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Weekly Genre Show Ratings (April 22-28)

By: Christopher Allan Smith
Date: Thursday, May 02, 2002
Source: USA Today

Several big-hitting genre movies of the last two decades sucked up a lot of viewers and pushed out some genre shows from the top ten this week. THE SIXTH SENSE, ARMAGEDDON and STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK were viewed my millions, despite the fact EMPIRE has been on video and shown on TV for the better part of two decades.


As for the rest...


The list reads as follows Genre Top Ten rank, (Overall rank), title, then in parenthesis (Viewers in millions/Rating/Share) [Network].


Here are the top ten numbers:


1. (1) C.S.I. (23.5/14.5/22) [CBS]


2. (26) THE SIMPSONS (13.4/7.4/12) [FOX]


3. (42) THE SIXTH SENSE (movie) (10.1/6.5/10) [ABC]


4. (54) THE X-FILES (9.7/5.8/9) [FOX]


5. (63) 24 (8.5/5.2/8) [FOX]


6. (65) ARMAGEDDON (movie, rerun) (8.2/5.1/9) [ABC]


7. (77) THE SIMPSONS (special rerun) (7.7/4.2/8) [FOX]


8. (78) STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (movie, rerun) (6.3/3.9/6) [FOX]


9. (84) SMALLVILLE (5.5/3.4/5) [WB]


10. (87) DARK ANGEL (5.1/3.3/6) [FOX]





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