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'MAKING' THE GRADE

Survivor's Amber wasn't the only one to get dissed this week. Friends (30th), Will & Grace (38th), and ER (37th) were rebuffed when viewers didn't take to NBC's nostalgic airing of the shows' pilots (i.e. repeats). To add insult to injury, CBS strategized and scored with its back-to-back doses of CSI (2nd and 4th). Although Fox restationed Boot Camp (25th) in a Tuesday night slot, the barracks-based reality show still rounded up the troops, losing only half a million viewers from the prior week's outing. ABC's Making the Band returned with a pair of episodes, the second of which shot into the top 10 among teen girls. Overall, the numbers were only so-so (82nd and 81st) for O-Town, but they did beat out Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (90th and 93rd), and that's gotta feel good, even if she is a girl.

TOP 30 LAST VIEWERS* WEEK 1 27.6 SURVIVOR: THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK CBS, Thursday, 8 p.m. 1 2 23.2 CSI CBS, Thursday, 9 p.m. 3 3 19.7 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE ABC, Tuesday, 8 p.m. 5 4 18.8 CSI (R) CBS, Thursday, 10 p.m. -- 5 18.7 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND CBS, Monday, 9 p.m. -- 6 16.1 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE ABC, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 7 15.8 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE ABC, Thursday, 9 p.m. 8 15.8 BECKER CBS, Monday, 9:30 p.m. -- 9 14.8 LAW & ORDER (R) NBC, Wednesday, 10 p.m. 4 10 14.4 THE PRACTICE (R) ABC, Sunday, 10 p.m. -- 11 14.2 NYPD BLUE ABC, Tuesday, 10 p.m. 6 14.2 60 MINUTES CBS, Sunday, 7 p.m. 9 13 14.1 WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE ABC, Friday, 9 p.m. 10 14 14.0 THE KING OF QUEENS CBS, Monday, 8 p.m. -- 15 13.7 YES, DEAR CBS, Monday, 8:30 p.m. -- 16 13.6 THE WEST WING (R) NBC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 7 17 13.4 JUDGING AMY CBS, Tuesday, 10 p.m. -- 18 12.9 TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL CBS, Sunday, 8 p.m. 20 19 12.8 MY WIFE AND KIDS ABC, Wednesday, 8 p.m. 23 12.8 20/20 ABC, Friday, 10 p.m. 23 21 12.5 MOVIE: DEEP IMPACT CBS, Sunday, 9 p.m. -- 22 12.4 DHARMA & GREG ABC, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 13 23 12.0 THE DREW CAREY SHOW ABC, Wednesday, 9 p.m. 35 12.0 JAG CBS, Tuesday, 8 p.m. -- 25 11.9 THE SIMPSONS (R) Fox, Sunday, 8 p.m. 21 11.9 BOOT CAMP Fox, Tuesday, 9 p.m. -- 27 11.6 LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT NBC, Friday, 10 p.m. 26 28 11.5 60 MINUTES II CBS, Tuesday, 9 p.m. 19 11.5 THE DISTRICT (R) CBS, Saturday, 10 p.m. 28 30 11.4 FRIENDS (R) NBC, Thursday, 8 p.m. 13

*IN MILLIONS WEEK OF APRIL 9-15, 2001 SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH

Originally posted Apr 27, 2001 Published in issue #593 Apr 27, 2001 Order article reprints

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