Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending August 20, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 48th 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	8/16/00	17.9/32	12.7/38	28.672
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/20/00	14.5/23	6.2/16	22.835
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/15/00	14.5/27	5.3/18	20.296
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/17/00	13.7/25	4.8/16	19.830
Big Brother	CBS	8/16/00	10.8/18	7.7/21	17.093
PGA Championships	CBS	8/20/00	8.8/21	3.6/17	12.1
Olympic Trials: Gymnastics	NBC	8/20/00	7.2/13	4.7/14	11.306
Dateline	NBC	8/15/00	7.8/14	4.9/14	11.079
Dateline	NBC	8/14/00	8.0/13	4.0/11	10.819
Big Brother	CBS	8/14/00	7.0/12	3.9/12	10.025
NFL Preseason: Rams/Titans	ABC	8/14/00	6.6/12	3.9/13	9.4
Mysterious Ways	NBC	8/14/00	6.5/11	3.1/9	9.211
Dateline	NBC	8/18/00	6.6/12	2.9/10	8.664
20/20	ABC	8/18/00	6.0/11	2.6/9	8.562
Olympic Trials: Gymnastics	NBC	8/19/00	5.2/11	3.0/11	8.27
Big Brother	CBS	8/15/00	5.7/11	3.3/12	7.89
WWE Smackdown	UPN	8/17/00	4.7/8	3.2/10	7.70
Democratic National Convention	ABC	8/17/00	5.5/10	2.0/6	7.65
America's Most Wanted	FOX	8/19/00	5.5/11	3.1/11	7.63
Big Brother	CBS	8/17/00	5.2/9]	3.0/10	7.54
Dateline	NBC	8/16/00	5.5/10	2.3/7	7.31
Beyond Belief	FOX	8/18/00	4.7/10	2.9/11	7.05
Movie: Life-Size	ABC	8/20/00	4.5/8	2.1/6	7.03
Democratic National Convention	NBC	8/17/00	4.7/8	2.5/8	6.64
Cops	FOX	8/19/00	4.5/10	3.0/12	6.58
Big Brother	CBS	8/18/00	4.5/9	2.3/9	6.31
Guiness World Records	FOX	8/18/00	3.9/7	2.4/8	6.11
Democratic National Convention	ABC	8/14/00	4.5/8	2.0/6	5.98
Democratic National Convention	NBC	8/14/00	4.8/9	2.1/6	5.95
Democratic National Convention	ABC	8/15/00	6.1/11	1.7/5	5.82
NFL Preseason: Steelers/Colts	CBS	8/19/00	4.2/9	2.2/8	5.79
Democratic National Convention	NBC	8/16/00	4.1/7	1.6/5	5.36
48 Hours	CBS	8/14/00	3.8/7	1.7/5	5.26
Making the Band	ABC	8/18/00	3.3/6	2.3/8	5.26
Democratic National Convention	CBS	8/16/00	3.6/6	1.8/5	5.05
The PJs	FOX	8/15/00	3.2/5	2.3/7	5.02
60 Minutes II	CBS	8/15/00	3.8/7	1.2/4	4.74
Democratic National Convention	ABC	8/16/00	3.1/6	1.8/5	4.61
Democratic National Convention	CBS	8/17/00	3.2/6	1.3/4	4.24
Opposite Sex	FOX	8/14/00	2.9/5	1.9/6	4.07
Sammy	NBC	8/15/00	2.3/4	1.4/5	2.99
Young Americans	WB	8/16/00	1.6/3	1.1/3	2.46
Baby Blues	WB	8/18/00	1.3/3	0.8/3	2.0

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	8.23
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	6.75
Sex and the City	HBO	4.64
High Noon	TBS	4.28
The Right Temptation	HBO	3.53
Boxing	HBO	3.32
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	3.30
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	3.20
The Shawshank Redemption	TBS	3.20
Deep Blue Sea	HBO	3.13
Democratic National Convention-Thu	CNN	1.78
Democratic National Convention-Thu	MSNBC	0.770
Democratic National Convention-Thu	FOXNC	0.680

Cable household ratings:

Premium cable ratings:

not available this week

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