Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 19, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 26th 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)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	3/14/00	18.6/30	9.2/26	28.12
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	3/19/00	16.5/24	9.4/21	26.92
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	3/16/00	17.6/27	8.7/21	26.37
20/20	ABC	3/17/00	13.9/25	6.9/21	19.63
20/20	ABC	3/16/00	13.4/23	6.3/18	18.27
The Practice	ABC	3/19/00	11.4/19	7.0/18	17.32
Touched by an Angel	CBS	3/19/00	11.8/18	4.6/11	17.04
Dharma & Greg	ABC	3/14/00	11.4/18	7.5/20	16.94
Malcolm in the Middle	FOX	3/19/00	10.0/15	8.3/20	16.29
60 Minutes	CBS	3/19/00	11.4/19	4.0/11	16.13
Movie: Colors of Love: Jacey's Story	CBS	3/19/00	11.6/19	4.5/11	15.61
Providence	NBC	3/17/00	10.8/20	4.7/16	15.20
NYPD Blue	ABC	3/14/00	10.8/19	6.3/18	15.10
The Simpsons	FOX	3/19/00	8.7/14	7.5/19	14.71
Jesse	NBC	3/16/00	10.0/16	7.0/19	14.48
60 Minutes II	CBS	3/14/00	10.0/16	3.1/8	13.85
Whose Line is it Anyway?-8:30p	ABC	3/16/00	8.0/13	6.0/16	13.64
Dateline	NBC	3/15/00	9.2/16	4.3/13	12.77
Stark Raving Mad	NBC	3/16/00	9.0/14	6.3/15	12.55
The West Wing	NBC	3/15/00	9.1/15	3.9/11	12.53
The X-Files	FOX	3/19/00	7.5/11	7.0/16	11.99
Dateline	NBC	3/19/00	8.4/14	3.6/10	11.92
Dateline	NBC	3/17/00	8.8/15	3.4/11	11.88
Sports Night	ABC	3/14/00	8.1/13	5.3/14	11.77
Dateline	NBC	3/14/00	8.3/14	4.8/13	11.04
Twenty One	NBC	3/13/00	7.3/11	3.4/9	11.00
Satan's School For Girls	ABC	3/13/00	7.7/12	4.1/11	10.93
Once and Again	ABC	3/13/00	7.9/14	4.9/14	10.88
Whose Line is it Anyway?-8:00p	ABC	3/16/00	6.9/11	4.4/13	10.69
20/20	ABC	3/15/00	8.0/14	4.3/13	10.65
Sabrina the Teenage Witch-9:00p	ABC	3/17/00	6.6/12	3.7/12	10.60
Will & Grace	NBC	3/14/00	7.2/11	5.6/15	10.45
Movie: The Ghost and the Darkness	NBC	3/19/00	6.9/11	3.7/9	10.19
Grapevine	CBS	3/13/00	7.3/12	3.6/10	10.09
America's Most Wanted	FOX	3/18/00	6.6/12	3.7/11	9.86
Movie: Vegas Vacation	CBS	3/15/00	6.5/11	3.7/10	9.52
King of the Hill	FOX	3/19/00	5.4/9	4.6/13	9.37
NCAA Basketball-Sat	CBS	3/18/00	6.8/13	3.9/17	9.36
Norm	ABC	3/15/00	6.4/11	4.2/12	9.04
The Hughleys	ABC	3/17/00	5.8/10	3.5/11	9.02
Greed	FOX	3/17/00	6.1/11	3.1/10	9.02
City of Angels	CBS	3/15/00	6.3/11	2.8/9	8.69
Cops	FOX	3/18/00	5.7/11	3.6/12	8.68
NCAA Basketball-Fri 1	CBS	3/17/00	6.0/11	3.1/11	8.5
NCAA Basketball-Thu 1	CBS	3/16/00	6.1/10	3.2/10	8.4
Sabrina the Teenage Witch-8:30p	ABC	3/17/00	5.4/10	2.7/9	8.38
NCAA Basketball-Fri 2	CBS	3/17/00	5.7/12	3.3/12	8.13
Boy Meets World	ABC	3/17/00	5.5/10	2.8/10	8.07
3rd Rock from the Sun	NBC	3/14/00	5.9/10	3.3/10	8.01
Profiler	NBC	3/18/00	5.6/10	3.3/10	7.89
WWE Smackdown	UPN	3/16/00	4.8/8	3.0/8	7.60
The Others	NBC	3/18/00	5.2/9	3.3/10	7.52
NCAA Basketball-Thu 2	CBS	3/16/00	5.5/10	3.4/10	7.46
World's Wildest Police Videos	FOX	3/17/00	4.8/9	3.2/11	7.22
Beverly Hills, 90210	FOX	3/15/00	4.7/8	4.0/12	7.14
Family Guy	FOX	3/14/00	4.6/7	3.4/9	6.68
Freaks & Geeks	NBC	3/13/00	4.6/7	2.8/8	6.57
Futurama	FOX	3/19/00	4.0/7	3.1/9	6.55
God, The Devil, and Bob	NBC	3/14/00	4.6/7	2.8/8	6.34
Star Trek: Voyager	UPN	3/15/00	3.8/6	3.0/8	5.55
Get Real	FOX	3/15/00	3.5/6	2.3/6	4.68
Party of Five	FOX	3/14/00	3.5/6	2.4/6	4.63
I Dare You!	UPN	3/14/00	1.8/3	1.0/3	2.70
Jack & Jill	WB	3/19/00	1.8/3	1.2/3	2.48
Movie: Hell's Swarm	UPN	3/17/00	1.5/3	0.8/2	1.94
Secret Agent Man	UPN	3/14/00	1.3/2	0.7/2	1.68

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
The Sopranos	HBO	7.62
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	7.47
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	7.38
Pretty Woman	TBS	4.52
Pushing Tin	HBO	3.64
Wild Thornberrys	NICK	3.62
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	3.55
Rocket Power	NICK	3.38
Catdog	NICK	3.25
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	3.24

Cable household ratings:

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