Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending July 23, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 44th 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	7/19/00	15.9/29	11.4/35	26.151
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	7/23/00	14.2/23	7.3/20	23.074
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	7/20/00	13.8/24	5.7/18	20.722
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	7/18/00	13.9/25	5.2/17	20.315
20/20	ABC	7/19/00	8.9/15	4.7/14	12.472
20/20	ABC	7/20/00	8.8/16	4.2/13	12.253
60 Minutes	CBS	7/23/00	9.1/19	2.4/9	11.999
Big Brother	CBS	7/20/00	7.9/15	4.6/16	11.316
Dateline	NBC	7/17/00	7.7/14	3.9/13	10.790
Big Brother	CBS	7/17/00	6.7/13	3.9/13	9.540
20/20	ABC	7/21/00	6.3/12	3.6/13	9.10
Big Brother	CBS	7/18/00	5.6/10	3.4/12	8.39
Dateline	NBC	7/19/00	6.2/11	2.4/7	8.24
Big Brother	CBS	7/21/00	5.5/12	2.9/12	7.68
America's Most Wanted	FOX	7/22/00	5.5/11	3.0/11	7.52
Guiness World Records	FOX	7/19/00	4.7/8	3.2/9	7.40
WWE Smackdown	UPN	7/20/00	4.4/8	2.7/9	7.08
U.S. Olympic Trials	NBC	7/23/00	5.0/10	2.9/10	6.95
Making the Band	ABC	7/21/00	4.2/8	3.2/11	6.84
Candid Camera	CBS	7/21/00	4.7/10	2.5/10	6.77
Dateline	NBC	7/21/00	5.2/10	2.2/8	6.63
Movie: Ice	ABC	7/22/00	4.4/9	2.5/10	6.51
Out of Control Nature	ABC	7/22/00	4.2/9	2.4/9	6.20
Beyond Belief	FOX	7/21/00	4.0/9	2.6/11	6.13
Cops	FOX	7/22/00	4.1/9	2.3/11	5.73
Family Guy	FOX	7/18/00	3.6/6	2.5/7	5.66
Big Brother	CBS	7/22/00	4.0/9	1.9/8	5.34
The PJs	FOX	7/18/00	3.2/5	0.9/3	5.11
Opposite Sex	FOX	7/17/00	3.9/7	2.4/8	5.07
Love & Money	CBS	7/18/00	3.0/5	1.5/5	4.01
Young Americans	WB	7/19/00	1.7/3	1.0/3	2.66
Secret Agent Man	UPN	7/21/00	1.4/3	0.6/2	2.0
Shasta	UPN	7/18/00	1.0/3	0.6/2	1.4
Dilbert	UPN	7/18/00	0.9/2	0.5/2	1.2

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	8.05
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	7.01
Nuremberg Pt. 2	TNT	6.05
Sex and the City	HBO	4.56
Arliss	HBO	3.75
Ellen Degeneres/Beginning	HBO	3.67
Real World	MTV	3.61
Wrestling (Wed, 10pm)	TBS	3.50
Sunday Night Baseball	ESPN	3.24
Wrestling (Wed, 9pm)	TBS	3.20

Cable household ratings: date in the chart is incorrect, but the data is from the w/e July 23, 2000.

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