Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending August 27, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 49th 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	8/23/00	28.6/45	22.8/54	51.69
Survivor: The Reunion	CBS	8/23/00	22.5/36	18.1/44	38.77
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/27/00	14.9/24	6.7/17	22.64
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/22/00	15.1/26	5.4/18	21.51
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/24/00	13.6/23	5.9/17	20.63
20/20	ABC	8/24/00	9.0/16	4.2/13	12.57
Dateline	NBC	8/22/00	9.0/16	5.5/16	12.28
NFL Preseason: Dolphins/Packers	ABC	8/21/00	7.7/13	4.2/13	11.05
20/20	ABC	8/25/00	6.6/13	2.9/10	9.56
Mysterious Ways	NBC	8/21/00	6.5/11	3.4/11	9.48
Big Brother	CBS	8/21/00	6.8/12	3.6/11	9.39
Big Brother	CBS	8/24/00	6.1/11	3.2/11	8.82
America's Most Wanted	FOX	8/26/00	5.8/11	3.6/12	8.51
Dateline	NBC	8/25/00	5.9/13	2.3/8	7.94
Big Brother	CBS	8/22/00	5.3/10	3.2/11	7.63
20/20	ABC	8/23/00	5.5/9	2.6/6	7.52
2000 Teen Choice Awards	FOX	8/22/00	4.7/8	3.2/10	7.44
WWE Smackdown	UPN	8/24/00	4.3/8	2.8/9	7.15
Dateline	NBC	8/23/00	5.4/9	1.6/4	7.15
Miss Teen USA	CBS	8/26/00	4.9/9	2.3/8	7.04
Big Brother	CBS	8/25/00	4.8/10	2.8/11	6.83
Cops	FOX	8/26/00	4.5/9	2.9/11	6.47
Guiness World Records	FOX	8/25/00	3.7/7	2.5/9	5.93
Making the Band	ABC	8/25/00	3.9/7	2.5/8	5.72
Big Brother	CBS	8/26/00	4.0/8	2.3/8	5.67
College Football Saturday	ABC	8/26/00	4.0/8	2.0/7	5.61
Movie: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	FOX	8/24/00	3.3/6	1.6/5	4.36
Dateline	NBC	8/27/00	2.6/5	1.4/4	3.62
Opposite Sex	FOX	8/21/00	2.6/4	1.6/5	3.36
Young Americans	WB	8/21/00	1.6/3	1.0/3	2.29
Baby Blues	WB	8/25/00	1.3/3	0.7/3	1.86
Encounters with the Unexplained	PAX	8/25/00	1.1	-	1.6

-Teen Choice Awards: 6.8/24 T12-17 rating/share

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	8.54
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	7.63
Witchblade	TNT	5.24
Sex and the City	HBO	4.16
NFL Football: Rams/Cowboys	ESPN	3.69
NEC Invitational Golf	TNN	3.41
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	3.38
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	3.00
Boxing After Dark	HBO	2.96
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	TNT	2.92

Cable household ratings:

Premium cable ratings:

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