Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending August 6, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 46th 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	8/2/00	16.7/30	11.9/38	27.405
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/6/00	15.4/25	6.8/18	23.711
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/1/00	14.3/26	5.8/19	21.433
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/3/00	12.4/23	4.3/15	18.123
Big Brother	CBS	8/2/00	11.1/19	8.4/24	17.443
AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game	ABC	7/31/00	7.3/13	4.2/14	10.809
Dateline	NBC	8/1/00	7.2/12	4.6/13	10.181
Mysterious Ways	NBC	7/31/00	6.8/12	3.3/10	9.479
Big Brother	CBS	7/31/00	6.3/11	3.8/12	8.998
20/20	ABC	8/4/00	6.4/12	3.2/11	8.928
Big Brother	CBS	8/1/00	5.9/11	3.8/13	8.482
America's Most Wanted	FOX	8/5/00	5.2/10	3.0/11	7.74
Dateline	NBC	8/2/00	6.0/11	4.6/13	7.711
Big Brother	CBS	8/3/00	5.0/10	3.3/12	7.64
Republican National Convention	ABC	8/3/00	5.5/10	2.3/7	7.61
WWE Smackdown	UPN	8/3/00	4.6/8	3.2/10	7.35
48 Hours	CBS	7/31/00	4.7/8	2.1/6	6.39
Big Brother	CBS	8/4/00	4.7/10	2.4/10	6.34
Beyond Belief	FOX	8/4/00	4.3/9	2.5/11	6.22
The PJs	FOX	8/1/00	3.6/6	*	6.21
Movie: Quarantine	ABC	8/5/00	4.5/9	2.2/8	6.16
Family Guy	FOX	8/1/00	4.0/7	2.8/9	6.15
Republican National Convention	NBC	8/3/00	4.3/8	2.2/7	6.10
Republican National Convention	ABC	7/31/00	4.3/7	1.5/5	5.91
Guiness World Records	FOX	8/4/00	4.0/8	2.3/9	5.89
Making the Band	ABC	8/4/00	4.4/9	2.6/10	5.84
60 Minutes II	CBS	8/1/00	4.4/8	1.9/6	5.57
Republican National Convention	NBC	8/1/00	3.8/7	2.3/7	5.37
Republican National Convention	NBC	8/2/00	3.8/7	1.7/5	5.04
Republican National Convention	CBS	8/2/00	3.8/7	1.8/5	5.02
Big Brother	CBS	8/5/00	3.7/8	2.1/9	5.01
Republican National Convention	ABC	8/1/00	3.1/5	1.5/5	4.42
American High-9:00p	FOX	8/2/00	2.9/5	1.8/5	4.31
Republican National Convention	CBS	8/3/00	3.3/6	1.3/4	4.27
Opposite Sex	FOX	7/31/00	3.0/5	1.9/6	4.21
American High-9:30p	FOX	8/2/00	2.7/5	1.8/5	4.16
Republican National Convention	ABC	8/2/00	2.9/5	1.4/4	4.05
Young Americans	WB	8/2/00	1.8/3	1.1/3	2.80
Baby Blues-8:00p	WB	8/4/00	1.5/3	1.1/5	2.42
Baby Blues-8:30p	WB	8/4/00	1.6/3	1.1/5	2.36
Shasta	UPN	8/1/00	1.3/2	0.6/2	1.77

*The Hollywood Reporter claims that "The PJs" did a 0.9/3 in adults 18-49 which is just totally at odds with anything that makes sense.

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	8.91
As Good as it Gets	TBS	7.98
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	7.42
The Jackal	USA	4.72
Deep Blue Sea	HBO	4.04
Real World	MTV	3.67
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	3.56
Sex and the City	HBO	3.50
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	3.41
Walker, Texas Ranger	USA	3.12

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Premium cable ratings:

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