Sunday Night Movie                           22   -4%
 25     13.5     Dharma & Greg ABC                                25   -3%
        13.5     The Simpsons Fox                                 17  -12%
 27     13.4     CBS Tuesday Movie                                --    --
 28     13.1     Spin City ABC                                    47   +9%
        13.1     Whose Line Is It Anyway? ABC                     --    --
 30     13.0     Dateline NBC Monday                              16  -16%
        13.0     Dateline NBC Tuesday                             17  -15%
 32     12.9     Diagnosis Murder CBS                             25   -7%
 33     12.8     Family Guy Fox                                   --    --
 34     12.7     The Practice ABC                                 82  +27%
 35     12.5     Cosby CBS                                        28   -9%
        12.5     The King of Queens CBS                           --    --
 37     12.4     The Hughleys ABC                                 --    --
        12.4     Just Shoot Me NBC                                12  -27%
        12.4     Nash Bridges CBS                                 51   +6%
 40     12.3     Will & Grace NBC                                 --    --
 41     12.2     Dateline NBC Wed. 8 p.m.                         --    --
        12.2     Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC                   41   +2%
 43     12.1     60 Minutes II CBS                                --    --
 44     12.0     Two Guys, a Girl...  ABC                         36   -7%
 45     11.9     The Wonderful World of Disney ABC                30  -12%
 46     11.8     The Norm Show ABC                                --    --
        11.8     Sons of Thunder CBS                              --    --
        11.8     20/20 ABC Sunday                                 --    --
 49     11.7     That '70s Show Fox                               --    --
 50     11.6     World's Most Amazing Videos NBC                  --    --
 51     11.5     Promised Land CBS                                35  -12%
        11.5     The Secret Lives of Men ABC                      --    --
 53     11.2     Candid Camera CBS                                48   -6%
        11.2     20/20 ABC Monday                                 25  -19%
 55     11.1     Dateline NBC Friday 8 p.m.                       --    --
        11.1     Kids Say the Darndest Things CBS                 45   -8%
 57     11.0     Martial Law CBS                                  --    --
 58     10.9     ABC Monday Night Movie                           --    --
        10.9     Boy Meets World ABC                              55   -6%
 60     10.8     Dateline NBC Sunday 8 p.m.                       40  -14%
        10.8     Two of a Kind ABC                                --    --
 62     10.7     Brother's Keeper ABC                             --    --
        10.7     48 Hours CBS                                     69   -2%
 64     10.6     It's like, you know... ABC                       --    --
 65     10.5     Sports Night ABC                                 --    --
 66     10.3     Homicide... NBC                                  74   -4%
        10.3     The Magnificent Seven CBS                        38  -20%
        10.3     Turks CBS                                        --    --
 69     10.2     Early Edition CBS                                48  -14%
 70     10.1     Party of Five Fox                                56  -12%
 71     10.0     L.A. Doctors CBS                                 --    --
        10.0     The Pretender NBC                                59  -12%
 73      9.9     Chicago Hope CBS                                 45  -18%
 74      9.8     Cops 2 Fox                                       82   -2%
 75      9.7     Beverly Hills, 90210 Fox                         59  -15%
         9.7     Unsolved Mysteries CBS                           86   -2%
 77      9.6     The Brian Benben Show CBS                        --    --
         9.6     NewsRadio NBC                                    68  -13%
         9.6     3rd Rock From the Sun NBC                        43  -22%
         9.6     ...Wildest Police Videos Fox                     81   -5%
 81      9.5     Dateline NBC Sunday 7 p.m.                       71  -12%
         9.5     Suddenly Susan NBC                               71  -12%
         9.5     Working NBC                                      59  -17%
 84      9.3     The Nanny CBS                                    56  -19%
 85      9.1     America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Fox   91   -7%
         9.1     Guinness...Records Fox                           --    --
         9.1     Mad About You NBC                                32  -32%
         9.1     The PJs Fox                                      --    --
 89      8.9     Futurama Fox                                     --    --
         8.9     Profiler NBC                                     86  -10%
 91      8.8     Caroline in the City NBC                         51  -25%
 92      8.6     Maggie Winters CBS                               --    --
 93      8.5     ABC Thursday Night Movie                        104   +4%
