Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2008-09
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2008-09
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. American Idol Results (Fox) 26.49 million
2. American Idol (Fox) 26.62
3. Dancing With the Stars (ABC) 20.36
4. CSI (CBS) 19.03
5. NCIS (CBS) 17.89
6. The Mentalist (CBS) 17.47
7. Dancing With the Stars Results (ABC) 16.36
8. Sunday Night Football (NBC) 16.27
9. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 15.66
10. Two and a Half Men (CBS) 14.95
11. Criminal Minds (CBS) 14.89
12. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 14.52
13. 60 Minutes (CBS) 14.29
14. CSI: Miami (CBS) 14.17
15. Survivor: Gabon (CBS) 13.81
16. House (Fox) 13.45
17. CSI: NY (CBS) 13.42
18. Without a Trace (CBS) 12.97
19. Survivor: Tocantins (CBS) 12.86
20. 24 (Fox) 12.73
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2007-08
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2007-08
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. American Idol (Fox) 28.90 million
2. American Idol Results (Fox) 27.93
3. Dancing With the Stars (Fall, ABC) 21.67
4. Dancing With the Stars (Spring, ABC) 19.73
5. Dancing With the Stars Results (Fall, ABC) 19.57
6. Dancing With the Stars Results (Spring, ABC) 18.24
7. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 17.67
8. House (Fox) 17.64
9. CSI (CBS) 16.68
10. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 16.20
11. Sunday Night Football (NBC) 15.87
12. House– 8 p.m. Monday (Fox) 15.25
13. Survivor: China (CBS) 15.18
14. The Moment of Truth (Fox) 14.67
15. NCIS (CBS) 14.53
16. CSI: Miami (CBS) 14.02
17. Two and a Half Men (CBS) 13.75
18. Survivor: Micronesia (CBS) 13.61
19. Lost (ABC) 13.32
20. Without a Trace (CBS) 13.17
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2006-07
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2006-07
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. American Idol Results (Fox) 28.56 million
2. American Idol (Fox) 27.84
3. Dancing With the Stars (Fall, ABC) 20.08
4. CSI (CBS) 19.21
5. Dancing With the Stars (Spring, ABC) 18.85
6. Dancing With the Stars Results (Fall, ABC) 18.61
7. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 17.84
8. House (Fox) 17.71
9. Dancing With the Stars Results (Spring, ABC) 17.51
10. Sunday Night Football (NBC) 16.90
11. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 16.30
12. CSI: Miami (CBS) 16.18
13. Deal or No Deal-Monday (NBC) 14.70
14. Survivor: Cook Islands (CBS) 14.62
15. Without a Trace (CBS) 14.16
16. NCIS (CBS) 13.89
17. Cold Case (CBS) 13.82
18. Two and a Half Men (CBS) 13.89
19. CSI: NY (CBS) 13.40
20. Criminal Minds (CBS) 13.33
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2005-06
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2005-06
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. American Idol (Fox) 31.03 million
2. American Idol Results (Fox) 30.01
3. CSI (CBS) 25.08
4. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 22.15
5. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 19.74
6. Without a Trace (CBS) 18.67
7. Dancing With the Stars (ABC) 18.54
8. Survivor: Guatemala (CBS) 18.30
9. CSI: Miami (CBS) 18.03
10. House (Fox) 17.18
11. Survivor: Panama (CBS) 16.64
12. Monday Night Football (ABC) 16.21
13. Deal or No Deal-Monday (NBC) 15.64
14. Lost (ABC) 15.40
15. The Unit (CBS) 15.39
16. NCIS (CBS) 15.21
17. Two and a Half Men (CBS) 15.10
18. Dancing With the Stars Results (ABC) 14.77
19. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) 14.71
20. Deal or No Deal-Wednesday (NBC) 14.45
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2004-05
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2004-05
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. American Idol (Fox) 27.4 million
2. CSI (CBS) 26.31
3. American Idol Results (Fox) 26.00
4. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 23.40
5. Survivor: Palau (CBS) 20.91
6. Survivor: Vanuatu (CBS) 19.64
7. CSI: Miami (CBS) 18.88
8. Without a Trace (CBS) 18.77
9. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 18.00
10. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) 16.90
