Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending January 2, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 15th 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)
Movie: Beyond the Prairie	CBS	1/2/00	15.3/24	7.3/17	23.02
Rose Bowl overrun	ABC	1/1/00	14.4/25	8.0/23	22.4
Touched by an Angel	CBS	1/2/00	14.2/21	6.5/14	21.89
60 Minutes	CBS	1/2/00	14.5/23	6.2/15	21.67
Monday Night Football	ABC	12/27/99	14.4/25	8.9/25	21.40
ABC 2000: Millenium Celebration	ABC	12/31/99	10.6/22	6.5/21	18.55
Orange Bowl	ABC	1/1/00	11.3/21	6.3/18	17.04
Fiesta Bowl	ABC	1/2/00	9.5/15	6.0/14	14.42
NFL Post Game	FOX	1/2/00	6.3/11	5.8/16	12.6
20/20	ABC	12/27/99	8.6/15	3.8/11	12.46
Movie: The Bodyguard	CBS	1/1/00	8.0/14	4.6/12	12.26
60 Minutes II	CBS	12/28/99	8.3/13	2.7/7	11.56
Cosby	CBS	12/29/99	7.5/13	3.6/11	11.35
20/20	ABC	12/29/99	7.9/14	4.7/13	11.10
Kennedy Center Honors	CBS	12/29/99	7.5/13	2.8/8	10.91
Dateline	NBC	12/29/99	7.5/13	3.5/10	10.73
Movie: Jurassic Park	NBC	1/1/00	6.2/10	4.3/11	10.55
20/20	ABC	12/30/99	7.1/12	3.9/11	10.48
Time 100: Person of the Century	CBS	12/27/99	7.2/12	3.6/9	10.15
Sports Night	ABC	12/28/99	6.7/11	4.6/12	10.10
Dateline	NBC	12/28/99	6.9/12	3.4/10	9.92
Dateline	NBC	1/2/00	6.8/11	3.0/8	9.86
NBC Millennium Primetime	NBC	12/31/99	5.7/12	3.3/10	9.57
48 Hours	CBS	12/30/99	6.2/11	2.7/8	9.14
Dateline	NBC	12/27/99	6.6/11	3.1/8	9.11
Dateline-8:00p	NBC	12/31/99	5.7/11	3.3/11	9.07
John Stossel Special	ABC	12/28/99	6.4/11	3.6/10	8.74
Oh Grow Up	ABC	12/28/99	5.7/9	4.0/11	8.69
America's Millenium	CBS	12/31/99	4.9/10	3.2/9	8.64
CBS Greatest Sports Moments	CBS	12/30/99	5.0/9	2.5/8	7.71
It's Like, You Know …	ABC	12/29/99	4.8/8	3.7/11	7.50
Grammy Awards Greatest Performances	CBS	12/31/99	4.3/9	2.7/8	7.05
The Late Show with David Letterman	CBS	12/31/99	4.3/9	2.3/7	6.94
WWE Smackdown	UPN	12/30/99	4.0/7	2.3/7	6.63
Dateline-8:30p	NBC	12/31/99	4.1/8	2.3/7	6.37
Suddenly Susan-8:30p	NBC	12/27/99	4.4/7	2.6/7	6.21
Suddenly Susan-8:00p	NBC	12/27/99	4.2/7	2.4/7	6.05
National Geographic	NBC	1/1/00	3.7/7	2.3/6	5.78

Cable viewership ratings:

not available this week

Cable household ratings:

New Years Ratings:

-CNN (11pm-1am): 2.2 HH rating in its universe

-Fox News (11pm-1am): 1.2 HH

-MSNBC (11pm-1am): 1.0 HH

-CNN (7pm-8pm): 2.9 HH

-MTV (7pm-1am): 1.6/3 HH

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