         8.5     Cops Fox                                        100   -2%
 95      8.4     Everything's Relative NBC                        --    --
         8.4     Melrose Place Fox                                80  -18%
 97      8.3     Buddy Faro CBS                                   --    --
         8.3     Conrad Bloom NBC                                 --    --
 99      8.1     ABC Saturday Night Movie                        109   +1%
         8.1     Encore! Encore! NBC                              --    --
         8.1     Payne CBS                                        --    --
         8.1     Trinity NBC                                      --    --
103      8.0     Fox Files Fox                                    --    --
104      7.9     King of the Hill Fox                             15  -52%
         7.9     To Have & to Hold CBS                            --    --
106      7.6     7th Heaven WB                                   131  +31%
107      7.2     Lateline NBC                                     43  -41%
         7.2     The World's Funniest! Fox                        93  -24%
109      7.1     Funniest Home Videos ABC                         63  -37%
         7.1     Vengeance Unlimited ABC                          --    --
111      6.5     Millennium Fox                                  104  -21%
112      6.1     Strange World ABC                                --    --
113      6.0     Fantasy Island ABC                               --    --
114      5.8     Cupid ABC                                        --    --
         5.8     Wind on Water NBC                                --    --
116      5.6     Brimstone Fox                                    --    --
         5.6     Costello Fox                                     --    --
118      5.4     Charmed WB                                       --    --
         5.4     Dawson's Creek WB                               121  -18%
120      5.3     Buffy...Vampire Slayer WB                       133   +2%
121      5.2     The Big Moment ABC                               --    --
122      4.9     Holding the Baby Fox                             --    --
         4.9     Star Trek: Voyager UPN                          132   -9%
124      4.4     Felicity WB                                      --    --
125      4.1     Rescue 77 WB                                     --    --
         4.1     The Steve Harvey Show WB                        134  -20%
127      4.0     Living in Captivity Fox                          --    --
         4.0     Smart Guy WB                                    136  -20%
129      3.8     Getting Personal Fox                            115  -46%
         3.8     The Jamie Foxx Show WB                          143   -3%
131      3.7     For Your Love WB                                 86  -63%
         3.7     7th Heaven: Beginnings WB                        --    --
133      3.6     Sister, Sister WB                               139  -23%
134      3.5     The Wayans Bros. WB                             134  -31%
135      3.4     Dilbert UPN                                      --    --
         3.4     7 Days UPN                                       --    --
137      3.3     Moesha UPN                                      141  -18%
         3.3     Unhappily Ever After WB                         145  -13%
139      3.2     Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane WB                      --    --
140      2.9     Hyperion Bay WB                                  --    --
141      2.8     Clueless UPN                                    148  -22%
142      2.7     The Army Show WB                                 --    --
143      2.6     Between Brothers UPN                            118  -62%
         2.6     Red Handed UPN                                   --    --
145      2.5     UPN Thursday Night Movie                         --    --
146      2.4     Family Rules UPN                                 --    --
         2.4     The Sentinel UPN                                147  -35%
148      2.3     Guys Like Us UPN                                 --    --
         2.3     Malcolm & Eddie UPN                             140  -47%
150      2.2     ...Greatest Pets UPN                             --    --
151      2.1     Mercy Point UPN                                  --    --
152      2.0     ...Greatest Pets II UPN                          --    --
         2.0     Love Boat: The Next Wave UPN                    138  -58%
154      1.9     DiResta UPN                                      --    --
155      1.8     The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer UPN         --    --
         1.8     Legacy UPN                                       --    --
157      1.7     Home Movies UPN                                  --    --
158      1.4     Reunited UPN                                     --    --
[1] IN MILLIONS (SEPT. 21, 1998-MAY 23, 1999)
[2] SEPT. 22, 1997-MAY 17, 1998
[3] PERCENT CHANGE REFLECTS DIFFERENCE IN VIEWERSHIP. SOURCE: EW ANALYSIS OF NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH DATA


As for the Place's finale, it only averaged 10.38 million viewers. Rather dismal numbers.


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