"Law & Order" was far and away the most-watched program of the night with an average at 10 p.m. of 19.1 million viewers and a 7.0 rating/18 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research data. [...] a solid two-hour season premiere of the WB Network's signature drama, "Dawson's Creek" (4.3/13 in adults 18-34, 4.0/12 in persons 12-34), propelled the network to No.1 in the demos, the network's first-ever second consecutive nightly win in the key demographics. With Fox pre-empting its regular slate for baseball playoff games, ABC had the sitcom field all to itself.

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