ABC nipping at Peacock's heels
The tide has turned for ABC, which placed three regular series in Nielsen's top 20 for the past week - - "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" and "Lost" - - with all three even outdrawing "Monday Night Football," which a year ago was about the only thing on ABC that drew a big audience. While ABC was still in third place overall, those new hits gave it the lead in the key 18-49 demo for the week. CBS again won the ratings race, scoring an 8.5 rating and 13 share, with NBC at 7.4/12, ABC 7.1/11, Fox 4.1/6, WB 2.7/4, UPN 2.5/4 and Pax 0.4/1.
Here are the top 20 primetime shows for the week of 11/1-7:
Nielsen Television Index Ranking Report
Network Primetime Week of 11/01/04 - 11/07/04
| Rank |
Programs |
Network |
Rating |
Share |
Audience(000) |
| 1 |
CSI |
CBS |
18.8 |
28 |
30578 |
| 2 |
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES |
ABC |
14.9 |
21 |
24604 |
| 3 |
WITHOUT A TRACE |
CBS |
14.2 |
23 |
21772 |
| 4 |
SURVIVOR: VANUATU |
CBS |
12.0 |
18 |
20244 |
| 5 |
E.R. |
NBC |
11.7 |
18 |
17010 |
| 6 |
EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P |
ABC |
11.5 |
17 |
20175 |
| 7 |
60 MINUTES |
CBS |
11.4 |
17 |
17589 |
| 7 |
COLD CASE |
CBS |
11.4 |
16 |
17662 |
| 9 |
LOST |
ABC |
11.3 |
17 |
18729 |
| 10 |
APPRENTICE 2 |
NBC |
10.5 |
15 |
16056 |
| 11 |
CSI: MIAMI |
CBS |
10.3 |
17 |
14527 |
| 12 |
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND |
CBS |
9.8 |
14 |
14722 |
| 13 |
CSI: NY |
CBS |
9.7 |
16 |
14708 |
| 13 |
NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL |
ABC |
9.7 |
16 |
14797 |
| 15 |
CROSSING JORDAN |
NBC |
9.5 |
15 |
14378 |
| 15 |
DECISION '04 PRIME(S) |
NBC |
9.5 |
14 |
15047 |
| 17 |
TWO AND A HALF MEN |
CBS |
9.2 |
13 |
13671 |
| 18 |
NFL MONDAY SHOWCASE |
ABC |
9.1 |
14 |
13819 |
| 19 |
WEST WING |
NBC |
8.9 |
13 |
13824 |
| 20 |
DALLAS REUNION:RET STHFRK(S) |
CBS |
8.5 |
14 |
12733 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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