Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending July 9, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 42nd 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)
Survivor	CBS	7/5/00	15.2/27	10.6/33	24.490
Big Brother	CBS	7/5/00	13.9/23	9.9/27	22.448
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	7/6/00	14.0/24	6.3/19	21.656
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	7/9/00	12.7/21	5.3/14	19.738
48 Hours	CBS	7/5/00	10.5/18	6.9/19	15.819
20/20	ABC	7/6/00	9.3/16	4.8/14	14.029
60 Minutes	CBS	7/9/00	9.8/20	3.1/11	13.169
Big Brother	CBS	7/6/00	7.9/16	4.4/14	11.577
48 Hours	CBS	7/3/00	7.5/14	3.6/11	10.764
Dateline	NBC	7/7/00	7.4/14	3.6/13	10.290
Dateline	NBC	7/4/00	7.0/15	3.6/14	10.168
20/20	ABC	7/7/00	7.4/14	3.2/12	9.922
Big Brother	CBS	7/7/00	6.5/14	3.5/14	9.12
Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks	NBC	7/4/00	5.6/12	2.7/11	8.85
America's Most Wanted	FOX	7/8/00	5.0/10	3.0/11	7.50
Dateline	NBC	7/5/00	5.5/10	2.2/7	7.33
Dateline	NBC	7/3/00	5.1/10	2.1/8	6.86
Candid Camera	CBS	7/7/00	4.8/10	2.4/9	6.90
Freaks & Geeks-10p	NBC	7/8/00	3.9/8	3.0/10	6.75
WWE Smackdown	UPN	7/6/00	4.3/8	2.6/8	6.65
Big Brother	CBS	7/8/00	4.5/10	2.4/10	6.40
Making the Band	ABC	7/7/00	4.1/8	2.6/9	6.01
Greed	FOX	7/7/00	4.2/8	1.8/6	5.90
Beyond Belief	FOX	7/7/00	4.0/8	2.2/9	5.57
Freaks & Geeks-9p	NBC	7/8/00	3.0/6	2.4/9	5.26
Freaks & Geeks-8p	NBC	7/8/00	2.5/6	1.6/7	4.07
The PJs-9:30p	FOX	7/4/00	2.3/5	1.6	3.49
The PJs-8:30p	FOX	7/4/00	2.0/5	1.4/6	3.20
Mission Hill	WB	7/9/00	1.5/2	0.8/2	2.25
Secret Agent Man	UPN	7/7/00	1.5/3	0.7/3	2.00

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	7.43
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	6.02
Wild Wild West	HBO	5.51
Sunday Night Baseball	ESPN	4.03
Sex and the City	HBO	3.97
The Postman	TBS	3.82
Longitude	A&E	3.67
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	3.12
Dexter's Laboratory	TOON	3.11
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	3.08

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