Despite a boost from baseball's All-Star Game, Fox couldn't come out on top in total households or adults 18-49 in ratings data for the week ended Sunday released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.
In total households, Fox's coverage of the all-star game was the top-rated show on the air, delivering a 9.5 rating and a 17 share. It was the only Fox program in the top 25, with the
exception of the 16th-ranked pregame show. But it wasn't enough to carry Fox to victory in the demos. Strong showings from Law & Order and the Dateline interview with Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck
gave NBC (5.5/10, 5.88 million) the win over CBS (5.4/10, 5.71 million), Fox (4.4/8, 4.68 million) and ABC (3.5/7, 3.78 million).
The JLo-Affleck interview on Dateline was the week's
top-ranked program in adults 18-49 with 5.1/16, 10.6 million viewers overall. It led NBC (2.9/10, 3.7 million) to victory in adults 18-49 ahead of Fox (2.7/9, 3.4 million), CBS (2.5/8, 3.1 million)
and ABC (1.8/6, 2.2 million).
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The top 10 broadcast television network shows for the week ended July 20:
- Major League Baseball All-Star Game (Fox), 9.5/17, 10.15 million.
- Law & Order (NBC), 8.8/16, 9.3 million.
- CSI (CBS), 8.3/15, 8.8 million.
- CSI: Miami (CBS), 7.4/13, 7.8 million.
- Dateline NBC Special (NBC), 7.4/13, 7.8 million.
- Without a Trace (CBS), 7.4/14, 7.9 million.
- Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS), 7.3/13, 7.7 million.
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC), 7.3/14, 7.7 million.
- Law &
Order: Criminal Intent (NBC), 7.2/12, 7.6 million.
- 60 Minutes (CBS), 6.7/14, 7.1 million.