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Most watched TV shows of 1996 in the United States

ER (NBC) Seinfeld (NBC) Friends (NBC) Caroline in the City (NBC) Monday Night Football (ABC) The Single Guy (NBC) Home Improvement (ABC) Boston Common (NBC) 60 Minutes (CBS) N.Y.P.D. Blue (ABC) 20/20 (ABC) Frasier (NBC) Grace Under Fire (ABC) NBC Monday Night Movie (NBC) Coach (ABC) The Nanny (ABC) Roseanne (ABC) Walker, Texas Ranger (CBS) Primetime Live (ABC) Murphy Brown (CBS)  

Top selling video games of 1996 in Japan

Pokémon Red / Green / Blue (Nintendo) - 1.6 million units Tekken 2 (Namco) - 1.08 million units Super Mario RPG (Nintendo) - 995,898 units Biohazard (Capcom) - 942,987 units Derby Stallion '96 (ASCII) - 903,200 units Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) - 890,749 units Dragon Quest III (Enix) - 719,886 units Arc the Lad II (Sony) - 672,420 units Tobal No. 1 (Squaresoft) - 657,816 units Dragon Quest VI (Enix) - 599,315 units

Best selling singles of 1996

"Macarena" by Los Del Rio (BMG) "Killing Me Softly" by The Fugees (Sony) "Wannabe" by Spice Girls (EMI) "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion (Sony) "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (Sony) "Children" by Robert Miles (BMG) "California Love" by Tupac Shakur featuring Dr. Dre (Universal) "Missing" by Everything But the Girl (Warner) "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis (Warner) "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V. (Universal) "Fastlove" by George Michael (Universal) "You're Makin' Me High" by Toni Braxton (BMG) "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey (Sony) "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (Sony) "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Celine Dion (Sony) "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton (BMG) "They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson (Sony) "Exhale (Shoop Shoop

Highest grossing films of 1996

Independence Day (Fox) - $817.4 million Twister (Warner Bros./Universal) - $495.7 million Mission: Impossible (Paramount) - $457.7 million The Rock (Disney) - $335.1 million The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney) - $325.3 million 101 Dalmatians (Disney) - $320.7 million Ransom (Disney) - $309.5 million The Nutty Professor (Universal) - $274 million Jerry Maguire (Sony) - $273.6 million Eraser (Warner Bros.) - $242.3 million