National Nielsen Viewership

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Sept. 9-15) 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 there are 272.04 million potential viewers in the U.S. age 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions

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*--* 1 Monday Night Football ABC 19.08 2 “Monday Night Showcase” ABC 17.10 3 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 14.21 4 CSI CBS 13.91 5 CSI (Mon.) CBS 13.79 6 “9/11” CBS 12.19 7 Becker CBS 11.89 8 60 Minutes CBS 11.27 9 Dateline: NBC (Tue.) NBC 11.03 10 News Special (Wed., 8 p.m.) ABC 10.91 11 Law & Order: Criminal Intent NBC 10.81 Friends NBC 10.81 13 Big Brother 3 (Thu.) CBS 10.62 14 Law & Order: SVU (Sun.) NBC 10.52 15 Primetime Thursday ABC 10.31 16 Frasier NBC 10.24 17 Yes, Dear CBS 10.06 18 Forensic Files NBC 9.96 19 60 Minutes II CBS 9.63 20 Law & Order: SVU NBC 9.53 21 Dateline NBC (Wed.) NBC 9.47 22 “Concert for America” NBC 9.43 23 “Lost World: Jurassic Park 2” FOX 9.42 24 Will & Grace NBC 9.33 25 Will & Grace (9:30 p.m.) NBC 9.01 26 America’s Most Wanted FOX 8.99 27 “Report From Ground Zero” ABC 8.86 28 King of Queens CBS 8.78 29 JAG CBS 8.68 30 Scrubs NBC 8.62 31 20/20 (Fri.) ABC 8.53 32 The Agency (Sat.) CBS 8.31 33 Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 8.27 34 “TV’s Fun. Game Shows” FOX 8.00 35 “Notting Hill” ABC 7.90 36 “Liar, Liar” ABC 7.84 37 According to Jim (8:30 p.m.) ABC 7.68 38 The Guardian CBS 7.62 39 That ‘70’s Show FOX 7.60 The Drew Carey Show ABC 7.60 Dateline NBC (Fri.) NBC 7.60 42 Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 7.55 43 News Special (10 p.m.) ABC 7.40 44 Big Brother 3 (Sat.) CBS 7.34 45 Whose Line Is It Anyway? ABC 7.31 46 Becker (Sun.) CBS 7.23 47 Grounded for Life FOX 7.12 48 Judging Amy CBS 6.97 49 The District CBS 6.84 50 ER NBC 6.83 51 Fun. Home Videos (9 p.m.) ABC 6.65 52 “Message in a Bottle” CBS 6.57 53 Fear Factor NBC 6.53 College Football (Sat.) ABC 6.53 55 According to Jim ABC 6.49 56 “Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo” FOX 6.42 57 Cops FOX 6.33 58 WWE Smackdown! UPN 6.24 59 “Magicians Finally Revealed” FOX 6.23 60 Fun. Home Videos ABC 6.16 61 48 Hours CBS 6.12 Frasier (8:30 p.m.) NBC 6.12 63 “All New Bloopers” ABC 5.83 64 Just Shoot Me NBC 5.72 65 “Magic’s/Secrets Revealed” FOX 5.55 66 Third Watch NBC 5.25 67 Forensic Files (Sat.) NBC 5.05 68 Crossing Jordan NBC 5.00 69 Providence NBC 4.77 70 “My Dog Skip” WB 4.73 71 Meet My Folks NBC 4.70 72 Dog Eat Dog NBC 4.69 73 “I Love Lucy’s/Anniversary” CBS 4.66 74 Family Affair WB 4.55 75 One on One UPN 4.18 76 Girlfriends UPN 4.02 77 Girlfriends (9:30 p.m.) UPN 3.86 78 “Lost and Found” FOX 3.85 79 Reba (9:30 p.m.) WB 3.58 80 Smallville WB 3.47 81 Reba WB 3.45 82 Family Affair (Fri.) WB 3.44 83 “The Fifth Element” UPN 3.19 84 The Parkers UPN 3.11 85 Gilmore Girls WB 3.09

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*--* Network Averages Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season Network Last week Season to date CBS 9.59 11.00 ABC 8.98 8.59 NBC 7.91 11.73 FOX 7.07 8.29 UPN 3.43 3.84 WB 3.22 3.35

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*--* SOUTHLAND RANKINGS Here are last week’s top 10 Southland programs in prime time (in millions) No. Program Station Viewers 1 Monday Night Football KABC 6.69 2 Law & Order: Criminal Intent KNBC 5.19 3 “9/11” KCBS 4.70 4 News Special 9/11 (8 p.m.) KABC 4.64 5 Will & Grace KNBC 4.60 6 CSI KCBS 4.55 7 CSI (Mon.) KCBS 4.39 8 Law & Order: SVU KNBC 4.28 9 Friends KNBC 4.26 10 Dateline NBC (Tue.) KNBC 4.18

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