For the week ended Sunday, CBS (5.5/10, 5.85 million) won in total households and persons with seven of the top 10 programs, mostly reruns. The other three of the top 10 programs came from NBC (5/9, 5.3 million), which in second place was far ahead of both ABC (3.9/7, 4.12 million) and Fox (3.8/7, 4.04 million). Only one ABC program, a repeat of My Wife and Kids, reached the top 25 in primetime households and persons; My Wife and Kids was locked in a four-way tie for 23rd place. No Fox show made it to the top 25 in the tally.
In adults 18-49, NBC (2.8/9, 3.57 million) came out ahead of both CBS (2.5/8, 3.17 million) and Fox (2.4/8, 3.05 million).
The top five programs, four CBS and one NBC, were all one-hour dramas. Three sitcom repeats - two CBS and NBC's Friends - were also in the top 10, along with a first-run 60 Minutes II and a lone unscripted program, NBC's Who Wants To Marry My Dad? Other unscripted shows in the top 25 included Big Brother 4 (CBS), For Love or Money 2 (NBC), Fear Factor (NBC), Amazing Race: 4 (CBS) and The Restaurant (NBC). Two news specials, a 48 Hour special on the life of Bob Hope and a two-hour edition of Dateline NBC, also made the top 25.
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The top 10 prime programs in households and persons for the week of July 28 through Aug. 3: