'Dove' returns on top
The seven-hour miniseries finished with a 16.4/25 overall -- relatively strong but down 37% from the 26.1/39 lassoed by the four-part, eight-hour original in February 1989.
The stiff competition did knock "L.A. Law" (10.3/17) to what's believed to be its lowest rating ever for an original episode. "Dove" broke a three-week Thursday streak for NBC, which has won the night seven out of nine times this season.
