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Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 23, 2003

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 26th week of the 2002-03 television broadcast season; most reruns are excluded from the list. Final household (HH) ratings, 18-49 ratings, and viewership (in millions) are provided in the first chartThe bottom charts include data for cable programs that aired this week.

Broadcast ratings: table is ordered based on total viewership
ShowNetDayHH18-49Viewers
(millions)
THE OSCARSABCSun20.4/3212.5/3033.043
AMERICAN IDOLFOXTue12.3/1810.0/2521.141
OSCARS COUNTDOWNABCSun12.6/206.8/1819.495
AMERICAN IDOLFOXWed10.4/157.9/1917.190
SURVIVORCBSWed9.6/146.1/1416.416
FEAR FACTORNBCMon8.4/126.3/1514.660
SCRUBSNBCThu9.3/147.0/1714.214
JUDGING AMYCBSTue9.6/164.0/1114.167
JAGCBSTue9.7/153.0/814.025
THIRD WATCHNBCMon7.9/125.3/1212.876
GOOD MORNING, MIAMINBCThu8.6/136.0/1412.744
WHEN DIPLOMACY FAILSABCMon8.2/134.3/1012.569
CROSSING JORDANNBCMon7.9/134.5/1211.905
THE GUARDIANCBSTue8.2/122.7/611.782
DATELINENBCWed8.0/123.8/1011.750
STAR SEARCHCBSWed7.4/113.7/911.44
ABC NEWS SPECIALABCSun7.8/133.5/1011.407
THE BERNIE MAC SHOWFOXWed6.8/105.3/1211.22
DATELINENBCTue7.5/124.0/1110.725
FRASIERNBCTue6.6/103.2/89.42
THE BACHELOR: WHERE NOW?ABCWed6.0/94.2/109.14
60 MINUTESCBSSun5.7/82.7/68.65
AMERICA'S MOST WANTEDFOXSat5.2/93.0/98.25
NCAA BASKETBALL-SUN 4CBSSun5.5/92.8/88.093
BOSTON PUBLICFOXMon5.2/83.4/87.92
LET'S MAKE A DEALNBCTue4.9/72.6/77.51
CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINERFOXWed4.2/63.4/86.88
NCAA BASKETBALL-THU 1CBSThu4.7/72.5/76.821
FEAR FACTORNBCSun4.1/72.7/86.79
NCAA BASKETBALL-SAT 4CBSSat4.5/82.8/106.687
A.U.S.A.NBCTue4.7/72.5/66.66
NCAA BASKETBALL-FRI 2CBSFri4.6/82.9/96.550
COPSFOXSat4.2/82.3/76.53
LIFE WITH BONNIEABCTue4.6/72.7/66.48
MARRIED BY AMERICAFOXMon4.3/63.3/86.39
NCAA BASKETBALL-THU 2CBSThu4.0/82.5/76.301
LESS THAN PERFECTABCTue4.3/62.7/66.04
FASTLANEFOXFri3.6/62.7/95.87
JOHN DOEFOXFri3.7/62.5/75.87
NCAA BASKETBALL-FRI 1CBSFri3.9/72.1/75.650
THE FAMILYABCTue3.5/62.4/65.25
WWE SMACKDOWNUPNThu2.7/41.9/54.79
GIRLFRIENDSUPNMon2.6/41.7/44.07
ONE ON ONEUPNMon2.4/41.6/43.81
THE JAMIE KENNEDY EXPERIMENTWBThu2.3/31.7/43.63
ANGELWBWed2.4/31.9/43.60
HALF & HALFUPNMon2.3/31.6/43.57
GROUNDED FOR LIFEWBFri2.2/41.4/43.55
THE PARKERSUPNMon2.2/31.1/33.41
SABRINA, THE TEENAGE WITCHWBThu2.2/31.2/33.29
ON THE SPOTWBThu2.0/31.5/43.22

Sports ratings outside of primetime:
ShowNetDayHHViewers
(millions)
NCAA BASKETBALL SAT 3CBSSat5.7/128.422
NCAA BASKETBALL SUN 3CBSSun5.2/107.426

