Prime Time Nielsen Ratings

  • January 12, 2001
Prime-time ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research for January 1 to January 7. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with rating for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses.

An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation. The rating is the percentage of the nation's estimated 102.2 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 1,022,000 households.

1. (1) "ER," NBC, 19.7, 20.1 million homes.

2. (X) "Orange Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Florida State," ABC, 17.8, 18.2 million homes.

3. (4) "Friends," NBC, 15.0, 15.3 million homes.

4. (10) "Will & Grace," NBC, 13.3, 13.6 million homes.

5. (X) "Rose Bowl-postgame," ABC, 13.0, 13.3 million homes.

5. (X) "Sugar Bowl: Miami vs. Florida," ABC, 13.0, 13.2 million homes.

7. (15) "Just Shoot Me," NBC, 12.7, 13.0 million homes.

7. (8) "Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Thursday," ABC, 12.7, 13.0 million homes.

9. (X) "Orange Bowl-pregame," ABC, 12.5, 12.8 million homes.

10. (6) "Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Sunday," ABC, 12.4, 12.7 million homes.

11. (9) "The Practice," ABC, 12.1, 12.3 million homes.

12. (16) "60 Minutes," CBS, 12.0, 12.2 million homes.

13. (20) "Touched by an Angel," CBS, 11.4, 11.6 million homes.

14. (23) "The Weber Show," NBC, 11.3, 11.5 million homes.

15. (18) "Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Friday," ABC, 10.8, 11.0 million homes.

16. (X) "Fiesta Bowl: Oregon State vs. Notre Dame," ABC, 10.7, 11.0 million homes.

17. (22) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 10.1, 10.3 million homes.

17. (X) "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS, 10.1, 10.3 million homes.

19. (30) "The Simpsons," Fox, 10.0, 10.3 million homes.

19. (X) "Sugar Bowl-pregame," ABC, 10.0, 10.2 million homes.

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