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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. Program Network View- ersProgram Network Viewers 1 Showcase (Sat.) ABC25.08 2 Football: Dallas at Carolina (Sat.) ABC24.66 3 Sugar Bowl ABC23.94 4 AFC Wildcard Post Game (Sun.) CBS19.08 5 Rose Bowl Post Game ABC17.87 --------------------------------------------6 Sugar Bowl Pregame Show ABC17.37 7 CSICBS16.20 8 60 MinutesCBS15.76 9 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS15.09 10 CSI: MiamiCBS15.06 --------------------------------------------11 CSI: Miami 12 Orange Bowl ABC14.18 13 Fiesta Bowl ABC13.69 14 Law Order: Criminal Intent NBC13.20 15 Without a TraceCBS13.02 --------------------------------------------16 Two and Half MenCBS12.94 17 Dateline NBC 18 Cold Case 19 Dateline NBC 20 The SimpsonsFOX12.00 --------------------------------------------21 FriendsNBC11.66 22 Cold Case 23 Outrageous Game Show NBC10.94 24 Still StandingCBS10.67 25 Yes, DearCBS10.59 --------------------------------------------26 Jackson Number CBS10.49 27 Fear FactorNBC10.25 28 Law Order: SVUNBC10.18 29 Navy NCISCBS10.17 30 The Simple Life 9:30 p.m.) FOX10.01 --------------------------------------------31 American DreamsNBC9.71 32 Fiesta Bowl Pregame Show ABC9.63 33 Will GraceNBC9.58 34 The Simple Life 9 p.m.) FOX9.52 35 Part 2ABC9.38 --------------------------------------------36 of 37 FrasierNBC8.62 38 Bernie Mac ShowFOX8.53 AmyCBS8.46 40 Queer Eye, Straight Guy NBC8.44 --------------------------------------------41 The Simple Life 8:30 p.m.) FOX8.38 42 Las VegasNBC8.37 43 Third WatchNBC8.28 44 Joan of ArcadiaCBS8.02 45 Law OrderNBC7.80 --------------------------------------------46 Eve ABC7.78 47 Idol, Part 48 Most WantedFOX7.71 49 60 Minutes IICBS7.70 50 WhoopiNBC7.64 --------------------------------------------51 Funniest Home Videos ABC7.59 52 King of Queens 53 King of the HillFOX7.52 Happy FamilyNBC7.52 55 8 Simple Rules --------------------------------------------56 Malcolm in the Middle 9 p.m.) FOX7.45 57 The Simple Life 8 p.m.) FOX7.30 58 JAGCBS7.25 59 60 The GuardianCBS7.18 --------------------------------------------61 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX7.13 62 ERNBC7.03 63 ScrubsNBC7.02 64 The Tracy Morgan ShowNBC7.01 65 48 Hours InvestigatesCBS6.97 --------------------------------------------66 According to JimABC6.94 67 Less Than PerfectABC6.91 68 BeckerCBS6.79 69 Idol Life on the FOX6.53 70 Mask of --------------------------------------------71 My Wife and KidsABC6.29 72 Line of FireABC6.19 73 The West WingNBC6.09 74 CopsFOX6.02 75 George Lopez (9:30 p.m.)ABC5.97 --------------------------------------------76 King of the Hill (7 p.m.)FOX5.76 77 Arrested Development (Sun.) FOX5.72 78 With HerABC5.66 79 George LopezABC5.60 80 Malcolm in the Middle 8:30 p.m.) FOX5.49 --------------------------------------------81 Malcolm in the Middle 9:30 p.m.) FOX5.29 82 Malcolm in the Middle 9 p.m.) FOX5.20 83 The Simpsons 84 All RelativeABC4.99 85 King of Queens --------------------------------------------86 Malcolm in the Middle 8 p.m.) FOX4.84 87 It 88 89 That ShowFOX4.64 90 WWE --------------------------------------------91 RebaWB4.47 92 Malcolm in the Middle (Fri.) FOX4.12 93 Arrested Development (Fri.) FOX3.75 94 7th HeavenWB3.71 95 Arrested Development 9 p.m.) FOX3.36 --------------------------------------------96 EveUPN3.28 97 Arrested Development 9:30 p.m.) FOX3.26 98 What I Like About YouWB3.20 99 The ParkersUPN3.14 100 GirlfriendsUPN2.96 --------------------------------------------101 Arrested Development 8 p.m.) FOX2.94 102 Gilmore GirlsWB2.92 103 Arrested Development 8:30 p.m.) FOX2.86 104 Big Time (8:30 p.m.) WB2.85 105 Half and HalfUPN2.71 --------------------------------------------106 All of UsUPN2.67 107 EverwoodWB2.63 108 and 109 One on OneUPN2.56 110 Grounded for LifeWB2.52 --------------------------------------------111 Like FamilyWB2.43 112 Smallville: BeginningsWB2.36 113 114 Girlfriends 115 Steve Big TimeWB3.32 --------------------------------------------116 Rock Me BabyUPN2.10 117 One Tree HillWB1.91 118 EnterpriseUPN1.80 119 Jamie KennedyWB1.73 120 Jamie Kennedy (9:30 p.m.) WB1.60 --------------------------------------------121 Jake 2.0UPN1.25 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 ABC13.889.85 CBS10.6512.96 NBC9.0210.56 FOX6.349.25 WB2.993.81 UPN2.783.43 Prime-Time TV Rankings For college national championship, it was a split decision among television viewers too. Both Sugar Bowl game and the Rose Bowl on New Day drew an identical 23.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. Winners of the two games LSU and USC shared the national college football title. Technically, the Sugar Bowl, played in New Orleans, did slightly better: 23.94 million to 23.87 million. But that game had the advantage of being aired in prime time, which the Rose Bowl Both games were on ABC, and in Los Angeles, the game was seen in 1.2 million households on KABC-TV.

