NBC and ABC devoted much of their Friday night schedules to both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. And unlike Thursday night, on Friday NBC came out on top.

• 8pm:

NBC - "Farrah's Story" — 3.88M Total Viewers

• 9pm

NBC - "Farrah's Story" — 5.37M

ABC - "Michael Jackson: The Man and His Music" — 3.74M

• 10pm:

NBC - "Michael Jackson: The King of Pop" — 6.64M

ABC - "20/20" — 6.03M

NBC won primetime averaging 5.30M Total Viewers; CBS was second with drama reruns (4.67M); ABC was third with sitcoms at 8ET and the news programs at 9 and 10 (4.0M).