The following is a list of most watched United States television broadcasts of 2002.
Most watched by week
+Broadcast (primetime only) Week of Title Network Viewers(in millions) January 7 Survivor CBS 27.26 January 14 Friends NBC 29.24 January 21 22.99 January 28 Super Bowl XXXVI Fox 86.80 February 4 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony NBC 45.56 February 11 2002 Winter Olympics (Mon) 31.53 February 18 2002 Winter Olympics (Thurs) 43.31 February 25 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 28.74 March 4 CBS Sunday Movie 39.00 March 11 Survivor 20.46 March 18 74th Academy Awards ABC 41.78 March 25 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 25.24 April 1 ER NBC 28.51 April 8 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 22.24 April 15 22.11 April 22 ER NBC 23.78 April 29 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 26.17 May 6 ER NBC 28.71 May 13 Friends 34.91 May 20 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 20.18 May 27 Lakers vs. Kings (NBA) NBC 23.80 June 3 NBA Finals (Game 3) 16.21 June 10 NBA Finals (Game 4) 16.56 June 17 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 15.01 June 24 15.43 July 1 60 Minutes 12.51 July 8 2002 MLB All-Star Game Fox 14.65 July 15 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 14.14 July 22 14.18 July 29 15.63 August 5 14.14 August 12 Everybody Loves Raymond 12.98 August 19 American Idol (Tues) Fox 15.29 August 26 American Idol (Wed) 16.94 September 2 22.77 September 9 Monday Night Football ABC 19.08 September 16 Survivor CBS 23.05 colspan="5" September 23 Friends NBC 34.01 September 30 28.93 October 7 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 30.73 October 14 30.81 October 21 World Series (Game 7) Fox 30.81 October 28 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CBS 28.95 November 4 27.86 November 11 29.94 November 18 Friends NBC 26.76 November 25 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 20.53 December 2 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 29.74 December 9 25.89 December 16 Survivor 24.08 December 23 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 21.24 December 30 Fiesta Bowl ABC 29.10
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