National Nielsen Viewership

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Oct. 2-8) 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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Program Network Viewers 1. The West Wing NBC 25.05 2. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 22.01 3. Millionaire (Tue.) ABC 20.69 4. Millionaire (Sun.) ABC 20.26 5. Millionaire (Thur.) ABC 19.32 6. Millionaire (Wed.) ABC 19.02 7. 60 Minutes CBS 17.63 8. Dark Angel FOX 17.38 9. C.S.I. CBS 17.30 10. Country Music Awards CBS 16.63 11. Ed NBC 16.46 12. The Practice ABC 16.36 13. Debate Analysis (Tue.) ABC 15.57 14. Monday Night Football ABC 15.43 15. “Personally Yours” CBS 14.70 16. Yes, Dear CBS 14.63 17. The District CBS 14.55 18. Friends NBC 14.36 19. Third Watch NBC 14.35 20. Deadline NBC 14.34 21. Nash Bridges CBS 14.19 22. Family Law CBS 14.08 23. King of Queens CBS 14.00 24. The Drew Carey Show ABC 13.61 25. JAG CBS 13.46 26. The Fugitive CBS 13.03 27. 20/20 (Fri.) ABC 13.00 28. That ‘70s Show FOX 11.92 29. “Kiss the Girls” NBC 11.87 30. Titans NBC 11.60 31. Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 11.57 32. Titus FOX 10.73 33. Debate Analysis (Tue.) CBS 10.21 34. Norm ABC 10.12 35. “Ransom” ABC 9.68 36. Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 9.63 37. “Mighty Joe Young” ABC 9.62 38. Best of Whose Line Is It ABC 9.54 39. Baseball: AL Series (Sun.) FOX 9.42 40. 20/20 Downtown ABC 8.97

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Net- View- Program work ers Police Videos FOX 8.97 42. That’s Life CBS 8.88 43. Madigan Men ABC 8.60 44. Vice Pres. Debate Analysis ABC 8.59 45. Baseball, AL Div. Series (Fri.) NBC 8.49 46. Tucker NBC 8.35 47. “Sexiest Bachelor” FOX 8.29 48. WWF Smackdown! UPN 8.07 49. Two Guys and a Girl ABC 7.78 Daddio NBC 7.78 51. Charmed WB 7.65 52. Norm ABC 7.51 53. Vice Pres. Debate Analysis NBC 7.31 54. Baseball, AL Series (Thu.) FOX 7.12 55. Star Trek: Voyager (9 p.m.) UPN 7.10 56. 7th Heaven WB 6.93 57. FreakyLinks FOX 6.77 58. Trouble With Normal ABC 6.65 59. Baseball, NL Series (Thu.) FOX 6.59 60. 48 Hours CBS 6.34 61. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer WB 6.17 62. Star Trek: Voyager (8 p.m.) UPN 5.17 63. Angel WB 5.04 64. Gilmore Girls WB 5.03 Futurama FOX 5.03 66. Dawson’s Creek WB 4.98 67. America’s Most Wanted FOX 4.89 68. Vice Pres. Debate Analysis CBS 4.80 69. Baseball, AL Series (Tue.) NBC 4.78 70. Baseball, AL Series (Sat.) NBC 4.67 71. Roswell WB 4.12 72. The Parkers FOX 4.02 73. The Hughleys UPN 3.97 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch WB 3.97 75. The PJs WB 3.79 76. The Steve Harvey Show WB 3.68 77. Moesha UPN 3.62 78. Girlfriends UPN 3.61 79. Felicity WB 3.52 80. Baseball, AL Preview (Sun.) FOX 3.45 81. Nikki WB 3.41 82. Hype WB 3.37 83. For Your Love WB 3.20 84. “Broken Arrow” (Tue.) UPN 3.11 85. Grosse Pointe WB 3.08 86. Popular WB 2.98 87. The Jamie Foxx Show WB 2.62 88. “Broken Arrow” (Fri.) UPN 2.40

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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 CBS 14.54 million 14.54 ABC 12.93 12.93 NBC 10.98 10.98 FOX 8.79 8.79 UPN 4.70 4.70 WB 4.61 4.61

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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. West Wing KNBC 1,033,612 2. The Practice KABC 797,970 3. 20/20 KABC 771,192 4. Millionaire (Sun.) KABC 760,481 5. 60 Minutes KCBS 733,704 6. Everybody Loves Raymond KCBS 674,793 7. Millionaire (Wed.) KABC 664,082 8. Ed KNBC 648,016 9. Deadline KNBC 594,461 10. C.S.I. KCBS 578,394

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