The statistical oddity highlighted a football-dominated week that gave ABC its first prime-time weekly ratings win since the Academy Awards last March. Also last week, CBS had 10.5 million viewers for Jackson Number special. The network had postponed the show in November when the pop star began facing child molestation accusations, and only rescheduled it when Jackson addressed the charges in a interview. not a bad rating for a special hurriedly scheduled for a Friday night, when viewership is generally down. Only the Fiesta Bowl game beat Jackson in the time slot.

For the week, ABC averaged 13.8 million viewers; CBS had 10.6 million; NBC, 9 million; Fox, 6.3 million; the WB, 2.9 million; and UPN, 2.7 million. won the evening news ratings race, averaging 11.7 million viewers. Associated Press Big bowls play for a tie; ABC wins week Sugar, Rose games draw 23.9 million viewers; scores. Pay yourbill with a mouse. Pick upyour life on Thursdays.

03ED000 STAYIN I Ideas for entertaining at home and reviews ofDVD releases. Pick up your life on Thursdays. Calendar Weekend plained that his shoulder was hurting and he had to leave, Hewitt said. The Jackson interview, he said, fell into his lap when in CBS told him the network was refusing to air the entertainment special without a companion news interview, and asked if Hewitt would be interested. know anybody in journalism who would have turned down a chance to talk to Michael provided there were no ground rules, Hewitt said.

How the Jackson controversy will affect the show going forward is unclear. While CBS gets high marks from some for disclosing upfront how it landed the interview, the quid pro quo has also raised questions. Aly Colon, who teaches ethics at the Poynter Institute, a journalism training school, said that while the interview itself could have been perfectly sound, its credibility muddied to some degree because of how it was If an interview subject felt to comply with something he might not do he or she might also feel compelled to say things that would please the news organization. not saying that did happen, but it begins to raise questions about the authentic nature of the journalistic Colon said. Moreover, he said, at a time when the lines between entertainment and journalism are already blurred, you start linking one journalistic enterprise with an entertainment enterprise, you begin to make people question where one ends and the other The Dec.

28 Jackson interview was the most-watched program on any network that week and gave the show some of its highest ratings in years. Overall this season, the audience is up to an average 15.8 million viewers. enough to land it at No. 10 among all the shows, up from last rank of 18th. The show was last in the top 10 in the 19992000 season.

Newsmagazines in general have had a tough time in recent years. This season, Minutes is down, as are both editions of and third among all network newsmagazines, is up about is up but still not enough to lift it out of sixth among its rivals. Hewitt attributed the increases to Americans for more serious at atime of increased terrorism and world unrest. can escape for just so long before you begin to wonder, they planning to blow up my he said, adding that viewers on us to tell them what the state of the world For the most part, the program is alone among its rivals in eschewing the big celebrity interviews that others chase after. But in addition to a number of serious reports on the Iraqi war aftermath, the lineup this season has been tweaked to include some lighter fare, such as an interview with Mary J.

Blige and the Lawrence Taylor interview, which Hewitt calls his favorite recent segment. Taylor, who admitted to faking urine tests for drugs and sending call girls to his opponents the night before a game, talked about the things you kind of imagined may be going on, but never believed anyone would admit to Hewitt said. The interview was also a perfect fit with the Sunday afternoon pro football viewers who watch CBS in the fall, and was one factor in convincing more of them to stick around for the news. The median age this season has also dropped, to 58.6, from 59.6 this time last year, which helps sell more ads. The gains come despite some cutbacks among its legendarybut agingstaff.

Mike Wallace, who conducted the Taylor interview, is expected to do only eight stories this season, down from a standard 20. Bradley, who had bypass surgery last spring, also took his time getting going this season. The staff will get notably younger after Hewitt steps down and is replaced by Jeff Fager, who currently runs Minutes Jackson interview: a win-lose situation from Page E1 Frank Micelotta EXEC PRODUCER: Don Hewitt says the Jackson interview fell into his lap..