The following is a list of most watched United States television broadcasts of 2001.
Most watched by week
+Broadcast (primetime only) Week of Title Network Viewers(in millions) January 1 ER NBC 30.41 January 8 28.35 January 15 58th Golden Globe Awards 22.49 January 22 Super Bowl XXXV CBS 84.34 January 29 Survivor 29.04 February 5 29.04 February 12 28.23 February 19 28.78 February 26 31.32 March 5 28.72 March 12 28.46 March 19 73rd Academy Awards ABC 42.94 March 26 Survivor CBS 28.12 April 2 27.72 April 9 27.55 April 16 28.42 April 23 26.89 April 29 36.35 May 7 ER NBC 23.17 May 14 30.72 May 21 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 20.13 May 28 60 Minutes 14.86 June 4 NBA Finals (Game 3) NBC 20.28 June 11 NBA Finals (Game 4) 19.98 June 18 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Thurs) ABC 14.06 June 25 13.71 July 2 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Sun) 13.37 July 9 2001 MLB All-Star Game Fox 16.03 July 16 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Tues) ABC 13.94 July 23 Fear Factor NBC 14.12 July 30 15.41 August 6 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Sun) ABC 13.45 August 13 13.28 August 20 Primetime Thursday 23.70 August 27 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Tues) 13.63 September 3 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Fri) 13.61 September 10 Unreleased September 17 Presidential Address analysis (Thurs) NBC 23.87 September 24 Friends 31.70 October 1 30.04 October 8 29.20 October 15 ER 26.71 October 22 27.38 October 29 World Series (Game 7) Fox 39.08 November 5 ER NBC 26.85 November 12 27.37 November 19 Friends 24.24 November 26 The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers CBS 29.80 December 3 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23.96 December 10 ER NBC 28.87 December 17 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 23.67 December 24 19.18 December 31 Patriots vs. Panthers (NFL) post-game show 22.56
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