Monday Feb. 17, 2003-Sunday Feb. 23, 2003
TV Season Week No. 22
Feb. Sweeps: Days 19-25
Top shows this week
Adults 18 to 49
Joe Millionaire (Fox) 20.4/40
Total Viewers
Joe Millionaire (Fox) 40 mil.
Monday Top shows
Adults 18 to 49
Joe Millionaire (Fox) 20.4/40
Total viewers
Joe Millionaire (Fox) 40 mil.
The “Joe Millionaire” finale was the highest-rated entertainment program on any network in adults 18 to 49 and adults 18 to 34 since the “Survivor 2” premiere Jan. 28, 2001, which followed the Super Bowl.
Tuesday Top shows
Adults 18 to 49
American Idol (Fox) 9.2/23
Total viewers
American Idol (Fox) 19.7 mil.
“American Idol” outperformed the same episode of the show’s summer run by 74 percent in adults 18 to 49 and adults 18 to 34.
Wednesday Top shows
Adults 18 to 49
The Bachelorette (ABC) 9.3/22
Total viewers
The Bachelorette (ABC) 20.4 mil.
From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. “The Bachelorette” finale won its time period in adults 18 to 49 by 19 percent over its closest competitor and gave ABC its best ratings in the time slot in more than 2 1/2 years. ABC’s “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!” debuted to a second-place time-slot finish in adults 18 to 49 with a 6.9/11.
Thursday Top shows
Adults 18 to 49
ER (NBC) 10.5/26
Total viewers
CSI (CBS) 28.1 mil.
Fox’s two-hour “Michael Jackson Interview The Footage Never Meant to be Seen” improved its time-slot average by 154 percent in adults 18 to 49 (6.1/4) but still placed third to NBC’s time-slot-winning combo of “Friends” and a “Friends” rerun and CBS’s second-place “Survivor” (11.4/17).
Friday Top shows
Adults 18 to 49
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 5/15
Total viewers
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 15 mil.
Saturday Top shows
Adults 18 to 49
Cops 2 (Fox) 4.1/13
Total viewers
The District (CBS) 10.7 mil.
Sunday Top shows
Adults 18 to 49
Grammy Awards (CBS) 11.3/27
Total viewers
Grammy Awards (CBS) 24.8 mil.
The “45th Annual Grammy Awards” easily won the night and was up 26 percent in adults 18 to 49 and 35 percent in adults 25 to 54 from last year’s broadcast.