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Reginald big BET Bryan Chan Los Angeles Times Read all about it Sunday in Calendar For convenient home delivery, visit myaccount.latimes.com or call 1-800-LA TIMES Prime-Time TV Rankings Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Dec. 26-Jan. 1) 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. Program Network View- ersProgram Network Viewers 1 CSICBS17.65 2 Monday Night FootballABC14.43 3 NFL Monday ShowcaseABC13.34 4 CSI: MiamiCBS12.93 5 The OT (football post-game) FOX12.75 --------------------------------------------6 Desperate HousewivesABC12.39 7 NCISCBS12.19 8 Two and a Half MenCBS12.14 9 Without a TraceCBS11.71 10 CSI: NYCBS11.51 --------------------------------------------11 Criminal Minds (Thu.) CBS11.45 12 Cold CaseCBS11.04 13 Center CBS10.85 14 In JusticeABC10.53 15 Criminal Minds --------------------------------------------16 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC10.06 17 Law Order: SVUNBC9.87 18 60 MinutesCBS9.85 19 Numb3rsCBS9.83 20 Out of PracticeCBS9.53 --------------------------------------------21 King of QueensCBS9.35 22 Law OrderNBC9.15 23 Close to HomeCBS9.14 24 House 25 Dateline: NBC --------------------------------------------26 My Name Is EarlNBC8.54 27 28 Crossing Jordan 29 Extreme 30 How I Met Your MotherCBS8.05 --------------------------------------------31 PrimetimeABC8.04 32 MediumNBC8.02 33 Funniest HomeABC8.00 34 Evening News CBS7.97 35 --------------------------------------------36 Las VegasNBC7.92 37 Eve ABC7.68 38 Law Order: Criminal Intent (Fri.) NBC7.48 39 PrimetimeABC7.47 40 Ghost WhispererCBS7.42 --------------------------------------------41 Law Order: Criminal Intent (Sat.) NBC7.39 42 Fear FactorNBC7.37 43 48 Hours MysteryCBS7.32 44 According to JimABC7.18 45 Law Criminal Intent (Wed.) NBC7.17 --------------------------------------------46 Crossing Jordan 47 48 Crimetime Saturday (9 p.m.) CBS7.09 49 Yes, DearCBS7.06 50 George LopezABC6.97 --------------------------------------------51 ERNBC6.87 Dateline: NBC 53 Crimetime Saturday (8 p.m.) CBS6.72 54 RodneyABC6.59 55 Still StandingCBS6.45 --------------------------------------------56 LostABC6.43 57 Law Order: Criminal Intent (Sun.) NBC6.27 58 FreddieABC6.24 59 Wife SwapABC6.21 60 LostABC6.10 --------------------------------------------61 Boston LegalABC6.07 62 63 House 64 65 SupernannyABC5.48 --------------------------------------------66 Will GraceNBC5.44 67 JoeyNBC5.33 68 OfficeNBC5.32 69 Bones 70 Trading SpousesFOX5.24 --------------------------------------------71 Contra Viento Marea (Thu.) UNI5.10 72 73 That ShowFOX4.86 74 Hope 75 Alborada --------------------------------------------76 Alborada Piel de Otono Contra Viento Marea (Wed.) UNI4.54 79 Alborada 80 Alborada --------------------------------------------Contra Viento Marea (Mon.) UNI4.20 82 Hot PropertiesABC4.18 84 Contra Viento Marea (Tue.) UNI4.15 85 Piel de Otono --------------------------------------------86 Piel de Otono 87 Contra Viento Marea (Fri.) UNI4.04 88 WWE 89 House The SimpsonsFOX3.83 --------------------------------------------Piel de Otono 92 Piel de Otono 93 StackedFOX3.78 94 Family GuyFOX3.69 95 Everybody Hates ChrisUPN3.59 --------------------------------------------96 97 Casos Vida Ed. 98 Gran Noche AlboradaUNI3.27 99 100 --------------------------------------------101 at 102 Aqui Ahora 103 Don Francisco Presenta (Wed). UNI3.05 104 Bones 105 Cristina --------------------------------------------106 SmallvilleWB2.87 107 Arrested Development (8 p.m.) FOX2.83 108 Arrested Development (8:30 p.m.) FOX2.77 GirlfriendsUPN2.77 110 All of UsUPN2.67 --------------------------------------------111 About the UPN2.65 Gilmore GirlsWB2.65 113 7th HeavenWB2.64 114 Half and HalfUPN2.63 115 Sabado GiganteUNI2.50 --------------------------------------------116 Reba (7:30 p.m.) WB2.46 117 Supernatural One on OneUPN2.28 119 Us From 120 Love Inc.

--------------------------------------------Supernatural 122 CharmedWB2.11 123 Reba (7 p.m.)WB2.07 124 Grammy 125 Supernatural --------------------------------------------126 Supernatural 127 One Tree HillWB1.75 128 Eve 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 CBS10.0612.93 ABC8.0610.38 NBC7.019.07 FOX5.747.91 UNI3.443.44 UPN2.593.50 WB2.193.32 TV rankings Here are the 10 most-watched prime-time programs in the L.A. market last week, based on the average number of viewers. PROGRAM RANK STATIONVIEWERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Night ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 (Wed.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Viento (Wed.) 76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Viento (Fri.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 (Tue.) Viento (Thu.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 (Thu.) 76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 (Mon.) 80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Viento (Mon.) 80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Source: Nielsen Media Research Los Angeles Times By the Numbers The final week of 2005 was a predictably quiet one for prime- time TV. With most viewers caughtup in the holiday swirl, networks hewed to their seasonal mix of series repeats, football match-ups and a smattering of New specials.

With seven of the top 10 programs, CBS hauled away the prize as most-watched network for the week ending Jan. 1, according to figures released this week by Nielsen Media Research. Leading the way was a Thursday repeat of Crime Scene the No. 1 program with 17.6 million viewers. Overall, CBS averaged 10.1million viewers for the week, trailed by ABC (8.1 million), NBC (7 million) and Fox (5.7 million).

ABC was tops among viewers ages 18 to 49, the demographic most prized by advertisers. The network waved goodbye to Night (the series moves to ESPN next season) with a New England Patriots- New York Jets contest that was the No. 2 program in the 18-49 demographic and among total viewers (a relatively tame 14.4million). On Saturday, the prime-time portion of New featuring first TV appearance since suffering a stroke in December 2004 led its time slot (7.7 million) but faced surprisingly tough competition from a repeat of Hours (7.3 million). Season to date, ABC is flat in 18 to 49, while its main rivals have experienced declines.

But the network quite been able to catch No. 1 CBS, which has an ever-so-thin advantage of one- tenth of a rating point over ABC. NBC and Fox are tied for third. On basic cable, football dominated; the top five most- watched programs were pro or college games on ESPN. Rams-Cowboys contest was the top draw (9.1 million viewers), followed closely by Giants-Raiders game (8.4 million).

Collins CBS closes 2005 with a bang: 7 shows in Top 10.