Prime-Time TV Rankings

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (May 16-22) 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. age 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions.

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*--* 1 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 32.94 2 CSI CBS 30.73 3 Desperate Housewives (Sun.) ABC 30.62 4 American Idol (Wed.) FOX 27.93 5 American Idol (Tue.) FOX 24.98

6 “Raymond: Last Laugh” CBS 24.52 7 Two and a Half Men CBS 24.24 8 CSI: Miami CBS 22.98 9 Grey’s Anatomy ABC 22.22 10 Without a Trace CBS 21.42

11 ER NBC 18.76 12 Lost ABC 18.62 13 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC 17.80 14 House FOX 17.68 15 Law & Order: SVU (10 p.m.) NBC 16.21

16 Cold Case CBS 14.60 17 Apprentice 3 NBC 14.02 18 Law & Order NBC 12.41 19 CSI: NY FOX 12.30 20 “Academy of Country Music Awards” CBS 11.95

21 24 FOX 11.67 22 Stacked FOX 11.57 23 CSI (Sun.) CBS 11.45 24 CSI: Miami (Sun.) CBS 10.63 25 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (7 p.m.) ABC 10.59

26 60 Minutes CBS 9.91 27 Law & Order: SVU (9 p.m.) NBC 9.71 28 Dateline: NBC (Fri.) NBC 9.49 29 Yes, Dear CBS 9.45 30 The Bachelor ABC 9.27

31 “American Idol: World’s Worst” FOX 9.09 32 Alias ABC 8.85 33 Law & Order (Sat.) NBC 8.81 34 That ‘70s Show FOX 8.77 35 Law & Order: Trial by Jury NBC 8.66

36 “Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones” FOX 8.62 37 Revelations NBC 8.15 38 Law & Order: Criminal Intent NBC 8.00 39 King of Queens CBS 7.95 40 Will & Grace NBC 7.92

41 According to Jim ABC 7.85 42 Wonderful World of Disney ABC 7.75 43 The O.C. FOX 7.63 44 “Daytime Emmy Awards” CBS 7.62 45 20/20 (Fri.) ABC 7.29

46 Nanny 911 FOX 7.27 47 “Hercules” NBC 7.23 48 “Dr. Phil: Escaping Addiction” CBS 7.14 49 60 Minutes Wednesday CBS 6.74 50 Dateline: NBC (Sun.) NBC 6.66

51 George Lopez ABC 6.57 52 48 Hours Mystery CBS 6.43 53 Dateline: NBC (Wed.) NBC 6.36 54 Law & Order: SVU (Sat.) NBC 6.35 55 Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 6.13

56 America’s Next Top Model 4 UPN 6.07 57 Blind Justice ABC 6.05 58 Contender NBC 5.95 Crimetime Saturday CBS 5.95 60 My Wife and Kids ABC 5.92

61 America’s Most Wanted FOX 5.91 62 Gilmore Girls WB 5.89 “NBA Playoffs” (Thu.) ABC 5.89 64 Without a Trace (Sat.) CBS 5.59 65 Most Outrageous Moments on Live TV NBC 5.48

66 Smallville WB 5.47 67 Cops FOX 5.44 68 Desperate Housewives (Sat., 10 p.m.) ABC 5.41 69 7th Heaven WB 4.91 70 Crossing Jordan (9 p.m.) NBC 4.89

71 WWE Smackdown! UPN 4.46 72 Girlfriends UPN 4.42 Everwood WB 4.42 74 “NBA Gametime” (Thu.) ABC 4.35 75 One Tree Hill WB 4.20

76 “Shallow Hal” FOX 4.01 77 Crossing Jordan (8 p.m.) NBC 3.86 78 Half and Half UPN 3.85 79 Desperate Housewives (Sat., 9 p.m.) ABC 3.84 80 Reba (9 p.m.) WB 3.70

81 “Britney and Kevin: Chaotic” UPN 3.66 82 Charmed (8 p.m.) WB 3.44 83 Cuts UPN 3.40 84 “Lost: The Journey” ABC 3.35 85 One on One UPN 3.32

86 Kevin Hill UPN 3.14 87 Blue Collar TV (8:30 p.m.) WB 3.00 88 Reba (9:30 p.m.) WB 2.97 89 Blue Collar TV WB 2.93 90 “Jeff Foxworthy” WB 2.89

91 America’s Next Top Model 4 (Tue., 8 p.m.) UPN 2.70 92 Steve Harvey’s Big Time WB 2.62 93 Living With Fran WB 2.56 94 Reba (8:30 p.m.) WB 2.54 95 What I Like About You WB 1.94

96 Charmed (7 p.m.) WB 1.69 America’s Next Top Model 4 (Fri., 9 p.m.) UPN 1.69 98 America’s Next Top Model 4 (Fri., 8 p.m.) UPN 1.27

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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 14.08 12.94

FOX 10.22 9.90

ABC 9.92 10.05

NBC 8.77 9.78

WB 3.70 3.35

UPN 3.50 3.36

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