Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending August 29, 1999

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 49th week of the 1998-99 television broadcast season; most 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 charts have ratings for programs that aired on cable during the week.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	Day	Time	HH	Viewers (millions)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/29/99	9:00	14.0/22	22.41
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/26/99	8:30	10.9/19	16.76
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/24/99	8:30	10.4/18	16.30
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/27/99	8:30	10.1/10	15.27
60 Minutes	CBS	8/29/99	7:00	11.0/22	15.26
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/25/99	8:30	10.4/18	15.20
NFL Preseason: Broncos/Packers	ABC	8/23/99	8:00	9.1/16	13.12
Dateline	NBC	8/23/99	10:00	9.8/17	12.98
Movie: Ellen Foster	CBS	8/29/99	9:00	8.5/14	11.95
Best Commercials Never Seen	ABC	8/26/99	9:00	7.6/13	11.59
NFL Preseason: Broncos/Cowboys	FOX	8/29/99	8:00	7.9/14	11.36
Miss Teen USA	CBS	8/24/99	9:00	7.5/13	10.84
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/28/99	8:30	7.1/14	10.82
Dateline	NBC	8/24/99	10:00	7.9/14	10.76
Movie: Something to Talk About	CBS	8/25/99	8:30	8.0/13	10.75
20/20	ABC	8/27/99	10:00	7.3/14	10.10
20/20	ABC	8/25/99	10:00	7.1/12	9.55
Dateline	NBC	8/27/99	10:00	7.0/13	9.21
Dateline	NBC	8/27/99	9:00	6.9/13	9.19
Dateline	NBC	8/25/99	8:00	6.6/12	8.77
Movie: Cruel Justice	NBC	8/29/99	9:00	6.0/10	8.54
Whose Line is it Anyway?	ABC	8/26/99	8:00	5.9/11	8.20
You Asked For It	NBC	8/29/99	8:00	5.3/9	7.98
Movie: Major Payne	ABC	8/28/99	9:00	5.0/9	7.96
Thanks	CBS	8/23/99	8:30	5.7/10	7.93
Nightline in Primetime	ABC	8/26/99	10:00	5.9/11	7.92
Movie: Honey We Shrunk Ourselves	ABC	8/29/99	7:00	4.9/9	7.75
48 Hours	CBS	8/23/99	10:00	5.7/10	7.59
World's Most Amazing Videos	NBC	8/25/99	9:00	5.6/9	7.58
America's Most Wanted	FOX	8/28/99	9:00	4.8/9	7.10
NFL Preseason: Chiefs/Jaguars	CBS	8/26/99	8:00	5.1/9	6.81
Cops	FOX	8/28/99	8:00	4.6/10	6.75
WWE Smackdown	UPN	8/26/99	8:00	4.2/7	6.21
Fox Files	FOX	8/24/99	9:00	4.1/7	5.77
U.S. Gymnastics Championship	NBC	8/29/99	7:00	4.2/8	5.66
Paley Center for Media Special	CBS	8/27/99	8:00	3.8/8	5.45
The World's Funniest	FOX	8/27/99	8:00	3.3/7	4.88
America's Funniest Home Videos	ABC	8/28/99	8:00	3.6/8	4.87
Grown-Ups	UPN	8/23/99	8:30	2.9/5	4.43
Moesha	UPN	8/23/99	8:00	2.7/5	3.96
U.S. Gymnastics Championship	NBC	8/28/99	8:00	2.8/6	3.70
Mad TV Primetime	FOX	8/27/99	9:00	2.4/5	3.44
Katie Joplin	WB	8/23/99	9:30	1.1/2	1.49

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	6.63
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	6.60
Cher: Live	HBO	6.03
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	4.64
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	4.06
Sex and the City	HBO	3.88
MLB: Braves/Cardinals	ESPN	3.57
Oz	HBO	3.44
Ever After	HBO	3.42
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	TNT	3.34

Cable household ratings:

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