Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending January 7, 2001

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 14th week of the 2000-01 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. Note: the 18-49 ratings for the 3 primetime College Bowl games that are listed in the linked Hollywood Reporter chart are incorrect. The figures for those games in the table below come from Variety.

Show	Net	Day	HH	18-49	Viewers (millions)
ER	NBC	Thu	19.7/32	14.9/37	30.412
ORANGE BOWL	ABC	Wed	17.8/28	11.1/28	27.240
FRIENDS	NBC	Thu	15.0/24	12.4/32	24.366
ROSE BOWL POSTGAME	ABC	Mon	13.0/20	9.1/21	22.478
WILL & GRACE	NBC	Thu	13.3/20	11.5/27	20.360
NFL PLAYOFF POSTGAME	FOX	Sun	-	9.4/24	20.3
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Sun	12.4/18	5.8/12	20.254
SUGAR BOWL	ABC	Tue	13.0/21	7.8/20	19.783
JUST SHOOT ME	NBC	Thu	12.7/19	10.7/25	19.456
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Thu	12.7/19	5.1/12	19.215
THE PRACTICE	ABC	Sun	12.1/19	7.3/17	18.943
ORANGE BOWL PREGAME	ABC	Wed	12.5/21	-	18.880
THE SIMPSONS	FOX	Sun	10.0/15	9.8/22	18.520
FIESTA BOWL	ABC	Mon	10.7/18	7.0/17	17.475
60 MINUTES	CBS	Sun	12.0/19	4.3/10	17.399
THE WEBER SHOW	NBC	Thu	11.3/17	9.2/23	17.323
MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE	FOX	Sun	9.2/13	8.6/18	17.104
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL	CBS	Sun	11.4/17	4.7/10	16.815
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Fri	10.8/18	3.7/11	15.500
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS	CBS	Sun	9.7/15	6.0/13	14.607
SUGAR BOWL PREGAME	ABC	Tue	10.0/17	-	14.590
DATELINE	NBC	Fri	9.7/16	4.7/12	13.715
THE X-FILES	FOX	Sun	8.0/12	7.4/16	13.33
PROVIDENCE	NBC	Fri	9.2/15	4.7/14	13.210
THE DISTRICT	CBS	Sat	8.3/14	4.0/10	12.99
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?-THU 8:30P	ABC	Thu	7.1/11	5.5/14	12.05
DATELINE	NBC	Mon	8.2/12	4.0/9	11.70
60 MINUTES II	CBS	Tue	8.2/12	3.1/7	11.41
PRIMETIME THURSDAY	ABC	Thu	7.6/12	2.8/7	10.75
COPS-8:30P	FOX	Sat	6.3/11	4.8/13	10.68
DATELINE	NBC	Tue	7.6/12	3.9/10	10.41
20/20	ABC	Fri	7.6/13	3.4/9	10.21
MYSTERIOUS WAYS	NBC	Mon	6.7/10	3.7/8	10.19
WALKER, TEXAS RANGER	CBS	Sat	6.0/10	2.6/7	9.79
DATELINE	NBC	Sun	6.6/10	3.0/6	9.75
WORLD'S WILDEST POLICE VIDEOS	FOX	Fri	5.9/10	4.8/14	9.54
BETTE	CBS	Wed	6.7/10	3.4/9	9.45
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED	FOX	Sat	6.1/10	4.1/11	9.43
DIAGNOSIS MURDER	CBS	Thu	6.9/10	2.0/5	9.11
COPS-8:00P	FOX	Sat	5.6/10	4.0/12	8.92
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?-THU 8:00P	ABC	Thu	5.7/9	3.7/10	8.90
LADIES HOME JOURNAL	CBS	Mon	6.4/11	3.1/8	8.76
TWO GUYS, A GIRL, AND A PIZZA PLACE	ABC	Fri	5.9/10	3.6/10	8.61
THE FUGITIVE	CBS	Fri	6.0/10	2.7/8	8.61
WORLD'S MOST AMAZING VIDEOS	NBC	Sun	4.9/8	2.8/7	7.75
THAT'S LIFE	CBS	Sat	5.3/9	2.4/7	7.61
WELCOME TO NEW YORK	CBS	Wed	5.5/8	2.7/7	7.41
WWE SMACKDOWN	UPN	Thu	4.4/7	3.2/8	7.32
48 HOURS	CBS	Thu	5.3/8	2.3/6	6.80
THE NORM SHOW	ABC	Fri	4.8/8	2.8/7	6.80
FREAKYLINKS	FOX	Fri	2.9/5	2.3/6	4.63
7 DAYS	UPN	Wed	1.8/3	1.3/3	2.95
NIKKI	WB	Sun	1.9/3	1.3/3	2.90
THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW	WB	Sun	2.0/3	1.3/3	2.84
THE JAMIE FOXX SHOW	WB	Sun	1.8/3	1.1/3	2.45
GROSSE POINT	WB	Sun	1.8/3	1.0/2	2.43
HYPE	WB	Sun	1.5/2	0.9/2	2.06

Cable ratings (viewership):

Show	NET	Viewers (millions)
WWF ENTERTAINMENT-10P	TNN	6.162
WWF ENTERTAINMENT-9P	TNN	5.836
MOVIE: SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS-TUE	USA	5.358
MOVIE: SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS-SUN	USA	4.567
MOVIE: CRIMES OF PASSION	LIF	3.810
OUTBACK-BOWL: OHIO ST/S. CAROLINA	ESPN	3.788
LAW & ORDER MARATHON-MON	A&E	3.774
RUGRATS-SAT	NICK	3.705
RUGRATS-SUN	NICK	3.680
SPONGEBOB-SUN	NICK	3.535
SPONGEBOB-SAT	NICK	3.455
MOVIE: GONE IN THE NIGHT PT. 2	LIF	3.448
LAW & ORDER MARATHON-MON	A&E	3.426
RUGRATS-SUN	NICK	3.422
LAW & ORDER MARATHON-MON	A&E	3.387
LAW & ORDER MARATHON-MON	A&E	3.332
MOVIE: THE WRONG WOMAN	LIF	3.317
MOVIE: VICTIM OF THE NIGHT	LIF	3.306
THE DIVISION	LIF	3.244
TOURNAMENT OF ROSES 2001	HGTV	3.070
EXTREME HOMES-MON	HGTV	2.918
PREMIUM CABLE
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY-SAT	HBO	5.331
THE SOPRANOS-SUN	HBO	3.746
OZ	HBO	3.060
BREAK	HBO	2.857
BEST OF TAXICAB CONFESS 2-FRI	HBO	2.717

Cable ratings (households): this is the last week where cable HH ratings are presented as an image

Premium cable ratings:

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Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Times, TV Tango, Media Life Magazine, and Broadcasting & Cable Magazine