NBC won total viewers and the key adults demographics Sunday night with
its
Dateline, Law &Order: Criminal Intent and Crime &
Punishment lineup according to Nielsen
Media Research's fast national ratings.
CBS edged out NBC in the household battle a tenth of a rating point.
From 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., CBS and 60 Minutes won the time period across most of the key
categories, younger adults (18 through 34) being the notable exception.
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Fox won that battle with Futurama and Greg the Bunny.
From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., NBC won households and adults 25 through 54 with
Dateline .
Fox won adults 18 through 34 and 18 through 49 with The
Simpsons and King of the Hill. NBC's Law &Order
won all the key races except adults 18 through 34, which Fox won with back to
back Malcolm in the Middle episodes.
At 10 p.m., Crime & Punishment narrowly won the household race
(just ahead of the second half of the CBS made-for, The Color of Love)
but easily won the key adult demo contests.
ABC aired two movies, PeterPan and part I of TheWedding, which over the course of the night place third in households,
adults 18 through 34 and 18 through 49, and fourth with adults 25 through 54.
