Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending February 29, 2004

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 23rd week of the 2003-04 television broadcast season; most reruns are excluded from the list. All 18-49 ratings are colored green while household ratings are colored black. Household ratings were only used if 18-49 data was not available for that program this week. The second chart includes data for cable programs that aired this week.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	18-49 Rating	Viewers (millions)
ACADEMY AWARDS	ABC	15.3	43.531
CSI	CBS	9.9/23	28.007
COUNTDOWN TO OSCARS 2004	ABC	9.1	27.684
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY	FOX	11.3/29	26.564
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY	FOX	10.3/26	23.004
FRIENDS	NBC	10.6/27	22.825
SURVIVOR: ALL-STARS	CBS	8.6/22	22.185
E.R.	NBC	10.4/26	21.868
BIG FAT OBNOXIOUS FIANCE	FOX	10.2/23	20.962
CSI: MIAMI	CBS	7.3/17	20.342
APPRENTICE	NBC	9.8/23	20.012
WILL & GRACE	NBC	8.5/21	18.139
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND	CBS	5.7/13	17.803
WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	5.6/14	16.979
LAW AND ORDER	NBC	5.3/14	16.726
TWO AND A HALF MEN	CBS	5.2/11	16.479
FEAR FACTOR	NBC	6.3/16	14.868
LAW AND ORDER: SVU	NBC	5.7/15	14.416
THE BACHELORETTE	ABC	6.2/15	13.534
BARBARA WALTERS SP-2/29	ABC	5.9	13.495
SUPER MILLIONAIRE-2/24	ABC	4.5/12	13.243
SUPER MILLIONAIRE-2/27	ABC	3.6/11	12.777
KING OF QUEENS	CBS	4.3/11	12.682
STILL STANDING	CBS	4.1	12.647
SUPER MILLIONAIRE-2/23	ABC	3.8/9	12.33
NAVY NCIS	CBS	2.8/7	12.14
JAG	CBS	2.4/7	11.81
THAT '70S SHOW	FOX	5.7/16	11.78
SUPER MILLIONAIRE-2/26	ABC	3.5/9	11.61
YES, DEAR	CBS	3.7	11.43
JUDGING AMY	CBS	2.7/7	11.292
WEST WING	NBC	3.6/9	11.21
LAW AND ORDER 2/29	NBC	3.9	10.97
JOAN OF ARCADIA	CBS	2.4/8	10.53
THE GUARDIAN	CBS	2.5	10.52
24	FOX	4.5/11	10.50
60 MINUTES II	CBS	2.7	10.48
MY WIFE AND KIDS	ABC	3.8/11	10.43
60 MINUTES	CBS	2.6	10.40
LAW AND ORDER: CRIM INTENT-2/29	NBC	3.9	10.38
FRASIER	NBC	3.3/8	10.11
ACCORDING TO JIM 9PM	ABC	4.2/11	9.91
LITTLEST GROOM PART 2	FOX	4.2/11	9.83
AVERAGE JOE:HAWAII	NBC	4.8	9.65
O.C.	FOX	4.4/11	9.56
DATELINE FRI	NBC	2.7	9.47
THE DISTRICT	CBS	1.8/6	9.40
LESS THAN PERFECT	ABC	3.6/9	8.88
THIRD WATCH	NBC	3.2/10	8.73
HACK	CBS	1.6/5	8.51
SCRUBS	NBC	4.2/11	8.21
HOPE & FAITH	ABC	2.8/9	8.06
8 SIMPLE RULES	ABC	2.9	8.00
COPS 2	FOX	3.0/10	8.00
AMER FUNN HOME VIDEOS	FOX	3.0/10	7.89
48 HOURS INVESTIGATES	CBS	2.6	7.81
EXTREME MAKEOVER-THU	ABC	2.8	7.76
IT'S ALL RELATIVE	ABC	2.9/7	7.72
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL 2	UPN	3.8/10	7.64
GEORGE LOPEZ	ABC	2.6	7.56
COPS	FOX	3.0/10	7.38
WHOOPI	NBC	2.1	7.36
LIFE WITH BONNIE	ABC	2.6/8	7.22
BACHELORETTE: AFTER FINAL ROSE	ABC	2.5	7.17
STAR SEARCH	CBS	1.8/6	7.00
DATELINE SUN-7PM	NBC	2.0	6.93
I'M WITH HER	ABC	2.7	6.85
MARRIED TO THE KELLYS	ABC	2.1/7	6.16
7TH HEAVEN	WB	2.3/6	6.00
HAPPY FAMILY	NBC	1.8	5.78
WWE SMACKDOWN	UPN	1.9/5	5.31
CELEBRITY SPELLING BEE #3	FOX	3.3/6	5.29
SMALLVILLE	WB	2.0	4.97
EVERWOOD	WB	1.7	4.93
GILMORE GIRLS	WB	2.1	4.75
ANGEL	WB	2.0/5	3.92
ONE TREE HILL	WB	1.6/4	3.87
EVE	UPN	1.7	3.77
ALL OF US	UPN	1.5	3.66
TRACY MORGAN SHOW	NBC	1.5	3.60
ENTERPRISE	WB	1.4	3.52
S HARVEY BIG TIME	WB	1.1	3.48
GIRLFRIENDS	UPN	1.7	3.42
THE PARKERS	UPN	1.5	3.31
HALF AND HALF	UPN	1.6	3.26
ONE ON ONE	UPN	1.3	3.19
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL 2	UPN	1.5/4	3.00
GROUNDED FOR LIFE	WB	1.2	2.91

Cable ratings:

Show	NET	Viewers (millions)
WWE RAW ZONE	SPIKE	4.717
REAL WORLD XIV	MTV	4.239
SPONGEBOB	NICK	4.086
WWE RAW	SPIKE	4.282
MONK	USA	4.772
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS	NICK	4.043
SPONGEBOB	NICK	4.072
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS	NICK	3.635
SPONGEBOB	NICK	3.740
LRC: THE 2004 ACADEMY	ENT	3.542
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS	NICK	3.560
OSBOURNES	MTV	3.687
SPONGEBOB	NICK	3.602
AMERICAN CHOPPER	DISC	3.657
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS	NICK	3.160
PREMIUM CABLE
PHONE BOOTH	HBO	2.359
WCB: 2/28/04 (MORALES VS. CHAVEZ)	HBO	1.740
WCB: 2/28/04 (POST)	HBO	1.545
WCB: 2/28/04 (COTTO VS. SOSA)	HBO	1.456
WCB: 2/28/04 (PRE 2)	HBO	1.444

Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Los Angeles Times, CBS Press Express, Media Life Magazine, Variety, TV Tango, and Marc Berman's Programming Insider (MediaWeek)