11. Monday Night Football (ABC) 16.24
12. Two and a Half Men (CBS) 16.22
13. The Apprentice 2 (NBC) 16.14
14. Lost (ABC) 15.89
15. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) 15.75
16. ER (NBC) 15.36
17. Cold Case (CBS) 15.17
18. 60 Minutes (CBS) 14.06
19. The Apprentice 3 (NBC) 13.96
20. Medium (NBC) 13.91
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2003-04
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2003-04
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. American Idol (Fox) 25.73 million
2. CSI (CBS) 25.60
3. American Idol Results (Fox) 24.31
4. Survivor: All Stars (CBS) 21.49
5. Friends (NBC) 21.41
6. Survivor: Pearl Islands (CBS) 20.72
7. The Apprentice (NBC) 20.70
8. ER (NBC) 19.51
9. CSI: Miami (CBS) 18.06
10. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) 17.38
11. Without a Trace (CBS) 16.88
12. Monday Night Football (ABC) 16.80
13. My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance (Fox) 16.64
14. Law & Order (NBC) 15.93
15. Will & Grace (NBC) 15.63
16. Two and a Half Men (CBS) 15.31
17. Cold Case (CBS) 14.37
18. 60 Minutes (CBS) 14.21
19. NFL Monday Night Showcase (ABC) 13.62
20. Fear Factor (NBC) 13.59
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2002-03
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2002-03
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. CSI (CBS), 26.25 million
2. Joe Millionaire (Fox), 22.86
3. American Idol-Wednesday (Fox), 21.93
4. Friends (NBC), 21.82
5. American Idol-Tuesday (Fox), 21.56
6. Survivor: Thailand (CBS), 21.21
7. ER (NBC), 20.07
8. Survivor: Amazon (CBS), 19.97
9. Everbody Loves Raymond (CBS), 18.57
10. Law & Order (NBC), 17.34
11. Monday Night Football (ABC), 17.10
12. Will & Grace (NBC), 16.79
13. The Bachelorette (ABC), 16.74
14. CSI: Miami (CBS), 16.57
15. Scrubs (NBC), 15.94
16. Without A Trace (CBS), 15.09
17. Law & Order: SVU (NBC), 14.79
18. The Bachelor (ABC), 14.51
19. Still Standing (CBS), 14.45
20. Law & Order: Criminal Intent-9 p.m. Sun. (NBC), 14.32
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2001-02
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2001-02
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. Friends (NBC) 24.46 million
2. CSI (CBS) 23.69
3. ER (NBC) 22.11
4. Survivor: Marquesas (CBS) 20.77
5. Survivor: Africa (CBS) 20.69
6. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) 20.03
7. Law & Order (NBC) 18.68
8. Friends — 8:30 p.m. (NBC) 18.55
9. Will & Grace (NBC) 17.27
10. The West Wing (NBC) 17.22
11. Monday Night Football (ABC) 16.99
12. Leap of Faith (NBC) 16.49
13. Becker (CBS) 16.30
14. Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 15.24
15. Inside Schwartz (NBC) 15.11
16. Frasier (NBC) 14.98
17. 60 Minutes (CBS) 14.89
18. JAG (CBS) 14.80
19. NFL Monday Showcase (ABC) 14.49
20. Just Shoot Me (NBC) 14.43
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2001-02
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Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2000-01
Top 20 Most-Watched TV Programs in 2000-01
Show (Network), Total Viewers
1. Survivor: The Australian Outback (CBS) 29.8 million
2. ER (NBC) 22.4
3. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Wednesdays (ABC) 20.1
4. Friends (NBC), NBC, 19.7
5. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Sundays (ABC) 19.4
6. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) 19.1
7. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Tuesday (ABC) 18.8
8. NFL Monday Night Football (ABC) 18.5
9. The Practice (ABC) 18.3
10. CSI (CBS) 17.8
11. Law & Order (NBC) 17.7
12. Will & Grace (NBC) 17.3
13. The West Wing (NBC) 17.0
14. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Thursday (ABC) 17.0
15. Temptation Island (Fox) 16.6
16. Becker (CBS) 16.1
17. Frasier (NBC) 15.9
18. 60 Minutes (CBS) 15.8
19. Just Shoot Me (NBC) 15.6
20. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-Friday (ABC) 15.4
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Decade’s Top 125 Most-Watched TV Shows (2000-2009)
Most-watched TV show last decade? “American Idol.” Second most-watched TV show last decade? “American Idol.”
