ABC has four of 10 top shows

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ABC has four of 10 top shows
By Gary Levin, USA TODAY
•Disney miracle. In an eye-popping turnaround, struggling ABC had four of last week's top 10 series: the premiere of Desperate Housewives (the top show with 21.6 million viewers); Monday Night Football and its pre-game show; and the second episode of survivor drama Lost. Housewives marked ABC's best drama debut since NYPD Blue in 1993. ABC's Boston Legal, with 13.1 million, started well above recent averages for The Practice, from which it was spun off.

 

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Prime time Nielsen ratings for Sept. 27-Oct. 3

An "X" in the "season-to-date" column denotes a series premiere, season premiere in a different time slot or one-time only presentation (i.e. that program is not the one usually assigned to a given time slot).

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This
Week Season-
To-Date Title

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1 X Desperate Housewives, ABC
21.6 million viewers

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2 9 Survivor: Vanuatu, CBS
19.1 million viewers


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3 2 CSI: Miami, CBS
19.7 million viewers

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4 6 CSI: NY, CBS
19.5 million viewers

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5 5 Monday Night Football: Dallas at Washington, ABC
19.4 million viewers

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6 7 Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS
18.7 million viewers

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7 8 Lost, ABC
17 million viewers


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8 10 Two and a Half Men, CBS
16.6 million viewers

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9 X CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS
16.4 million viewers


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10 15 NFL Monday Showcase, ABC
15.2 million viewers

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11 X Cold Case, CBS
15 million viewers

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12 24 60 Minutes, CBS
14.9 million viewers

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13 X The Apprentice 2, NBC
14.7 million viewers

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14 17 Ext. Makeover: Home Edition, ABC
14.5 million viewers

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15 X NCIS, CBS
14.3 million viewers

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16 11 Joey, NBC
13.6 million viewers

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17 X Decision '04: Presidential Debate Analysis, NBC
13.4 million viewers


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18 X Boston Legal, ABC
13.1 million viewers


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19 15 Law & Order: SVU, NBC
13 million viewers


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20 12 Law & Order, NBC
12.9 million viewers


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[Figment1986]

lets hope ABC doesn't ruin these like they did with millionare....

 

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I LOVED Desperate Housewives!! I think it's one of the funniest shows to come along in a while. And I'm completely addicted to Lost as well. I don't know where they're going with that show, but so far I'm willing to go along for the ride.