"Everybody Loves Raymond"'s fifth season tied with "Friends" and "Monday Night Football" for the fifth most-viewed program of the 2000–01 television season, far higher that the previous year's #13 ranking for the 1999–2000 season; this was an incredibly unusual boost for an established show, with Marc Berman of "Mediaweek" stating that "I don't think I've seen such an improvement since "Cheers"." The season premiere garnered 22 million viewers, which was a record for the show. Rosenthal attributed the sudden increase in viewership to "Survivor" giving attention to "Raymond"'s summer re-airings and Heaton's win of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Some of the season's episodes beat "Monday Night Football" airings in viewership. From November 2001 to the next month, viewership for the series grew 20%.