Cable ratings (viewership):
ShowNETViewers
(millions)
IRAQ-MILITARY ACTION-WED 10:00PFOXNC8.595
IRAQ-MILITARY ACTION-WED 10:19PFOXNC8.495
PRES ADDRESS/ANALYSIS-MON 8:15PFOXNC7.710
STRIKE ON IRAQ-WED 10:00PCNN7.709
PRES ADDRESS TO NATION-MON 8PFOXNC7.398
IRAQ-MILITARY ACTION-WED 9:46PFOXNC7.276
THE OREILLY FACTOR-WEDFOXNC7.252
BN/STRIKE ON IRAQ-WED 9:39PCNN6.779
IRAQ-MILITARY ACTION-THU 9PFOXNC6.489
IRAQ-MILITARY ACTION-THU 8PFOXNC6.483
HUSSEIN SPCH CVG-IRAQ-WED 12:34AFOXNC6.384
IRAQ-MILITARY ACTION-WED 12AFOXNC6.360
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM-SUN 8PFOXNC6.310
IRAQ-MILITARY ACTION-WED 11PFOXNC5.931
IRAQ-MILITARY ACTION-FRI 9PFOXNC5.930
PREMIUM CABLE
SIX FEET UNDERHBO4.130
FROM HELLHBO2.348
THE SOPRANOSHBO2.222
SHOWTIMEHBO2.203
HBO FIRST LOOKHBO2.176

Cable ratings (households):
ShowNETDayTimeHH
(millions)
HH
Rating
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCWed10:00 PM5.9465.6
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCWed10:19 PM5.8985.5
BREAKING NEWS/STRIKE ON IRAQCNNWed10:00 PM5.4135.1
PRES. ADDRESS/ANALYSISFOXNCMon8:15 PM5.3125.0
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCWed9:46 PM5.2074.9
THE O'REILLY FACTORFOXNCWed8:00 PM4.9724.7
BREAKING NEWS/STRIKE ON IRAQCNNWed9:39 PM4.9304.6
PRES. ADDRESS TO NATIONFOXNCMon8:00 PM4.9214.6
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCThu9:00 PM4.7534.5
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCWed12:00 AM4.6924.4
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCThu8:00 PM4.6684.4
HUSSEIN SPEECH IRAQFOXNCWed12:34 AM4.6214.3
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCFri9:00 PM4.4884.2
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOMFOXNCSun8:00 PM4.4724.2
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCWed11:00 PM4.4514.2
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOMFOXNCSun9:00 PM4.4224.1
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCWed12:41 AM4.4204.1
SPONGEBOBNICKFri9:30 PM4.3294.1
PENTAGON BRIEFINGFOXNCSat4:00 PM4.3244.1
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCFri8:00 PM4.3014.0
LATE EDITION W/BLITZERCNNSun12:00 PM4.2764.0
CNN LIVECNNSat11:00 AM4.2484.0
CNN LIVECNNSun11:00 AM4.2254.0
CENTCOM BRIEFINGFOXNCSat9:04 AM4.2003.9
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOMFOXNCSun11:00 AM4.1563.9
BREAKING NEWS/STRIKE ON IRAQCNNWed11:00 PM4.1233.9
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCThu10:00 PM4.1113.9
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOMFOXNCSun6:00 PM4.1073.8
WOLF BLITZER REPORTSCNNSun5:00 PM4.0803.8
HANNITY & COLMESFOXNCWed9:00 PM4.0783.8
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOMFOXNCSat4:37 PM4.0703.8
LATE EDITION W/BLITZERCNNSun1:00 PM4.0633.8
FOX & FRIENDS SATURDAYFOXNCSat9:52 AM4.0563.8
PENTAGON BRIEFINGFOXNCFri1:36 PM4.0423.8
IRAQ MILITARY ACTIONFOXNCFri10:00 PM4.0163.8
CNN LIVECNNSun10:00 AM4.0143.8
CONNIE CHUNG TONIGHTCNNWed8:00 PM4.0063.8
SPONGEBOBNICKFri9:00 PM3.9943.7
FOX REPORT SUNDAYFOXNCSun7:00 PM3.9873.7
THE O'REILLY FACTORFOXNCMon9:00 PM3.9863.7
PREMIUM CABLE
SIX FEET UNDERHBOSun-2.8422.7
THE SOPRANOSHBOSun-1.7651.7
SHOWTIMEHBO--1.5711.5
HBO FIRST LOOKHBO--1.5141.4
FROM HELLHBO--1.5041.4

Cable 18-49:
ShowNetDay18-49
(000s)
Bn/Strike On Iraq-10pCNNWed3650
Sr/Iraq-Military Action-10:19pFOXNWed3582
Sr/Iraq-Military Action-10pFOXNWed3487
Sr/Hussein Spch Cvg-Iraq-12:34aFOXNWed3305
Bn/Strike On Iraq-11pCNNWed3226
Sr/Iraq-Military Action-12aFOXNWed3191
Sr/Iraq-Military Action-12:41aFOXNWed3130
Bn/Strike On Iraq-11:30pCNNWed3066
Sr/Iraq-Military Action-9:46pFOXNWed2918
Bn/Strike On Iraq-12aCNNWed2902

Weekly Top Kids Ratings:
not available this week


Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Times, TV Tango, and Media Life Magazine

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