‘Makeover’ isn’t enough for ‘Town’

“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” was last week’s most-watched first-run TV show, but viewers didn’t stay tuned to ABC for the premiere of “My Kind of Town,” according to Nielsen Media Research figures released Tuesday.

The second of two new back-to-back “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” episodes, programmed in an attempt to increase the audience for “My Kind of Town,” was seen by more than 11.7 million people Sunday.

It was the second-most-watched program of the week, trailing only CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” which drew nearly 13.9 million viewers Thursday.

The premiere of “My Kind of Town,” a variety-comedy hybrid bringing 200 residents of a small town to a New York City studio to compete in comedic games and gags, was only able to keep 57% of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s” audience -- 6.7 million-plus viewers -- to finish 25th for the week.

CBS had seven of the week’s eight most-watched shows and was the most-watched network for the 11th consecutive week, averaging nearly 7.3 million viewers. It also led among viewers ages 25 to 54, its core audience, for the seventh consecutive week.

Fox continued its success among young-adult viewers, finishing first among viewers 18 to 34 for the 31st consecutive week. Fox had four of the five most-watched shows among viewers 18 to 34, led by the animated comedy “Family Guy,” which was also the week’s most-watched show among viewers 12 to 17.

ABC led among men ages 18 to 49 and 25 to 54.

The story was very different locally, however. In Los Angeles, Spanish-language outlet KMEX-TV Channel 34 was the dominant station last week with 12 of the 13 highest-rated programs, led by its telenovela “La Madrastra.”

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Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Aug. 8-14) 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 277.93 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions.

*--* 1 CSI CBS 13.85 2 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8 p.m.) ABC 11.71 3 Without a Trace CBS 11.54 4 CSI: Miami CBS 11.35 5 60 Minutes CBS 10.88

6 Two and a Half Men CBS 10.12 7 Two and a Half Men (9:30 p.m.) CBS 10.07 8 NCIS CBS 9.45 9 AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game ABC 9.10 10 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (9 p.m.) NBC 8.73

11 “Unforgettable Moments in Television Entertainment NBC 8.65 ... “ 12 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 8.50 13 “AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Showcase” ABC 8.46 14 Law & Order: SVU NBC 8.34 15 Crossing Jordan (Sun.) NBC 8.17

16 CSI: NY CBS 8.14 17 Cold Case CBS 8.11 18 Big Brother 6 (Tue.) CBS 8.10 19 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7 p.m.) ABC 7.63 20 Law & Order NBC 7.57

21 “Living With the Dead,” Part 1 CBS 7.32 22 Big Brother 6 (Thu.) CBS 7.17 23 Dateline: NBC (Fri.) NBC 7.01 24 King of Queens (Mon.) CBS 6.98 25 My Kind of Town ABC 6.71

26 20/20 ABC 6.57 27 House FOX 6.52 Family Guy (9 p.m.) FOX 6.52 29 Primetime ABC 6.47 30 So You Think You Can Dance FOX 6.33

Most Outrageous Moments on Live TV NBC 6.33 32 Family Guy (8:30 p.m. Sun.) FOX 6.24 33 Rock Star: INXS (Tue.) CBS 6.22 34 The Simpsons FOX 5.99 According to Jim ABC 5.99

36 Boston Legal ABC 5.84 37 Law & Order: Trial by Jury (Sat.) NBC 5.72 38 “Miss Teen USA” NBC 5.71 39 Crossing Jordan (Fri.) NBC 5.58 40 Rodney ABC 5.56

41 Big Brother 6 (Sat.) CBS 5.46 42 American Dad FOX 5.40 43 America’s Most Wanted FOX 5.36 44 Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 5.34 45 Will & Grace (9 p.m.) NBC 5.16

46 48 Hours Mystery CBS 5.10 47 Joey NBC 5.08 48 My Wife and Kids ABC 5.02 49 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (8 p.m.) NBC 4.96 50 Desperate Housewives ABC 4.91

Fear Factor NBC 4.91 52 Trading Spouses FOX 4.87 53 Will & Grace (8:30 p.m.) NBC 4.78 54 Cops FOX 4.69 55 Extreme Makeover (Thu., 8 p.m.) ABC 4.66

56 WWE Smackdown! UPN 4.62 57 Still Standing CBS 4.57 58 That ‘70s Show (8:30 p.m.) FOX 4.52 59 Rock Star: INXS (Wed.) CBS 4.51 60 Crimetime Saturday CBS 4.46

61 Meet Mister Mom NBC 4.42 62 Law & Order (Sat.) NBC 4.32 63 Yes, Dear CBS 4.30 64 Rodney (8:30 p.m.) ABC 4.22 65 Hope & Faith (9 p.m.) ABC 4.21

66 E.R. NBC 4.18 67 “Any Given Sunday” ABC 4.17 68 8 Simple Rules ABC 4.15 69 U.S. Gymnastics Championships (Sun.) NBC 4.14 70 That ‘70s Show (8 p.m.) FOX 4.08

71 King of Queens (Wed.) CBS 4.07 72 Bernie Mac FOX 4.05 73 Renovate My Family (9 p.m.) FOX 4.01 74 Less Than Perfect ABC 3.99 75 Scrubs NBC 3.94

76 Lost ABC 3.89 Hooking Up ABC 3.89 78 Numb3rs CBS 3.75 King of the Hill FOX 3.75 80 I Want to Be a Hilton NBC 3.72

81 Hope & Faith (8:30 p.m.) ABC 3.70 82 Renovate My Family (8 p.m.) FOX 3.48 83 Malcolm in the Middle FOX 3.44 84 U.S. Gymnastics Championships (Sat.) NBC 3.05 85 The O.C. FOX 3.04

86 Veronica Mars (Fri.) CBS 2.99 87 The Cut CBS 2.75 88 Gilmore Girls (9 p.m.) WB 2.54 89 Arrested Development (8 p.m.) FOX 2.52 90 Reba WB 2.50

91 R U the Girl: T-Boz & Chilli UPN 2.47 92 7th Heaven WB 2.44 93 Arrested Development (8:30 p.m.) FOX 2.31 94 Arrested Development (9:30 p.m.) FOX 2.30 95 R U the Girl: Encore UPN 2.25

96 Arrested Development (9 p.m.) FOX 2.21 97 Gilmore Girls (8 p.m.) WB 2.18 98 “Brothers” WB 2.03 99 Half and Half UPN 1.96 100 Girlfriends UPN 1.94

101 All of Us UPN 1.93 102 Living With Fran WB 1.92 103 Smallville (Thu.) WB 1.91 104 Smallville (Wed.) WB 1.89 105 Veronica Mars (Wed.) UPN 1.88

106 Eve UPN 1.86 107 One on One (Mon.) UPN 1.85 108 “Nora’s Hair Salon” UPN 1.80 109 Summerland WB 1.76 110 Blue Collar TV WB 1.70

111 One on One (Tue.) UPN 1.67 112 What I Like About You WB 1.48 113 Charmed WB 1.41 114 One Tree Hill WB 1.30 115 Everwood WB 1.20

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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 7.30 11.56

ABC 6.03 9.07

NBC 5.86 8.86

FOX 4.57 8.85

UPN 2.51 3.17

WB 1.88 3.02

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