 First broadcast in the United States on NBC on April 11 , 1991 , " The Statue " gained a Nielsen rating of 16 @.@ 1 and an audience share of 26 . This means that 16 @.@ 1 % of American households watched the episode , and that 26 % of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into it . Nielsen estimated that over 23 million people watched the episode 's initial broadcast , making it the tenth most @-@ watched program of the week it was broadcast in . 