The Fox show that searches for America’s next singing superstar also occupies eight of the Top 10 spots in the decade’s most-watched list, which is based on Nielsen ratings from 2000 to 2009.
But which season of “American Idol” was most watched? That would be Season 5 won by Taylor Hicks. An average of 31 million viewers tuned in each Tuesday for the performance show (No. 1 on the list), while 30 million returned on Wednesday for the results show (No. 2). 
Keeping “Idol” from a Top 8 clean sweep was CBS’s reality competition show, “Survivor.”
Season 2 of “Survivor” set in the Australian Outback and won by Tina Wesson is No. 3 on the list with an average of 29.8 million watchers each week. And Season 1 set in Borneo and won by Richard Hatch is No. 6 with 28.3 million watchers.
CBS’s crime drama “CSI” is the only other show to make the decade’s Top 15. It averaged 26.3 million total viewers for Season 5 and 26.2 million for Season 6 — placing it at No. 12 and 13 on the list.
Decade’s Top 125 Most-Watched TV Shows (2000-2009)
Show (Season, Network), Total Viewers
1. American Idol (Tuesdays in 2006, Fox) 31.0 million
2. American Idol (Wednedays in 2006, Fox) 30.0
3. Survivor: Australian Outback (2000-01, CBS) 29.8
4. American Idol (Tuesdays in 2008, Fox) 28.9
5. American Idol (Wednesdays in 2007, Fox) 28.6
6. Survivor: Borneo (Summer 2000, CBS) 28.3
7. American Idol (Wednesdays in 2008, Fox) 27.9
8. American Idol (Tuesdays in 2007, Fox) 27.8
9. American Idol (Tuesdays in 2005, Fox) 27.4
10. American Idol (Tuesdays in 2004, Fox) 25.7
11. American Idol (Wednesdays in 2009, Fox) 26.5
12. CSI (2004-05, CBS) 26.3
13. CSI (2002-03, CBS) 26.2
13. American Idol (Tuesdays in 2009, Fox) 26.2
15. American Idol (Wednesdays in 2005, Fox) 26.0
16. CSI (2003-04, CBS) 25.6
17. CSI (2005-06, CBS) 25.0
18. Friends (2001-02, NBC) 24.5
19. American Idol (Wednesdays in 2004, Fox) 24.3
20. CSI (2001-02, CBS) 23.7
21. Desperate Housewives (2004-05, ABC) 23.4
22. Joe Millionaire (2002-03, Fox) 22.8
23. ER (2000-01, NBC) 22.4
24. ER (2001-02, NBC) 22.1
24. Desperate Housewives (2005-06, ABC) 22.1
26. American Idol (Wednesdays in 2003) 21.9
27. Friends (2002-03, NBC) 21.8
28. Dancing With the Stars (Fall 2007) 21.7
29. American Idol (Tuesdays in 2003) 21.5
29. Survivor: All Stars (Spring 2004, CBS) 21.5
29. NCIS (Fall 2009, CBS) 21.5
32. Friends (2003-04, NBC) 21.4
33. Survivor: Thailand (Fall 2002, CBS) 21.2
34. Survivor: Palau (Spring 2005, CBS) 20.9
35. Survivor: Marquesas (Spring 2002, CBS) 20.8
36. Survivor: Africa (2001-02, CBS) 20.7
36. Survivor: Pearl Islands (Fall 2003, CBS) 20.7
36. The Apprentice (2003-04, NBC) 20.7
39. Dancing With the Stars (2008-09, ABC) 20.2
40. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Wednesdays in 2000-01, ABC) 20.1
41. Everybody Loves Raymond (2001-02, CBS) 20.0
41. ER (2002-03, NBC) 20.0
41. Dancing With the Stars (2006-07, ABC) 20.0
44. Survivor: Amazon (Spring 2003) 19.9
45. Friends (2000-01, NBC) 19.7
45. Grey’s Anatomy (2005-06, ABC) 19.7
45. Dancing With the Stars (Spring 2008, ABC) 19.7
48. Survivor: Vanuatu (Fall 2004, CBS) 19.6
48. Dancing With the Stars Results (Fall 2007, ABC) 19.6
50. ER (2003-04, NBC) 19.5
51. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Sundays in 2000-01, ABC) 19.4
