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Peaceable "Raymond" Rates Big
The summer that started so wrong for Everybody Loves Raymond is ending so right.
The Emmy-winning sitcom, plagued by contract squabbles and cast holdouts, enjoyed a little peace at the top as the most watched show of the prime-time week ended Sunday.
Nearly 12 million people caught a rerun of the CBS series, according to Nielsen Media Research. While that figure is well below its season average, it was good enough for the number one spot in a holiday week largely vacated by viewers.
The ratings news comes as order has been restored to the Raymond set, thanks to creative accounting benefiting supporting players Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle and Patricia Heaton.
Because of his especially protracted dispute with producers, Garrett will not be seen in the first two episodes of Raymond's eighth season, launching September 22, the first night of the 2003-04 fall campaign.
As the reunited Raymond cast and others count down the days 'til the new TV year, audiences will make do with the sort of sustenance that got them through Labor Day: reruns, football and reality.
A preseason Monday Night Football contest, pitting the Indianapolis Colts against the Denver Broncos, scored for ABC, bringing in about 11.2 million fans (fourth place).
CBS' Big Brother 4 was the most-watched reality series of the week. Its Wednesday edition, featuring a housemate eviction, was monitored by a season-high 10.3 million voyeurs (eighth place). There was less interest in the other episodes: Tuesday's installment was watched by 8.7 million; Friday's by 7.3 million (33rd place).
NBC's For Love or Money 2, heading toward next week's two-hour season finale, dated its way up to 10th place, with 10 million viewers.
Fox's scripted drama series The O.C. continued to make good use of its head start on the fall season--18th place, 8.6 million.
Elsewhere, Fox's new variety show, Performing As..., featuring celebrity sound-alikes, premiered in the unplugged American Junior' 8 p.m. Tuesday time slot with a strong 6.9 million viewers (42nd place).
Overall, it was a weak ratings week, with not enough couch potatoes to go around. A Peter Jennings news special on ABC was witnessed by only 3.7 million (79th place). NBC's Race to the Altar lagged with 3.6 million (79th place). Fox's Anything But Love bottomed out with 2.8 million (91st place).
On the WB, a telecast of the 5th Annual Family Friendly Awards received an unfriendly reception--1.8 million viewers, 112th place. On the UPN, a broadcast of the 1991 comedy Strictly Business, a cable staple, drew a cablesque 959,000, bad for 122th place.
NBC finished second for the week in total viewers, with just under 7 million. ABC trailed with 6.3 million, and Fox with 5.2 million. The WB bested the UPN, 2.4 million to 2.2 million.
Here's a rundown of the 10 most-watched shows for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research:
1. Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS, 12 million viewers
2. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 11.7 million viewers
3. CSI: Miami, CBS, 11.5 million viewers
4. Monday Night Football (preseason), ABC, 11.17 million viewers
5. Law & Order, NBC, 11.16 million viewers
6. King of Queens, CBS, 11.13 million viewers
7. Without a Trace, CBS, 10.6 million viewers
8. Big Brother 4 (Wednesday), CBS, 10.3 million viewers
9. 60 Minutes II, CBS, 10.2 million viewers
10. For Love or Money 2, NBC, 10 million viewers
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