Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending January 3, 1999

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 15th week of the 1998-99 television broadcast season; reruns are excluded from the list. The first chart includes household (HH) ratings and viewership (in millions) for all first-run broadcast programs. The second chart has the viewership figures for the 15 most-watched programs on cable during the week. Please note that viewership in the broadcast table is measured on Persons 2+, while viewership in this cable chart is measured on total households. Persons 2+ measurement was not made available for cable this week. Available 18-49 data is included in a separate chart below the cable ratings.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	Day	Time	HH	Viewers (millions)
Touched by an Angel	CBS	1/3/99	8:00	16.4/23	24.39
Rose Bowl Postgame	ABC	1/1/99	8:37	13.9/24	22.89
60 Minutes	CBS	1/3/99	7:00	14.3/21	20.59
Sabrina	CBS	1/3/99	9:00	14.0/22	19.71
The X-Files	FOX	1/3/99	9:00	10.5/15	18.71
Sugar Bowl	ABC	1/1/99	8:42	11.5/20	18.28
NFL Wildcard Postgame	FOX	1/3/99	7:28	12.1/18	17.26
NFL Monday Night Football	ABC	12/28/98	8:22	11.5/19	16.78
The Bodyguard	CBS	12/29/98	8:00	11.1/18	16.56
The Practice	ABC	1/3/99	10:00	9.6/15	14.80
20/20	ABC	1/3/99	9:00	9.8/14	14.37
Orange Bowl Pregame	ABC	1/2/99	8:00	9.4/16	13.71
NFL Monday Night Showcase	ABC	12/28/98	8:16	8.8/15	13.00
Kennedy Center Honors	CBS	12/30/98	9:00	9.0/15	12.58
NFL Monday Blast	ABC	12/28/98	8:00	8.1/14	11.95
Orange Bowl	ABC	1/2/99	8:06	8.4/14	11.92
Dateline NBC	NBC	12/30/98	8:00	8.3/14	11.59
Ladies Home Journal	CBS	12/28/98	10:00	8.0/14	10.88
Dateline NBC	NBC	12/29/98	10:00	8.1/14	10.88
The Pretender	NBC	1/2/99	9:00	6.7/11	10.62
World's Greatest Hoaxes	FOX	12/28/98	8:00	7.1/12	10.40
Dateline NBC	NBC	1/1/99	8:00	7.4/12	10.19
Profiler	NBC	1/2/99	10:00	6.8/12	10.16
D3: The Mighty Ducks	ABC	1/3/99	7:00	5.8/8	10.15
20/20	ABC	12/30/98	10:00	8.2/14	9.95
America's Most Wanted	FOX	1/2/99	9:00	6.0/10	9.46
Payback	NBC	1/2/99	8:00	5.8/9	9.29
Dateline NBC	NBC	1/3/99	7:00	6.4/9	8.87
World's Wildest Police Videos	FOX	12/31/98	8:00	5.2/11	7.82
Encore! Encore!	NBC	12/30/98	9:30	5.6/9	7.79
Naked Gun 33 1/3	ABC	12/31/98	9:00	4.2/9	6.81
Fox Files	FOX	12/31/98	9:00	3.9/8	6.12
Legacy	UPN	1/1/99	8:00	1.9/3	2.77
The Love Boat	UPN	1/1/99	9:00	2.0/3	2.68
Reunited	UPN	12/29/98	9:30	0.9/1	1.04

Cable household ratings:


18-49 ratings:

Show	18-49 rat/sh
The X-Files	10.8/22
Touched by an Angel	7.0/15
Monday Night Football	6.9/19
The Bodyguard	6.1/16
Heat	5.5/12
World's Greatest Hoaxes	4.8/13
Breaking the Magician's Code	4.6/13
Most Fascinating Women	3.5/9
Kennedy Center Honors	2.7/7
Legacy	0.7/2

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Source: USA Today, Variety, Broadcasting Magazine, and The Los Angeles Times