This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1997–98 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research. Rank Program Network Rating 1 Seinfeld NBC 21.7 2 ER 20.4 3 Veronica's Closet 16.6 4 Friends 16.1 5 Monday Night Football ABC 15.0 6 Touched by an Angel CBS 14.2 7 60 Minutes 13.8 8 Union Square NBC 13.6 9 CBS Sunday Movie CBS 13.110 Home Improvement ABC 12.0 Frasier NBC 12 Just Shoot Me! 11.9 13 Dateline NBC — Tuesday 11.5 14 Dateline NBC — Monday 11.4 15 The Drew Carey Show ABC 11.1 16 20/20 — Friday 10.917 Primetime Live 10.8 NYPD Blue 19 The X-Files FOX 10.6 20 Law & Order NBC 10.2 21 20/20 — Monday ABC 10.0 22 Diagnosis: Murder CBS 9.823 Mad About You NBC 9.7 King of the Hill FOX25 Cosby CBS 9.5 Dharma & Greg ABC 27 NBC Sunday Night Movie NBC 9.428 Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 9.3 Hiller and Diller ABC30 The Simpsons FOX 9.2 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS
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