Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending February 6, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 20th week of the 1999-00 television broadcast season; most reruns are excluded from the list. Final household (HH) ratings, 18-49 ratings, and viewership (in millions) are provided in the first chart. The bottom charts include data for cable programs that aired this week.

Broadcast ratings: table is ordered based on total viewership

Show	Net	Day	HH	18-49	Viewers (millions)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	2/1/00	19.0/29	9.7/26	30.51
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	2/3/00	17.9/26	9.8/24	28.55
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	2/2/00	17.6/28	9.8/28	28.39
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	2/6/00	16.1	10.0/22	28.03
ER	NBC	2/3/00	19.0/31	13.2/34	27.88
Friends	NBC	2/3/00	15.6/24	12.2/34	24.14
The Practice	CBS	2/6/00	14.6/24	9.6/24	22.76
Frasier	NBC	2/3/00	14.0/20	9.6/24	20.47
Touched by an Angel	CBS	2/6/00	13.7/21	5.3/13	19.82
The Drew Carey Show	ABC	2/2/00	12.0/19	8.7/23	18.99
Everybody Loves Raymond	CBS	1/31/00	12.5/18	6.5/16	18.53
Jesse	NBC	2/3/00	12.2/19	9.4/25	18.20
60 Minutes	CBS	2/6/00	12.1/21	3.8/11	17.45
Malcolm in the Middle	FOX	2/6/00	9.6/14	7.8/18	16.93
NYPD Blue	ABC	2/1/00	11.3/19	7.1/19	16.72
The Simpsons	FOX	2/6/00	9.5/15	7.6/19	16.48
Movie: Missing Pieces	CBS	2/6/00	11.3/17	3.7/9	16.13
Stark Raving Mad	NBC	2/3/00	10.8/16	7.6/18	15.58
Spin City	ABC	2/2/00	10.2/16	7.3/19	15.18
Law & Order: SVU	NBC	2/4/00	10.6/19	5.5/17	15.14
48 Hours	CBS	1/31/00	11.2/19	5.2/14	15.01
Providence	NBC	2/4/00	10.4/18	4.6/15	14.58
JAG	CBS	2/1/00	9.9/15	4.0/11	14.45
Diagnosis Murder	CBS	2/3/00	10.3/16	2.9/8	14.35
Dateline	NBC	2/4/00	10.2/17	4.6/14	14.00
The X-Files	FOX	2/6/00	8.4/12	7.7/17	13.95
60 Minutes II	CBS	2/1/00	9.7/15	2.9/7	13.66
AFC/NFC Pro Bowl	ABC	2/6/00	8.6/15	5.2/16	13.24
20/20	ABC	2/3/00	8.9/14	5.0/13	13.06
Whose Line is it Anyway?-8:30p	ABC	2/3/00	8.2/13	5.8/15	12.81
Sports Night	ABC	2/1/00	8.3/13	5.6/14	12.33
Ladies Man	CBS	1/31/00	8.1/12	4.4/11	12.30
20/20	ABC	2/4/00	8.2/14	4.3/13	12.13
Miss USA Pageant	CBS	2/4/00	7.8/14	3.7/11	11.96
The Pretender	NBC	2/5/00	7.0/13	4.3/14	11.16
The Others	NBC	2/5/00	7.4/13	5.1/15	11.13
Profiler	NBC	2/5/00	7.0/12	4.7/14	10.98
Walker, Texas Ranger	CBS	2/5/00	7.2/13	3.0/9	10.97
In the Name of the People	CBS	2/2/00	7.7/13	2.9/8	10.61
Whose Line is it Anyway?-8:00p	ABC	2/3/00	6.6/10	4.4/12	10.45
Dateline	NBC	1/31/00	7.3/11	3.3/8	9.96
Chicago Hope	CBS	2/3/00	7.2/11	3.0/7	9.96
Kids Say the Darndest Things	CBS	2/4/00	6.7/12	2.5/8	9.93
48 Hours	CBS	2/3/00	7.2/12	3.0/8	9.83
Greed	FOX	2/4/00	6.5/11	3.8/12	9.83
Once and Again	ABC	1/31/00	7.2/12	5.0/14	9.71
World's Most Amazing Videos	NBC	2/6/00	6.3/11	3.6/10	9.54
King of the Hill	FOX	2/6/00	5.7/9	4.5/12	9.50
Veronica's Closet	NBC	2/1/00	6.6/10	4.9/13	9.45
World's Wildest Police Videos	FOX	2/4/00	5.8/10	4.0/13	9.02
7th Heaven	WB	1/31/00	5.9/9	3.0/8	8.97
Dateline	NBC	2/1/00	6.7/11	3.7/10	8.91
That '70s Show	FOX	2/1/00	5.6/9	4.4/13	8.72
Martial Law	CBS	2/5/00	5.6/10	2.1/6	8.41
Twenty One	NBC	2/2/00	6.0/10	2.7/8	8.38
Winning Lines	CBS	2/4/00	5.5/10	2.1/7	8.26
Freaks & Geeks	NBC	1/31/00	6.1/9	3.6/9	8.22
Cops	FOX	2/5/00	5.0/9	3.4/11	8.00
America's Most Wanted	FOX	2/5/00	5.4/9	3.2/10	7.96
Winning Lines	CBS	2/5/00	5.6/10	1.9/6	7.56
City of Angels	CBS	2/2/00	5.5/9	2.6/8	7.47
WWE Smackdown	UPN	2/3/00	4.7/7	2.5/6	7.33
Candid Camera	CBS	2/5/00	5.2/9	2.0/6	7.32
ABC News Special	ABC	2/2/00	4.7/8	3.1/9	6.68
Futurama	FOX	2/6/00	4.2/7	3.0/9	6.65
On Thin Ice	FOX	2/2/00	4.8/8	3.0/9	6.49
Party of Five	FOX	2/1/00	4.1/6	3.1/8	5.68
Star Trek: Voyager	UPN	2/2/00	3.8/6	2.9/8	5.59
Charmed	WB	2/3/00	3.6/5	2.0/5	4.78
Get Real	FOX	2/2/00	3.2/5	2.2/6	4.77
The Steve Harvey Show	WB	2/4/00	2.4/4	1.5/5	3.43
Dawson's Creek	WB	2/2/00	2.8/4	1.4/4	3.42
Roswell	WB	2/2/00	2.5/4	1.2/3	3.28
Felicity	WB	2/6/00	2.3/3	1.4/3	3.18
Jack & Jill	WB	2/6/00	2.2/3	1.3/3	3.09
Popular	WB	2/3/00	2.6/4	0.8/2	3.04
The Jamie Foxx Show	WB	2/4/00	2.2/4	1.4/4	3.02
I Dare You!	UPN	2/1/00	1.9/3	1.2/3	2.93
Zoe	WB	1/31/00	2.2/3	1.4/3	2.82
For Your Love	WB	2/4/00	2.0/3	1.2/4	2.69
Shasta McNasty	UPN	2/1/00	1.7/3	0.9/2	2.43
Brutally Normal	WB	1/31/00	1.7/3	0.9/2	2.23
Dilbert	UPN	2/1/00	1.7/3	0.6/2	2.07

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	7.93
The Sopranos	HBO	7.16
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	6.93
Cabin by the Lake	USA	6.40
8MM	HBO	4.77
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	4.42
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	3.77
Wild Things	HBO	3.14
Walker, Texas Ranger	USA	3.04
Indecent Proposal	USA	2.96

Cable household ratings: date on the chart is incorrect, but the data is from the w/e Feb. 6, 2000.

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