Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending July 1, 2001

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 39th 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

Show	Net	Day	HH	18-49	Viewers (millions)
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Thu	9.6/16	3.2/10	13.708
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Tue	9.6/18	3.0/11	13.030
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Sun	9.0/15	2.7/8	12.800
WEAKEST LINK	NBC	Mon	8.2/14	5.3/15	12.513
PRIMETIME THURSDAY	ABC	Thu	8.6/15	3.3/10	11.584
FEAR FACTOR	NBC	Mon	7.1/13	5.3/17	11.074
48 HOURS	CBS	Mon	8.3/14	3.6/11	10.938
60 MINUTES	CBS	Sun	7.4/15	1.6/6	10.221
SPY TV	NBC	Thu	6.8/13	4.9/17	9.838
60 MINUTES II	CBS	Tue	7.1/12	2.0/6	9.345
TAMPERING WITH NATURE	ABC	Fri	6.3/12	3.0/11	9.003
20/20	ABC	Mon	6.4/12	2.4/8	8.451
DATELINE	NBC	Tue	6.5/12	3.2/10	8.421
48 HOURS	CBS	Thu	6.2/11	2.9/9	8.354
COPS-9:30P	FOX	Sat	5.2/11	3.4/13	8.25
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Fri	6.0/12	2.1/8	8.244
SPY TV	NBC	Tue	5.6/11	3.9/14	8.17
WEAKEST LINK	NBC	Sun	5.5/10	3.1/9	8.00
COPS-9:00P	FOX	Sat	4.7/10	3.1/12	7.41
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?-8:30P	ABC	Thu	4.8/9	2.9/10	7.29
YOU DON'T KNOW JACK	ABC	Wed	4.6/9	3.2/11	6.76
KRISTIN	NBC	Tue	4.7/8	3.1/10	6.62
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?-8:00P	ABC	Thu	4.4/9	2.7/10	6.56
DATELINE	NBC	Fri	5.0/10	2.1/8	6.56
COPS-8:30P	FOX	Sat	4.2/9	2.9/12	6.53
MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERIES	FOX	Wed	3.9/7	2.6/8	5.96
COPS-8:00P	FOX	Sat	3.7/9	2.6/12	5.66
WWE SMACKDOWN	UPN	Thu	3.7/7	2.5/8	5.55
DATELINE	NBC	Sun	4.3/9	1.8/7	5.52
GO FISH	NBC	Tue	3.9/7	2.6/9	5.19
LADIES MAN	CBS	Wed	3.7/7	1.5/5	4.77
THE BEAST	ABC	Wed	3.4/6	2.1/6	4.60
BEHIND THE MOVIES	NBC	Sat	2.5/6	1.6/7	3.50
MAKING THE BAND-8:00P	ABC	Fri	2.5/6	1.4/6	3.36
MAKING THE BAND-8:30P	ABC	Fri	2.4/5	1.4/6	3.20

Sports ratings outside of primetime (households):

Show	Net	Day	HH	HH (millions)
MLB BASEBALL	FOX	Sat	2.6	2.612
HARTFORD OPEN	ABC	Sun	2.4	2.491
WIMBLEDON TENNIS	NBC	Sat	2.1	2.155
WIMBLEDON TENNIS	NBC	Sun	2.1	2.097
U.S. SENIOR OPEN	NBC	Sat	2.1	2.169
HARTFORD OPEN	ABC	Sat	1.8	1.885
U.S. SENIOR OPEN	NBC	Sat	1.5	1.505
CLEVELAND GRAND PRIX	ABC	Sun	1.4	1.479

Cable ratings (viewership & households):

Show	NET	Day	HH (millions)	HH Rating	Viewers (millions)
MOVIE: RUSH HOUR-8P	TBS	Sun	4.944	4.8	7.856
MOVIE: RUSH HOUR-10P	TBS	Sun	3.766	3.7	5.901
WWF ENTERTAINMENT-10P	TNN	Mon	4.142	4.1	5.882
WWF ENTERTAINMENT-9P	TNN	Mon	3.375	3.3	4.975
MOVIE: LETHAL WEAPON-5:45P	TBS	Sun	2.739	2.7	4.081
MOVIE: ABOVE THE LAW-3:45P	TBS	Sun	2.208	2.2	3.059
ROCKET POWER-5P	NICK	Mon	1.989	1.9	2.953
MLB: METS/BRAVES	ESPN	Sun	2.019	2.0	2.873
MOVIE: WOMAN ON THE RUN, PT II-1P	LIF	Sun	2.186	2.1	2.825
MOVIE: BITTER BLOOD, PT. II-9P	LIF	Sun	2.149	2.1	2.821
AS TOLD BY GINGER-5:30P	NICK	Thu	1.993	2.0	2.677
MOVIE: OUR MOTHERS MURDER-5P	LIF	Sun	2.310	2.3	2.628
RUGRATS-7:30P	NICK	Tue	1.985	1.9	2.604
MOVIE: LIES OF THE HEART-3P	LIF	Sun	2.217	2.2	2.581
SPONGEBOB-10A	NICK	Sun	1.963	1.9	2.393
PREMIUM CABLE
SEX AND THE CITY	HBO		3.799	3.7	5.470
SIX FEET UNDER	HBO		3.250	3.2	4.638
ARLISS	HBO		2.192	2.1	2.962
SIX FEET UNDER	HBO		2.000	2.0	2.854
SEX AND THE CITY-WED	HBO		1.925	1.9	2.446

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(ratings in the chart embedded in this post use U.S. HH ratings while the ratings in the attached chart use cable HH coverage ratings which is why they are different. To get the U.S. HH rating, divide the total number of households (in millions) by 1.022.)

Cable 18-49:

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Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Hollywood Reporter, The Los Angeles Times, TV Tango, Media Life Magazine, Zap2it, and Variety