Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending August 13, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 47th 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	8/9/00	17.4/31	12.1/38	28.001
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/13//00	14.2/23	6.6/17	21.657
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/8/00	14.7/27	5.7/19	21.434
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/10/00	13.5/23	5.4/17	19.604
Big Brother	CBS	8/9/00	11.3/19	8.1/23	17.649
20/20	ABC	8/10/00	9.4/17	4.0/13	12.767
Vanished	ABC	8/7/00	8.2/14	4.3/12	10.952
48 Hours	CBS	8/9/00	7.3/13	4.4/13	10.784
Dateline	NBC	8/11/00	7.0/14	3.1/11	9.626
20/20	ABC	8/11/00	6.6/13	3.7/12	9.414
20/20	ABC	8/9/00	6.7/12	3.7/11	9.317
Big Brother	CBS	8/7/00	6.2/11	3.8/13	8.43
America's Funniest Home Videos	ABC	8/12/00	5.2/10	3.4/11	7.98
WWE Smackdown	UPN	8/10/00	4.7/9	3.1/11	7.57
Big Brother	CBS	8/8/00	5.4/10	3.2/11	7.46
America's Most Wanted	FOX	8/12/00	5.4/11	3.3/11	7.44
Mysterious Ways	NBC	8/7/00	5.3/10	3.1/10	7.19
Dateline	NBC	8/9/00	5.2/9	2.0/6	7.19
Big Brother	CBS	8/10/00	5.3/10	2.7/10	7.18
Beyond Belief	FOX	8/11/00	4.3/9	2.7/11	6.81
New Adventures of Spin & Marty	ABC	8/13/00	3.9/7	2.0/6	6.44
Guiness World Records	FOX	8/11/00	3.9/7	2.6/9	6.30
Making the Band	ABC	8/11/00	3.9/7	2.6/9	5.94
Big Brother	CBS	8/12/00	3.8/8	2.0/8	5.51
NFL Preseason: Giants/Jaguars	CBS	8/11/00	3.9/8	1.9/7	5.43
Dateline	NBC	8/13/00	3.8/7	2.0/7	5.19
Opposite Sex	FOX	8/7/00	3.0/5	2.4/8	4.86
Family Friendly Awards	CBS	8/10/00	3.3/6	1.4/5	4.29
Sammy	NBC	8/8/00	2.8/5	1.8/6	4.12
American High-9:00p	FOX	8/9/00	2.2/4	1.5/4	3.52
American High-9:30p	FOX	8/9/00	2.4/4	1.4/4	3.27
Young Americans	WB	8/9/00	1.6/3	1.0/3	2.53
Baby Blues-8:30p	WB	8/11/00	1.7/3	1.0/4	2.39
Baby Blues-8:00p	WB	8/11/00	1.5/3	0.9/4	2.19

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	8.50
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	6.63
Running Mates	TNT	5.89
The Truth About Jane	LIF	4.90
The Haunting	HBO	4.43
Sex and the City	HBO	4.42
Deep Blue Sea (Tue)	HBO	4.31
The American President	TNT	3.56
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	3.43
Deep Blue Sea (Sun)	HBO	3.40

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