Nielsen Loves Baseball and Raymond

By Stephen M. Silverman

07/18/2001 at 01:33 PM EDT

NBC pulled a double ratings win last week, leading the primetime pack in total viewers and adults 18-49 (thanks to the Monday reality combination of "Fear Factor" and "Weakest Link" and Saturday's popular repeat showing of "Jurassic Park"). NBC averaged 8.3 million viewers for the week to edge CBS (8 million), according to data from Nielsen Media Research. ABC (7.5 million) was third, followed by Fox (7.2 million), UPN (3.1 million) and the WB Network (2.2 million). The baseball game (seen by some 15.3 million people), ranked as the most-watched program for the week and No. 3 among adults 18-49 (behind "Fear" and "Link"). A rerun of "Everybody Loves Raymond" was the only sitcom to make it into the Top 10 for July 9-15. The list:

1. "Fox MLB All-Star Game: National vs. American Leagues," Fox, 11.0, 11.2 million homes
2. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Tuesday, ABC, 9.1, 9.3 million homes
3. "Primetime Thursday," ABC, 9.0, 9.2 million homes
4. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Sunday, ABC, 8.8, 8.9 million homes
5. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," Thursday, ABC, 8.6, 8.8 million homes
6. "Dateline NBC," NBC, 8.5, 8.7 million homes
7. "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS, 8.3, 8.5 million homes
8. (tie) "20/20" Friday, ABC, 8.2, 8.4 million homes
8. (tie) "Weakest Link," NBC, 8.2, 8.4 million homes
10. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.1, 8.3 million homes