TV Ratings Roundup

  • by February 22, 2001
By Anya Khait

"Survivor II" and "Friends" are still battling it out on Thursday nights. "Survivor II" was seen by 28.2 million viewers, while the NBC sitcom had 21.7 million. Rounding out the hour on NBC was a 20-minute outtake package from past "Friends" episodes, which attracted 22.5 million viewers.

As the lead-out to "Survivor," CBS' drama "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" ranked fourth with 22 million viewers.

CBS claimed its fourth straight household ratings win, with ABC in second place. CBS averaged 13.0 million viewers (8.8 household rating, 14 share), ABC had 12.6 million viewers (8.4 rating, 14 share) and NBC had 12.1 million viewers (8.3 rating, 14 share).

Fox had 10.2 million viewers (6.5 rating, 10 share), the WB had 3.7 million viewers (2.6 rating, 4 share), UPN had 3.7 million viewers (2.5 rating, 4 share), and Pax TV had 1.4 million viewers (0.9 rating, 1 share).

The top 20 Nielsen rated shows for the week of Feb. 12-18 were:

1. "ER," NBC, 18.1, 18.5 million homes.

2. "Survivor II," CBS, 16.6, 17.0 million homes.

3. "Friends Outtakes," NBC, 14.4, 14.7 million homes.

4. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 14.1, 14.4 million homes.

5. "Friends," NBC, 14.0, 14.3 million homes.

6. "Law & Order," NBC, 13.8, 14.1 million homes.

7. "The Practice,'' ABC, 12.9, 13.1 million homes.

8. "Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Sunday," ABC, 12.6, 12.9 million homes.

9. "Will & Grace," NBC, 12.5, 12.8 million homes.

10. "The West Wing," NBC, 12.2, 12.5 million homes.

11. "Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Wednesday," ABC, 11.8, 12.1 million homes.

12. "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS, 11.7, 12.0 million homes.

12. "Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Thursday," ABC, 11.7, 12.0 million homes.

14. "60 Minutes," CBS, 11.3, 11.5 million homes.

14. "ABC Monday Night Movie: These Old Broads," ABC, 11.3, 11.5 million homes.

16. "Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Friday," ABC, 11.2, 11.4 million homes.

17. "JAG," CBS, 10.9, 11.2 million homes.

17. "Just Shoot Me," NBC, 10.9, 11.1 million homes.

19. "The Drew Carey Show," ABC, 10.8, 11.0 million homes.

20. "Judging Amy," CBS, 10.6, 10.8 million homes.

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