They may be disappearing from the fall schedules, but reality shows are still atop the ratings. According to the Associated Press, five of the top 10 shows during the 2002-03 TV season were reality shows.
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The top three scripted shows, like Survivor, all air on Thursday night: CBS's CSI, which follows Survivor and is the top-rated show on TV, and NBC's Friends and ER, which are the two most expensive shows to produce on TV -- perhaps because NBC relies on them so heavily to limit the ongoing Survivor juggernaut.