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CBS HAS THE THREE MOST WATCHED PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK
July 1, 2003
CBS HAS THE THREE MOST WATCHED PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Is #1 In Viewers, Households And Adults 18-49 For The Third Consecutive Week
"Without A Trace" Is # 2 Program Of The Week, The Freshman Drama's Highest Rank Ever
"Everybody Loves Raymond" And "The King Of Queens" Are The Week's Two Top Comedies And "60 Minutes" The #1 Newsmagazine
CBS had the top three dramas, the top two comedies and the #1 news magazine in the week ending June 29, Week 40 of the 2002-03 television year.
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (R), WITHOUT A TRACE (R) and CSI: MIAMI (R) were the top three programs of the week, with EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) #7 overall, THE KING OF QUEENS (R) #9 and 60 MINUTES (R) #11.
For the week in viewers: CBS (an average of 7.65 million), NBC (7.78m), FOX (5.77m) and ABC (5.64m). CBS leads in viewers for the summer season-to-date: CBS (8.46m), NBC (8.20m), ABC (6.50m) and FOX (6.15m).
In households: CBS (5.4/10), NBC (5.5/10), ABC (3.9/07) and FOX (3.8/07). The Network also leads in households for the summer season-to-date: CBS (5.9/11), NBC (5.7/10), ABC (4.4/08) and FOX (3.9/07).
In viewers for the week, CBS was first on Monday and Thursday and second on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
CBS was second in adults 25-54 (2.6/08), boomers (3.1/09) and women 25-54 (3.2/09).
CBS's top programs of the week in viewers: #1 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (R) (an average of 13.80m viewers), #2 WITHOUT A TRACE (R) (12.38m), #3 CSI: MIAMI (R) (11.97m), #7 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) (10.38m), #9 THE KING OF QUEENS (R) (9.96m), #11 60 MINUTES (R) (8.92m), #16 60 MINUTES II (P) (8.13m), #20 THE AMAZING RACE 4 (7.86m) #27 CBS WEDNESDAY MOVIE SPECIAL "Guilty Hearts" part 2 of 2 (R) (S) (7.55m) and #28 CBS SUNDAY MOVIE "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" part 1 of 2 (R) (7.41m).
? CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (R) (9.5/16, 13.80m) was first in households, viewers and key demographics -- and was the week's most watched and highest rated in households and adults 18-49 (tie) for the third consecutive week and highest rated in adults 25-54 for the second time in three weeks.
? WITHOUT A TRACE (R) 8.4/15, 12.38m) was first in households, viewers and key demographics -- and posted its largest margin of victory over "ER" in households (+3.7 rating points), adults 25-54 (+1.6), and viewers (+5.88m) this summer. Compared to the same night last year (a rebroadcast of "The Agency"), WITHOUT A TRACE was up +56% in households, +38% in adults 25-54, +44% in boomers, +53% in women 25-54, +20% in men 25-54 and +25% in adults 18-49. WITHOUT A TRACE was the week's second most watched program, the freshman drama's highest weekly rank ever.
? CSI: MIAMI (R) (8.4/14, 11.97m) was first in households, viewers and key demographics. CSI: MIAMI is the top rated program Monday night in households, adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and the week's third most watched program.
? EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (R) (7.2/12, 10.38m) was first in households, viewers, adults 25-54, boomers, women 25-54 and men 25-54 and second in adults 18-49. RAYMOND is the second most watched and second highest rated program for the second consecutive week, behind CSI: MIAMI.
? 60 MINUTES (R) (6.3/13, 8.92m) was first in households, viewers and men 25-54 (2.2/08, tie FOX) and second in other key demographics -- and was the #1 news magazine of the week.
? THE KING OF QUEENS (R) (6.9/11, 9.96m) was first in households, viewers, boomers and men 25-54 and second in adults 25-54, women 25-54 and adults 18-49. Compared to the same night last year, THE KING OF QUEENS was up +11% in adults 25-54, +9% in boomers, +4% in women 25-54, +25% in men 25-54 and +21% in adults 18-49 (from "Becker").
? 60 MINUTES II (P) (6.0/11, 8.13m) was first in households and viewers in its new time period, Wednesday (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT).
? THE AMAZING RACE 4 (5.2/10, 7.86m) was first in boomers and second in households and key demographics -- up +30% in adults 25-54, +20% in boomers, +55% in women 25-54, +32% in adults 18-49 and even in men 25-54 compared to the time period last year ("The Price is Right" Special). In its second half-hour, THE AMAZING RACE 4 (5.6/10, 8.49m) was first in households, viewers and adults 25-54 (3.8/12).
? On Thursday, CBS (7.7/14, 11.35m) was first in households, viewers, adults 25-54 (4.6/14) and adults 18-49 (3.5/12) for the sixth consecutive week, and first in boomers (5.2/15), women 25-54 (5.6/16) and men 25-54 (3.5/11). Compared to the same night last year, CBS was up +4% in households, +12% in adults 25-54, +11% in boomers, +22% in women 25-54, +3% in adults 18-49 and down -5% in men 25-54.
