NBA Finals hits bottom on ABC

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (June 9-15) 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 272.04 million potential viewers in the U.S. age 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions

*--* 1 CSI CBS 14.58 2 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 13.99 3 CSI: Miami CBS 12.82 4 Law & Order NBC 12.39 5 Still Standing CBS 12.03

6 “NBA Finals: Game 6” ABC 11.57 7 Without a Trace CBS 11.37 8 Dateline: NBC (Mon.) NBC 11.20 9 48 Hours Investigates CBS 10.77 10 Law & Order: SVU NBC 10.49

11 Friends NBC 10.39 12 Law & Order (9 p.m.) NBC 10.27 13 Yes, Dear CBS 9.84 14 Last Comic Standing NBC 9.72 15 60 Minutes II CBS 9.70

16 King of Queens CBS 9.67 17 “NBA Finals: Game 4” ABC 9.66 18 Law & Order: Criminal Intent NBC 9.59 19 Will & Grace NBC 9.51 20 60 Minutes CBS 9.45

21 “NBA Finals: Game 5” ABC 9.31 22 According to Jim ABC 9.11 23 For Love or Money NBC 8.91 24 American Juniors FOX 8.73 25 Frasier NBC 8.56

Crime and Punishment NBC 8.56 27 Scrubs NBC 8.47 28 “Funny Flubs and Screw-Ups 11” CBS 8.41 29 48 Hours Investigates (Fri.) CBS 8.40 30 Dateline: NBC (Fri.) NBC 8.27

31 Amazing Race: 4 CBS 8.13 32 Primetime Thursday ABC 7.85 33 8 Simple Rules (8:30 p.m.) ABC 7.83 34 The Simpsons FOX 7.52 35 Law & Order: SVU (Sat.) NBC 7.50

36 Fame NBC 7.47 37 Dog Eat Dog NBC 7.45 Fame (Mon.) NBC 7.45 39 “Test the Nation” FOX 7.31 40 Less Than Perfect ABC 7.29

41 8 Simple Rules ABC 7.24 42 “Stanley Cup Final: Game 7” ABC 7.17 43 Malcolm in the Middle FOX 7.15 44 Judging Amy CBS 7.13 45 JAG CBS 7.10

46 “Follow the Stars Home” CBS 7.07 47 Bernie Mac FOX 7.05 ER NBC 7.05 49 King of the Hill (8:30 p.m.) FOX 7.00 50 NYPD Blue ABC 6.98

51 America’s Most Wanted FOX 6.81 52 The Simpsons (Wed.) FOX 6.70 53 That ‘70s Show FOX 6.58 54 Dateline: NBC (Sun.) NBC 6.42 55 The Guardian CBS 6.32

56 Oliver Beene FOX 6.27 57 “The Price Is Right: Million 4” CBS 6.15 58 The District CBS 6.07 59 “That’s Incredible Reunion” ABC 6.03 60 WWE Smackdown! UPN 5.94

61 Becker CBS 5.68 62 Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 5.67 63 “Stupid Behavior: Caught on Tape” FOX 5.56 64 Cedric the Entertainer: Presents FOX 5.51 65 30 Seconds to Fame FOX 5.48

66 The Agency CBS 5.43 67 America’s Funniest Home Videos ABC 5.37 68 Baby Bob CBS 5.13 69 Cops FOX 5.01 70 Keen Eddie FOX 4.99

71 King of the Hill (8:30 p.m.) FOX 4.95 72 “NBA Shoot-Around Finals: Game 4” ABC 4.90 73 Hack CBS 4.87 74 Charlie Lawrence CBS 4.72 75 Yes, Dear (Fri.) CBS 4.53

76 “NBA Shoot-Around Finals: Game 5” ABC 4.46 77 Futurama FOX 4.39 78 Reba (9:30 p.m.) WB 4.32 79 “NBA Shoot-Around Finals: Game 6” ABC 4.20 80 Pulse FOX 4.08

81 “The Beach Boys” ABC 4.02 82 Reba WB 3.90 83 “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” WB 3.77 84 “Global Extremes” ABC 3.39 85 America’s Next Top Model UPN 3.38

86 Fastlane FOX 3.25 87 Charmed (9 p.m.) WB 3.11 88 Jamie Kennedy WB 3.09 89 Fear Factor NBC 3.08 Smallville WB 3.08

91 7th Heaven WB 3.01 92 Girlfriends UPN 2.93 93 Half and Half UPN 2.88 94 Charmed WB 2.86 7th Heaven (9 p.m.) WB 2.86

“From Russia With Love” UPN 2.86 97 Fastlane (9 p.m.) FOX 2.82 What I Like About You WB 2.82 99 What I Like About You (8:30 p.m.) WB 2.78 100 “Maxim’s Hot 100” NBC 2.60

101 One on One UPN 2.40 102 America’s Next Top Model (8 p.m.) UPN 2.32 103 Smallville (8 p.m.) WB 2.28 104 Enterprise UPN 1.91 105 Gilmore Girls: Beginnings WB 1.88

The Parkers UPN 1.88 107 The Twilight Zone UPN 1.80 108 O’Keefes WB 1.55 109 O’Keefes (8 p.m.) WB 1.52

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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 NBC 8.36 11.36

CBS 8.35 12.20

ABC 7.13 9.65

FOX 5.85 9.64

UPN 3.19 3.48

WB 2.94 3.97

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