Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending August 28, 2005

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 49th week of the 2004-05 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 second chart includes data for cable programs that aired this week.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	HH Rating	18-49 Rating	Viewers (millions)
60 MINUTES	CBS	7.4/14	2.1/7	10.889
NFL PRESEASON: DAL/SEA-MON	ABC	6.4/11	3.4/10	9.714
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE	FOX	5.6/9	3.4/9	8.577
BIG BROTHER-TUE	CBS	5.4/9	3.2/9	7.946
BIG BROTHER-THU	CBS	5.3/9	3.0/10	7.761
DATELINE-FRI	NBC	5.0/9	1.6/6	6.738
BRAT CAMP	ABC	4.3/7	2.3/6	6.45
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE PRESHOW	FOX	4.2/8	2.5/8	6.40
ROCK STAR-TUE	CBS	4.2/7	3.0/8	6.19
PRIMETIME THURSDAY	ABC	4.2/7	2.2/6	5.97
ROCK STAR-WED	CBS	3.9/6	2.6/7	5.77
NFL PRESEASON: DEN/IND-SAT	CBS	3.8/7	1.8/6	5.57
TOMMY LEE GOES TO COLLEGE-TUE 9:00P	NBC	3.7/6	2.6/7	5.45
NFL PRESEASON: WAS/PIT-FRI	FOX	3.4/6	1.9/7	5.17
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED	FOX	3.6/7	1.8/6	5.09
MY KIND OF TOWN	CBS	3.2/5	2.0/5	4.94
WWE SMACKDOWN	UPN	3.2/5	1.8/6	4.78
20/20	ABC	3.3/6	1.5/5	4.63
EAGLES FAREWELL TOUR-SUN	NBC	2.9/5	1.3/4	4.41
60 MINUTES II-FRI	CBS	3.1/6	1.0/4	4.33
MEET MISTER MOM	NBC	3.1/5	1.5/5	4.23
THE CUT	CBS	2.1/4	0.9/3	2.88
R U THE GIRL	UPN	2.0/4	1.3/4	2.76

Cable ratings:

Show	NET	Viewers (millions)
2005 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS	MTV	8.005
SHARPIE 500	TNT	6.307
THE CLOSER	TNT	5.334
MONK	USA	5.282
WWE ENTERTAINMENT	SPIKE	4.991
WWE ENTERTAINMENT	SPIKE	4.707
HURRICANE KATRINA CVG-SUN	FOXNC	4.265
HURRICANE KATRINA CVG-SUN	FOXNC	4.148
NFL PRE-SEASON: FALCONS/JAGUARS	ESPN	4.125
2005 MTV VMA POST SHOW	MTV	3.957
SPONGEBOB-SUN	NICK	3.823
ROME	HBOM	3.808
HURRICANE KATRINA CVG-SUN	FOXNC	3.807
REAL WORLD XVI	MTV	3.745
THE 4400	USA	3.672
FIGHTING THE ODDS	LIF	3.602
SPONGEBOB-SAT	NICK	3.566
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS-SAT	NICK	3.451
EVENING EDITION	TWC	3.331
THE DEAD ZONE	USA	3.324
WEEKEND WEATHER CENTER	TWC	3.193
PTERODACTYL	SCI-FI	3.1
WEEKEND NOW	TWC	3.091
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS-SUN	NICK	3.040
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS-SAT	NICK	3.025
INSIDE 9/11-MON	NGO	3.0
RESCUE ME	FX	3.0
FAIRLY ODD PARENTS-SUN	NICK	2.958
LAGUNA BEACH	MTV	2.948
SPONGEBOB-WED	NICK	2.947
SPONGEBOB-SAT	NICK	2.903
DRAKE & JOSH-WED	NICK	2.814
MY SUPER SWEET 16	MTV	2.7
OVER THERE	FX	2.1
ULTIMATE FIGHTER	SPIKE	2.1
THE COMEBACK	HBO	0.900
BEING BOBBY BROWN	BRAVO	0.701

-Viewership data not available for:

• Wildfire (ABC Family)
• Weeds (Showtime)
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
• Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi)
• Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi)
• Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi)
• Entourage (HBO)
• Wanted (TNT)

Cable 18-49:

Show	NET	18-49 (000s)
2005 Video Music Awards	MTV	4879
Sharpie 500	TNT	3025
WWE Entertainment	SPK	2743
WWE Entertainment	SPK	2612
2005 MTV VMA Post Show	MTV	2450
Real World XVI	MTV	2208
Falcons/Jaguars	ESPN	2055
Monk	USA	2029
Rescue Me	FX	1989
The Closer	TNT	1876

-2005 Video Music Awards (MTV) - 3.8/12 adults 18-49 rating/share

-Sharpie 500 (TNT) - 2.3 rating

-2005 VMA Post Show (MTV) - 1.9

-Real World XVI (MTV) - 1.7

-NFL: Falcons/Jaguars (ESPN) - 1.6

-Monk (USA) - 1.6/5

-Rescue Me (FX) - 1.5

-The Closer (TNT) - 1.4

-The 4400 (USA) - 1.4

Weekly Top Kids Ratings:

not available this week

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Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Los Angeles Times, CBS Press Express, Media Life Magazine, Variety, TV Tango, and Marc Berman's Programming Insider (MediaWeek)