52. CSI (2006-07, CBS) 19.2
53. Everybody Loves Raymond (2000-01, CBS) 19.1
54. CSI (2008-09, CBS) 19.0
55. CSI: Miami (2004-05, CBS) 18.9
56. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Tuesdays in 2000-01, ABC) 18.8
56. Without a Trace (2004-05, CBS) 18.8
56. Dancing With the Stars 4 (2006-07, ABC) 18.8
59. Law & Order (2001-02, NBC) 18.7
59. Without a Trace (2005-06, CBS) 18.7
61. Friends — 8:30 p.m. (2001-02, NBC) 18.6
61. Dancing With the Stars 3 Results (2006-07, ABC) 18.6
63. Everybody Loves Raymond (2002-03, CBS) 18.5
63. Dancing With the Stars (2005-06, ABC) 18.5
65. The Practice (2000-01, ABC) 18.3
65. Survivor 11: Guatemala (2005-06, CBS) 18.3
67. Dancing With the Stars Results (Spring 2008, ABC) 18.2
67. Dancing With the Stars” (Fall 2009, ABC), 18.2
69. CSI: Miami (2003-04, CBS) 18.1
70. Grey’s Anatomy (2004-05, ABC) 18.0
70. CSI: Miami (2005-06, CBS) 18.0
72. NCIS (2008-09, CBS) 17.9
73. CSI (2000-01, CBS) 17.8
73. Grey’s Anatomy (2006-07, ABC) 17.8
75. Law & Order (2000-01, NBC) 17.7
75. House (2006-07, Fox) 17.7
75. Desperate Housewives (2007-08, ABC) 17.7
78. House (2007-08, Fox) 17.6
79. Dancing With the Stars Results (2006-07, ABC) 17.5
79. The Mentalist (2008-09, CBS) 17.5
81. Everybody Loves Raymond (2003-04, CBS) 17.4
82. Will & Grace (2000-01, NBC) 17.3
82. Law & Order (2002-03, NBC) 17.3
82. Will & Grace (2001-02, NBC) 17.3
85. The West Wing (2001-02, NBC) 17.2
85. House (2005-06, Fox) 17.2
87. The West Wing (2000-01, NBC) 17.0
87. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Thursdays in 2000-01, ABC) 17.0
87. “The Mentalist” (Fall 2009, CBS) 17.0
87. “NCIS: Los Angeles” (Fall 2009, CBS) 17.0
91. Without a Trace (2003-04, CBS) 16.9
91. Everybody Loves Raymond (2004-05, CBS) 16.9
93. Will & Grace (2002-03, NBC) 16.8
93. Dancing With the Stars (June-July 2005, ABC) 16.8
95. The Bachelorette (2002-03, ABC) 16.7
95. CSI (2007-08, CBS) 16.7
97. Temptation Island (2000-01, Fox) 16.6
97. My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance (2003-04, Fox) 16.6
97. Survivor 12: Panama (2005-06, CBS) 16.6
100. Leap of Faith (2001-02, NBC) 16.5
100. CSI: Miami (2002-03, CBS) 16.5
102. Dancing With the Stars Results (2008-09, ABC) 16.4
103. Becker (2001-02, CBS) 16.3
103. Desperate Housewives (2006-07, ABC) 16.3
103. “CSI” (Fall 2009, CBS) 16.3
106. “Dancing With the Stars Results” (Fall 2009, ABC) 16.1
107. Two and a Half Men (2004-05, CBS) 16.2
107. CSI: Miami (2006-07, CBS) 16.2
107. Grey’s Anatomy (2007-08, ABC) 16.2
110. Becker (2000-01, CBS) 16.1
110. The Apprentice 2 (2004-05, NBC) 16.1
112. Frasier (2000-01, NBC) 15.9
112. Scrubs (2002-03, NBC) 15.9
112. Law & Order (2003-04, NBC) 15.9
112. Lost (2004-05, ABC) 15.9
116. 60 Minutes (2000-01, CBS) 15.8
116. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2004-05, ABC) 15.8
116. Survivor 13: Cook Islands (2006, CBS) 15.8
119. Desperate Housewives (2008-09, ABC) 15.7
119. “Desperate Housewives” (Fall 2009, ABC) 15.7
121. “Grey’s Anatomy” (Fall 2009, ABC) 15.6
121. “House” (Fall 2009, Fox) 15.6
121. Just Shoot Me (2000-01, NBC) 15.6
121. Will & Grace (2003-04, NBC) 15.6
121. Deal or No Deal (2005-06, NBC) 15.6
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