Article clipped from The Los Angeles Times

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Aug. 9-15) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 272.04 million potential viewers in the U.S. age 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions. Program Network View- ersProgram Network Viewers 1 Summer Olympics (Sun.)NBC25.82 2 Summer Olympics (Fri.)NBC25.38 3 Summer Olympics (Sat.)NBC19.82 4 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS11.79 5 CSICBS11.52 --------------------------------------------6 Law and Order: SVUNBC11.10 7 CSI: MiamiCBS10.90 8 Two and a Half MenCBS10.85 9 AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game ABC10.84 10 Without a TraceCBS10.74 --------------------------------------------11 Amazing Race: 5CBS10.39 12 AFC-NFC ShowcaseABC10.31 13 Big Brother 5 (Thu.)CBS9.51 14 Big Brother 5 (Tue.)CBS9.32 15 Law and OrderNBC9.29 --------------------------------------------16 Trading SpousesFOX9.20 17 60 MinutesCBS8.92 18 Last Comic Standing 2 (Thu.) NBC8.81 19 Law and Order (9 p.m.)NBC8.35 20 Last Comic Standing 2 (Tue.) NBC8.14 --------------------------------------------21 Cold CaseCBS8.02 22 America’s Funniest Home Videos (Sun.) ABC7.81 23 Navy NCISCBS7.75 24 Extreme Makeover (9 p.m.) ABC7.70 25 Yes, DearCBS7.57 --------------------------------------------26 60 Minutes IICBS7.46 27 48 Hours MysteryCBS7.33 28 Fear FactorNBC6.98 29 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Sun.) ABC6.90 30 Still StandingCBS6.80 --------------------------------------------31 For Love or Money 4NBC6.80 32 20/20 (Fri.)ABC6.77 33 King of Queens (9:30 p.m.) CBS6.76 34 Primetime ThursdayABC6.70 35 Extreme Makeover (8 p.m.) ABC6.66 --------------------------------------------36 America’s Funniest Home Videos ABC6.61 37 Most Outrageous Game Show Moments2 NBC6.57 38 CSI (Sun.)CBS6.56 39 King of QueensCBS6.37 40 Trading Spouses (Mon.)FOX6.36 --------------------------------------------41 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Tue.) ABC6.28 42 2004 Teen Choice Awards FOX6.19 43 According to HimABC6.14 44 My Wife &amp; Kids (8:30 p.m.) ABC6.10 45 Cops (9:30 p.m.)FOX6.01 --------------------------------------------46 My Wife and KidsABC5.92 47 Cops (9 p.m.)FOX5.86 48 Will &amp; GraceNBC5.79 49 Big Brother 5 (Sat.)NBC5.64 50 Will &amp; Grace (8 p.m.)NBC5.58 --------------------------------------------51 Less Than PerfectABC5.44 52 ERNBC5.17 53 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX5.14 54 That ’70s ShowFOX5.10 55 Blue Collar TVWB4.84 --------------------------------------------56 The DaysABC4.75 57 North ShoreFOX4.71 58 The SimpsonsFOX4.67 59 George LopezABC4.55 60 CopsFOX4.48 --------------------------------------------61 In the Jury RoomABC4.41 62 Navy NCIS (Sat.)CBS4.33 63 WWE Smackdown!UPN4.16 64 In the Jury Room (Wed.)ABC4.08 65 QuintupletsFOX4.03 --------------------------------------------66 Amish in the CityUPN4.02 67 AFI 100 Years 100 SongsCBS4.01 68 Wonderful World of Disney ABC4.00 69 The Drew Carey ShowABC3.94 70 The Drew Carey Show (9:30 p.m.) ABC3.75 --------------------------------------------71 SummerlandWB3.68 72 Celebrity BoxingFOX3.60 73 Reba (Thu.)WB3.58 74 Amazing Race: 5 (Sat.)CBS3.54 75 Arrested Development (Sun.) FOX3.50 --------------------------------------------76 Hope &amp; FaithABC3.41 77 Less Than Perfect (Fri.)ABC3.39 78 “Man vs. Beast” (9 p.m.)FOX3.36 79 8 Simple RulesABC3.33 80 Smallville (9 p.m.)WB3.21 --------------------------------------------81 “Alien vs. Predator”FOX3.02 82 “Man vs. Beast” FOX2.96 83 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (10:30 p.m.) ABC2.94 84 Whose Line Is It Anyway?ABC2.87 85 Malcolm in the MiddleFOX2.86 --------------------------------------------86 CasinoFOX2.82 87 SmallvilleWB2.75 88 Half and HalfUPN2.69 89 Gilmore GirlsWB2.67 90 RebaWB2.65 --------------------------------------------91 Blue Collar TV (Fri.)WB2.48 92 7th HeavenWB2.46 93 One on OneUPN2.44 94 Oliver BeeneFOX2.35 95 Summerland (Mon.)WB2.25 --------------------------------------------96 The PlayerUPN2.21 97 All of UsUPN2.15 98 EveUPN2.10 99 Girlfriends (9:30 p.m.)UPN2.10 100 GirlfriendsUPN2.00 --------------------------------------------101 Charmed (9 p.m.)WB1.89 102 CharmedWB1.87 103 The Player (Tue.)UPN1.80 104 Steve Harvey’s Big Time (7:30 p.m.) WB1.80 Network averages Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. Network Last week Season to date NBC15.1410.15 -------------------------------------------- CBS7.6511.91 -------------------------------------------- ABC6.168.19 -------------------------------------------- FOX4.718.59 -------------------------------------------- WB2.473.31 -------------------------------------------- UPN2.453.20