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By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -- CBS' "The Unit," NBC's "Medium" and ABC's "Making a Music Star" all had something in common last week.
Each had fewer viewers than an episode of the telenovela "Fea Mas Bella" on Univision last week, as the Spanish-language network flexes its muscles during a slow summer for the English-language broadcast networks.
Since Nielsen Media Research began measuring Univision's viewership last year, the network has consistently beaten the WB and UPN networks in the ratings. Last week, Univision averaged more viewers aged 18 to 34 in prime time than any other network except Fox.
Except for NBC's "America's Got Talent" and Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," everything in Nielsen's top 10 during a quiet week last week was reruns.
CBS won the week, averaging 7.3 million viewers in prime time (4.9, 9). NBC averaged 6.3 million (4.2, 7), Fox had 5.5 million (3.5, 6), ABC 5 million (3.4, 6), UPN 1.9 million and the WB 1.8 million (both 1.2, 2). The i network had 690,000 (0.5, 1).
Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision averaged 3 million viewers in prime time (1.7, 3), Telemundo had 820,000 (0.5, 1) and TeleFutura 490,000 (0.3, 1).
NBC's "Nightly News" won the evening news ratings race, averaging 8 million viewers (5.6, 12). ABC's "World News" had 7.5 million viewers (5.2, 11) and the "CBS Evening News" had 6.9 million (4.8, 10).
A ratings point represents 1,102,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 110.2 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for July 24-30. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
1. (6) "Without a Trace," CBS, 10.52 million viewers.
2. (3) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 10.42 million viewers.
3. (43) "America's Got Talent," NBC, 10.35 million viewers.
4. (7) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 10.19 million viewers.
5. (11) "House," Fox, 10.03 million viewers.
6. (57) "So You Think You Can Dance" (Wednesday), Fox, 9.17 million viewers.
7. (15) "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 8.9 million viewers.
8. (21) "Law & Order: SVU," NBC, 8.76 million viewers.
9. (20) "CSI: NY," CBS, 8.66 million viewers.
10. (28) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 8.59 million viewers.
11. (58) "So You Think You Can Dance" (Thursday), Fox, 8.44 million viewers.
12. (24) "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.25 million viewers.
13. (86) "Dateline NBC," NBC, 8.06 million viewers.
14. (22) "Cold Case," CBS, 7.9 million viewers.
15. (72) "Without a Trace," (Sunday), CBS, 7.6 million viewers.
16. (43) "America's Got Talent" (Thursday), NBC, 7.55 million viewers.
17. (37) "Law & Order," NBC, 7.51 million viewers
18. (105) "Hell's Kitchen," Fox, 7.46
19. (86) "Last Comic Standing 4," NBC, 7.45 million viewers.
20. (105) "Big Brother 7," (Tuesday), CBS, 7.27
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