? On Monday, CBS (6.8/12, 9.67m) was first in households for the 18th consecutive week and first in viewers and adults 25-54 (4.0/11) for the 12th time in 13 weeks. CBS was also first in boomers (4.7/13) and women 25-54 (4.8/12) for the ninth consecutive week, first in men 25-54 (3.2/10) for the eighth time in nine weeks and second in adults 18-49 (3.2/10). Compared to the same night last year, CBS was up +8% in adults 25-54, +12% in boomers, +7% in both women 25-54 and adults 18-49, +14% in men 25-54 and even in households.
National Nielsen Summary for the week ending June 29:
- Households
Week ending 6/29 vs. same week year ago
CBS 5.4/10 5.9/11 -8% NBC 5.5/10 4.8/09 +15% ABC 3.9/07 4.2/08 -7% FOX 3.8/07 3.5/07 +9%
Total Viewers (in millions):
Week ending 6/29 vs. same week year ago
CBS 7.65 8.30 -8% NBC 7.78 6.91 +13% ABC 5.64 6.20 -9% FOX 5.77 5.42 +6%
Adults 25-54
CBS 2.6/08 2.7/08 -4% NBC 3.3/10 2.9/09 +14% ABC 2.3/07 2.5/07 -8% FOX 2.3/07 2.3/07 n.c.
Adults 18-49
CBS 2.0/07 2.2/07 -9% NBC 2.8/09 2.6/09 +8% ABC 2.0/07 2.2/07 -9% FOX 2.4/08 2.3/08 +4%
Adults 35-54
CBS 3.1/09 3.2/09 -3% NBC 3.5/10 3.0/09 +17% ABC 2.6/07 2.6/08 n.c. FOX 2.2/07 2.1/06 +5%
2002-2003 Summer Season:
(5/26/03-6/29/03)
Households
CBS 5.9/11 6.0/11 -2% NBC 5.7/10 6.0/11 -5% ABC 4.4/08 3.9/07 +13% FOX 3.9/07 3.5/06 +11%
Total Viewers (in millions)
CBS 8.46 8.46 n.c. NBC 8.20 8.76 -6% ABC 6.50 5.87 +11% FOX 6.15 5.34 +15%
Adults 25-54
CBS 3.0/09 2.8/08 +7% NBC 3.5/10 3.8/11 -8% ABC 2.7/08 2.4/07 +13% FOX 2.5/07 2.3/07 +9%
Adults 18-49
CBS 2.4/07 2.3/07 +4% NBC 3.1/10 3.5/11 -11% ABC 2.4/08 2.2/07 +9% FOX 2.7/09 2.4/08 +13%
Adults 35-54
CBS 3.5/09 3.2/09 +9% NBC 3.7/10 3.8/11 -3% ABC 2.9/08 2.5/07 +16% FOX 2.3/07 2.1/06 +10%
EVENING NEWS:
Week ending 6/27 vs. same week year ago
CBS 4.8/10 5.4/12 -11% NBC 6.6/15 6.5/14 +2% ABC 6.0/13 6.2/14 -3%
Total Viewers (in millions):
Week ending 6/27 vs. same week year ago
CBS 6.48 7.46 -13% NBC 8.90 8.90 n.c. ABC 8.17 8.83 -7%
EVENING NEWS Television Year:
(from 9/23/02)
CBS 5.9/11 6.4/13 -8% NBC 7.6/15 7.5/15 +1% ABC 7.1/14 7.3/15 -3%
Total Viewers (in millions): (YTD)
CBS 8.26 8.87 -7% NBC 10.61 10.54 +1% ABC 9.91 10.12 -2%
Following are the Top 25 programs of the week (in viewers):
Persons 2+ (000) Rtg/Sh
1. CSI: CRIME SCENE R CBS 13802 9.5/16 #1
INVESTIGATION
2. WITHOUT A TRACE R CBS 12375 8.4/15 #2
3. CSI: MIAMI R CBS 11972 8.4/14 #2
4. Law And Order R NBC 11491 8.3/15 #4
5. Law And Order: SVU R NBC 10451 7.4/14 #5
6. Law And Order: Criminal R NBC 10435 7.3/12 #6
Intent
7. EVERYBODY LOVES R CBS 10379 7.2/12 #7
RAYMOND
8. Law And Order Wed 9pm R NBC 9966 7.2/12 #7
9. KING OF QUEENS R CBS 9961 6.9/11 #9
10. Friends R NBC 9120 6.4/12 #10
11. 60 MINUTES R CBS 8918 6.3/13 #11
12. For Love Or Money NBC 8700 6.0/10 #13
13. Primetime Thursday ABC 8628 6.3/11 #11
14. Dateline NBC- Tue NBC 8565 6.0/10 #13
15. American Juniors- Tues FOX 8165 5.3/10 #20
16 60 MINUTES II P CBS 8131 6.0/11 #13
17. Dateline Sun- 7pm NBC 8062 5.8/12 #16
18. Last Comic Standing NBC 8021 5.1/09 #26
19. According To Jim 9pm R ABC 7924 5.2/09 #24
20. AMAZING RACE: 4 CBS 7858 5.2/10 #24
21. Crime And Punishment NBC 7810 5.5/10 #18
22. Meet My Folks 6/23 S NBC 7803 5.3/09 #20
23. Scrubs R NBC 7746 5.3/10 #20
24. George Lopez R ABC 7744 5.1/09 #26
25. Dateline Friday NBC 7619 5.8/11 #16
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