National Nielsen Viewership

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Nov. 20-26) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates that there are 260 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions.

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Network Averages

Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season.

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Last Season week to date NBC 14.12 million 12.93 ABC 13.71 13.45 CBS 12.94 12.39 FOX 9.92 10.22 WB 4.01 4.39 UPN 3.49 4.27

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Southland Viewing

Here are Nielsen’s Top 10 prime-time programs in the Los Angeles area during the same week. The rankings are based on the number of households watching.

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Sta- House- Program tion holds 1. ER KNBC 706,754 2. Will & Grace KNBC 679,983 3. “Titanic” KNBC 674,629 4. The Practice KABC 669,275 5. Ally McBeal KTTV 663,921 6. 60 Minutes KCBS 647,858 7. The West Wing KNBC 610,379 8. Friends KNBC 605,025 The Simpsons KTTV 605,025 Frasier KNBC 605,025

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