Nielsen Ratings/Historic/Network Television by Season/2000s

This is a listing of the average top networks and shows for past television seasons in the 2000s.

2003–2004 Season

Network Rankings

#	Households	People 2+	Adults 18-49
1	CBS	CBS	NBC
2	NBC	NBC	FOX
3	ABC	FOX	CBS
4	FOX	ABC	ABC
5	WB	WB	WB
6	UPN	UPN	UPN
7	PAX	PAX	PAX

Top Shows

Top 20 shows*

1. American Idol
2. CSI
3. Survivor
4. The Apprentice
5. Friends
6. Monday Night Football
7. My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé
8. CSI: Miami
9. ER
10. Everybody Loves Raymond
11. Without a Trace
12. Law & Order
13. Two and a Half Men
14. 60 Minutes
15. Cold Case
16. Will & Grace
17. Average Joe
18. The Bachelor
19. Coupling
20. Fear Factor

*September 22, 2003 through September 19, 2004, ranked by total viewers, all regular timeslots collapsed, including regular timeslot repeats

2004–2005 Season

Network Rankings

#	Households	People 2+	Adults 18-49
1	CBS	CBS	FOX
2	NBC	ABC	CBS
3	ABC	FOX	ABC
4	FOX	NBC	NBC
5	UPN	UPN	UPN
6	WB	WB	WB
7	PAX	PAX	PAX

Top Shows

Top 20 shows*

1. American Idol
2. CSI
3. Survivor
4. Desperate Housewives
5. CSI: Miami
6. Dancing with the Stars
7. Monday Night Football
8. Without a Trace
9. Everybody Loves Raymond
10. Two and a Half Men
11. The Apprentice
12. Lost
13. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
14. Cold Case
15. Grey's Anatomy
16. 60 Minutes
17. NCIS
18. The Amazing Race
19. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
20. ER

*September 20, 2004 through September 18, 2005, ranked by total viewers, all regular timeslots collapsed, including regular timeslot repeats

2005–2006 Season

Network Rankings

#	Households	People 2+	Adults 18-49
1	CBS	CBS	FOX
2	ABC	ABC	ABC
3	NBC	FOX	CBS
4	FOX	NBC	NBC
5	WB	Uni	Uni
6	UPN	WB	WB
7	Uni	UPN	UPN
8	Tel	Tel	Tel
9	i	TF	TF
10	TF	i	i

Top Shows

Top 20 shows*

1. American Idol
2. CSI
3. Survivor
4. Desperate Housewives
5. Dancing with the Stars
6. CSI: Miami
7. Without a Trace
8. Monday Night Football
9. Grey's Anatomy
10. House, M.D.
11. 24
12. Unan1mous
13. NCIS
14. Lost
15. Two and a Half Men
16. Deal or No Deal
17. CSI: NY
18. Cold Case
19. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
20. 60 Minutes

*September 19, 2005 through September 17, 2006, ranked by total viewers, all regular timeslots collapsed, including regular timeslot repeats

2006–2007 Season

Network Rankings

#	Households	People 2+	Adults 18-49
1	CBS	CBS	FOX
2	FOX	FOX	CBS
3	ABC	ABC	ABC
4	NBC	NBC	NBC
5	Uni	Uni	Uni
6	CW	CW	CW
7	Tel	Tel	Tel
8	MNT	MNT	MNT
9	ION	TF	TF
10	TF	ION	ION
11	AZA	AZA	AZA

Top Shows

Top 20 shows

1. American Idol
2. Dancing with the Stars
3. CSI
4. Sunday Night Football
5. Survivor
6. Grey's Anatomy
7. Lost
8. House, M.D.
9. Without a Trace
10. CSI: Miami
11. King of Queens
12. 24
13. NCIS
14. Desperate Housewives
15. Two and a Half Men
16. Heroes
17. Shark
18. Cold Case
19. CSI: NY
20. Rules of Engagement

*September 18, 2006 through September 23, 2007, ranked by total viewers, all regular timeslots collapsed, including regular timeslot repeats

2007–2008 Season

Network Rankings

#	Households	People 2+	Adults 18-49
1	CBS	FOX	FOX
2	FOX	CBS	NBC
3	NBC	NBC	ABC
4	ABC	ABC	CBS
5	Uni	Uni	Uni
6	CW	CW	CW
7	MNT	MNT	Tel
8	Tel	Tel	MNT
9	TF	TF	TF
10	ION	ION	ION
11	AZA	AZA	AZA

Top Shows

Top 20 shows*

1. American Idol
2. Dancing with the Stars
3. Sunday Night Football
4. Survivor
5. CSI
6. Lost
7. House, M.D.
8. Heroes
9. NCIS
10. America's Got Talent
11. Two and a Half Men
12. CSI: Miami
13. The Amazing Race
14. Desperate Housewives
15. 60 Minutes
16. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
17. The Moment of Truth
18. Grey's Anatomy
19. Criminal Minds
20. Oprah's Big Give

*September 24, 2007 through September 21, 2008, ranked by total viewers, all regular timeslots collapsed, including regular timeslot repeats