Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 3, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 50th 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)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/29/00	14.6/25	5.6/17	21.717
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	8/31/00	13.7/22	4.8/14	19.460
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	9/3/00	11.9/21	4.6/13	18.283
Hopkins 24/7	ABC	8/31/00	8.8/15	4.2/13	12.078
Big Brother	CBS	8/30/00	7.8/14	4.7/15	11.488
60 Minutes	CBS	9/3/00	7.9/15	2.5/8	11.155
Dateline	NBC	8/29/00	7.4/13	4.2/13	10.413
Lincoln Financial Battle	ABC	8/28/00	7.6/13	3.4/11	10.375
Dateline	NBC	8/30/00	7.6/14	2.8/9	10.241
Big Brother	CBS	8/28/00	6.5/11	3.8/12	9.234
Mysterious Ways	NBC	8/28/00	6.5/11	3.2/10	8.874
Hopkins 24/7	ABC	8/30/00	6.2/11	3.7/11	8.48
Movie: Dear God	CBS	8/30/00	6.2/10	3.0/9	8.46
America's Most Wanted	FOX	9/2/00	5.4/11	3.1/11	8.27
WWE Smackdown	UPN	8/31/00	5.0/9	2.9/10	8.22
John Stossel Reports	ABC	9/1/00	5.8/11	3.2/11	8.11
The World's Funniest	FOX	8/30/00	5.2/9	3.6/10	8.09
Dateline	NBC	9/1/00	5.9/11	2.3/8	7.77
Big Brother	CBS	8/29/00	5.1/9	3.2/10	7.44
Big Brother	CBS	8/31/00	5.4/10	2.8/10	7.44
Cops	FOX	9/2/00	4.7/10	2.8/11	7.32
Dateline	NBC	9/3/00	5.0/9	2.0/6	6.78
Big Brother	CBS	9/1/00	4.5/9	2.6/11	6.48
Access Hollywood	NBC	8/29/00	4.7/8	2.7/8	6.24
Making the Band	ABC	9/1/00	3.8/7	2.9/10	5.92
Big Brother	CBS	9/2/00	4.0/8	2.1/8	5.80
Family Guy	FOX	8/29/00	3.8/6	2.7/7	5.59
Source Hip-Hop Awards	UPN	8/29/00	3.3/5	2.2/6	5.27
The PJs	FOX	8/29/00	3.3/5	2.2/6	4.92
Geraldo Rivera Reports	NBC	9/3/00	3.6/7	1.3/5	4.62
TV Show with John Henson	ABC	9/2/00	3.1/6	1.8/6	4.35
Movie: Ali: An American Hero	FOX	8/31/00	2.3/4	1.5/5	3.39
Young Americans	WB	8/30/00	1.8/3	1.1/3	2.63
Olympic Trials	NBC	9/2/00	1.6/4	0.8/3	2.1

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Sunday Night Football	ESPN	9.97
NFL Prime Time	ESPN	4.87
Random Hearts	HBO	4.65
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	TNT	4.58
Star Wars	TBS	4.14
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	3.53
Custody of the Heart	LIF	3.51
Sex and the City (Sun)	HBO	3.12
Sex and the City (Wed)	HBO	2.98
Real World	MTV	2.95

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