Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending November 29, 1998

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 10th week (Thanksgiving 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 household data for programs that aired on cable during the week. Of note, viewership to 2-decimal places was not made available for 11 of the programs on Broadcast this week, but was made available to 1-decimal place. Cable viewership (persons 2+) was also not available this week. Available 18-49 data is included in a separate chart below the cable ratings.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	Date	Time	HH	Viewers (millions)
60 Minutes	CBS	11/29/98	7:00	16.4/26	23.56
NYPD Blue	ABC	11/24/98	9:30	15.3/24	22.10
Jumanji	FOX	11/26/98	8:00	10.8/21	20.80
Cab to Canada	CBS	11/29/98	9:00	14.3/22	20.72
NFL Monday Night Football	ABC	11/23/98	8:22	15.1/24	20.68
The X-Files	FOX	11/29/98	9:00	10.1/15	17.47
Everybody Loves Raymond	CBS	11/23/98	9:00	11.3/17	16.41
JAG	CBS	11/24/98	8:00	10.6/17	16.06
Celine Dion	CBS	11/25/98	9:00	10.3/17	15.88
Spin City	ABC	11/24/98	9:00	10.8/17	15.81
It Takes Two	NBC	11/28/98	8:00	9.7/17	15.40
Ally McBeal	FOX	11/23/98	9:00	10.5/15	15.31
Home Improvement	ABC	11/24/98	8:00	10.1/17	15.21
20/20	ABC	11/25/98	10:00	10.6/18	14.69
Cosby	CBS	11/23/98	8:00	9.9/15	14.25
The Hughleys	ABC	11/24/98	8:30	9.5/15	14.24
Dateline NBC	NBC	11/24/98	10:00	10.4/17	14.13
World's Greatest Magic	NBC	11/25/98	8:00	8.8/15	14.05
NFL Monday Night Showcase	ABC	11/23/98	8:16	10.3/17	14.00
Point Last Seen	CBS	11/24/98	9:00	9.5/15	13.87
King of Queens	CBS	11/23/98	8:30	9.5/14	13.70
Ice Wars	CBS	11/27/98	9:00	8.7/16	13.47
Law & Order	NBC	11/25/98	10:00	9.2/16	13.43
Just Shoot Me	NBC	11/24/98	9:00	9.3/14	13.30
The Drew Carey Show	ABC	11/25/98	9:00	8.5/14	13.18
Letterman Special	CBS	11/23/98	9:30	9.2/14	12.92
CMA Anniversary	CBS	11/28/98	8:00	8.1/15	12.90
NFL Monday Blast	ABC	11/23/98	8:00	9.3/15	12.70
Dharma & Greg	ABC	11/25/98	8:00	8.5/15	12.66
Dateline NBC	NBC	11/23/98	10:00	9.3/15	12.25
The Practice	ABC	11/29/98	10:00	8.6/14	12.17
Raggedy Anne & Andy	CBS	11/27/98	8:00	7.4/14	11.66
Two Guys, Girl & Pizza Place	ABC	11/25/98	8:30	7.6/13	11.51
Chicago Hope	CBS	11/25/98	10:00	7.6/13	11.45
Home Alone 2	FOX	11/24/98	8:00	7.2/11	11.44
SNL Special	NBC	11/28/98	10:00	7.6/14	11.32
That 70s Show	FOX	11/29/98	8:30	6.9/10	11.25
Disney: Flipper	ABC	11/29/98	7:00	6.4/10	10.74
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	ABC	11/27/98	9:00	7.0/13	10.66
20/20	ABC	11/27/98	10:00	7.2/14	10.51
Little Giants	NBC	11/27/98	8:00	6.7/12	10.15
Two of a Kind	ABC	11/27/98	8:00	6.4/12	10.12
Dateline NBC	NBC	11/27/98	10:00	7.0/13	10.03
20/20	ABC	11/29/98	9:00	7.3/11	9.90
Mad About You	NBC	11/24/98	8:00	7.5/12	9.89
NewsRadio	NBC	11/24/98	8:30	7.2/11	9.77
Maggie Winters	CBS	11/25/98	8:30	6.8/12	9.43
The Nanny	CBS	11/25/98	8:00	6.5/12	9.25
Melrose Place	FOX	11/23/98	8:00	6.7/10	8.80
Miracle on 34th Street	FOX	11/27/98	8:00	5.3/10	8.26
College Football	ABC	11/28/98	8:00	5.4/10	7.67
Nightmare Before Christmas	NBC	11/29/98	7:00	4.8/7	7.55
Pooh: Thanksgiving	ABC	11/26/98	8:00	3.8/8	7.35
Dawson's Creek	WB	11/25/98	8:00	4.4/8	6.76
7th Heaven	WB	11/23/98	8:00	5.5/8	6.2
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	WB	11/24/98	8:00	3.7/6	6.0
Home for the Holidays	ABC	11/26/98	9:00	3.9/8	5.6
Charmed	WB	11/25/98	9:00	3.7/6	5.4
Felicity	WB	11/24/98	9:00	3.3/5	4.9
Star Trek: Voyager	UPN	11/25/98	9:00	3.3/5	4.9
Moesha	UPN	11/24/98	8:00	2.8/5	3.7
Hyperion Bay	WB	11/23/98	9:00	2.3/3	3.2
7 Days	UPN	11/25/98	8:00	2.2/4	3.1
Malcom & Eddie	UPN	11/23/98	8:00	1.8/3	2.7
Clueless	UPN	11/24/98	8:30	1.9/3	2.5
Guys Like Us	UPN	11/23/98	8:30	1.8/3	2.44
Malcom & Eddie	UPN	11/23/98	9:00	1.8/3	2.33
America's Greatest Pets	UPN	11/24/98	9:00	1.5/2	2.02
Diresta	UPN	11/23/98	9:30	1.5/2	1.94
Legacy	UPN	11/27/98	8:00	1.5/3	1.85

Cable household ratings:

18-49 ratings:

Show	18-49 rat/sh
Monday Night Football	8.9/24
Letterman Special	5.6/14
7th Heaven	2.6/7
World's Greatest Magic	4.5/13
Jumanji	8.4/24
Home Alone	4.4/12

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Source: USA Today, Variety, The Los Angeles Times, and Zap2it