Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 10, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 51st 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	9/5/00	15.7/26	6.2/18	23.263
Monday Night Football	ABC	9/4/00	15.3/27	9.7/27	22.907
Emmy Awards	ABC	9/10/00	14.2/23	8.8/21	21.798
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	9/7/00	13.5/21	5.5/14	19.935
Vanished	ABC	9/7/00	9.1/16	4.4/12	12.774
Big Brother	CBS	9/6/00	7.9/14	5.0/16	11.383
20/20	ABC	9/4/00	8.0/14	3.3/9	11.161
Dateline	NBC	9/5/00	8.1/14	3.1/10	10.826
Dateline	NBC	9/6/00	7.2/13	3.1/10	9.974
20/20	ABC	9/8/00	6.4/12	3.0/10	9.15
Countdown to the Emmys	ABC	9/10/00	6.0/11	2.9/9	8.72
Mysterious Ways	NBC	9/4/00	5.7/9	3.3/9	8.61
Big Brother	CBS	9/4/00	5.4/9	3.3/9	8.59
America's Most Wanted	FOX	9/9/00	5.5/10	3.3/10	8.54
Guiness World Records	FOX	9/6/00	5.5/9	3.7/10	8.51
Dateline	NBC	9/8/00	5.9/11	2.6/9	8.34
Big Brother	CBS	9/5/00	5.5/9	3.5/11	7.88
Hopkins 24/7	ABC	9/6/00	5.5/10	3.3/10	7.84
WWE Smackdown	UPN	9/7/00	4.7/8	2.8/8	7.44
Cops	FOX	9/9/00	4.8/10	3.1/11	7.39
Big Brother	CBS	9/7/00	5.4/10	2.8/9	7.23
Big Brother	CBS	9/8/00	4.8/10	2.6/10	6.93
Dateline	NBC	9/10/00	5.0/9	2.0/6	6.91
College Football	ABC	9/9/00	4.4/9	2.4/8	6.60
Making the Band	ABC	9/8/00	4.2/7	2.8/9	6.47
Big Brother	CBS	9/9/00	4.5/8	2.6/10	6.36
The PJs	FOX	9/5/00	3.2/5	2.2/6	5.25
The Parkers	UPN	9/4/00	3.1/5	2.2/6	5.07
Moesha	UPN	9/4/00	2.8/5	2.0/6	4.69
Hispanic Heritage Awards	NBC	9/9/00	2.1/4	1.0/3	2.81

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Sunday Night Football	ESPN	9.92
2000 Music Video Awards	MTV	9.85
NFL Primetime	ESPN	5.59
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	TNT	4.60
Sex and the City	HBO	4.20
Blue Streak	HBO	3.75
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	3.66
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	3.63
Random Hearts	HBO	3.54
The Matrix	HBO	3.36

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