Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 17, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 52nd 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)
2000 Summer Olympics Opening	NBC	9/15/00	16.2/29	9.5/29	27.272
2000 Summer Olympics	NBC	9/17/00	14.6/24	9.7/25	23.883
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	9/12/00	14.9/25	5.2/16	21.033
2000 Summer Olympics	NBC	9/16/00	13.1/25	7.6/14	21.019
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	9/14/00	12.7/20	5.1/14	18.533
Monday Night Football	ABC	9/11/00	12.2/21	7.8/23	17.296
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	9/17/00	11.4/17	3.8/8	16.504
Big Brother	CBS	9/13/00	8.1/14	5.5/18	12.539
Peter Jennings: Family Business Pt. 1	ABC	9/14/00	8.3/14	3.5/11	10.915
20/20	ABC	9/11/00	8.1/14	3.7/12	10.849
60 Minutes II	CBS	9/12/00	7.7/12	2.8/8	10.383
Dateline	NBC	9/13/00	7.3/13	3.2/10	9.651
Hopkins 24/7	ABC	9/13/00	6.7/12	4.3/12	9.40
Dateline	NBC	9/12/00	7.0/12	3.9/12	9.27
Big Brother	CBS	9/11/00	6.5/11	3.7/12	9.25
Mysterious Ways	NBC	9/11/00	6.1/10	3.1/9	8.71
Big Brother	CBS	9/12/00	5.9/10	3.8/12	8.65
Dean Koontz: Sole Survivor Pt. 1	FOX	9/13/00	5.5/9	3.0/9	8.11
Big Brother	CBS	9/14/00	5.7/10	3.1/10	8.07
WWE Smackdown	UPN	9/14/00	4.7/8	3.0/9	7.86
The 70s: Decade that Changed TV	ABC	9/17/00	5.5/9	2.6/7	7.70
Inaugural Latin Grammy Awards	CBS	9/13/00	5.2/9	3.2/9	7.47
America's Most Wanted	FOX	9/16/00	4.8/8	2.9/8	7.45
Dean Koontz: Sole Survivor Pt. 2	FOX	9/14/00	4.9/8	2.8/8	7.10
Big Brother	CBS	9/16/00	4.2/8	2.8/9	6.38
Big Brother	CBS	9/15/00	4.5/8	2.4/8	6.14
The Hughleys	UPN	9/11/00	3.6/6	2.4/6	5.82
The Parkers	UPN	9/11/00	3.5/6	2.4/7	5.66
Peter Jennings: Family Business Pt. 2	ABC	9/15/00	4.1/7	2.0/6	5.60
Girlfriends	UPN	9/11/00	3.2/5	2.1/5	4.87
Moesha	UPN	9/11/00	3.0/5	1.9/6	4.71
Music Mania 2000	FOX	9/15/00	2.8/5	1.7/5	4.08
Since You've Been Gone	FOX	9/11/00	2.4/4	1.5/4	3.38

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	8.51
Sunday Night Football	ESPN	7.75
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	7.21
Sex and the City	HBO	4.76
Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	4.63
NFL Primetime	ESPN	4.23
Wrestling (Sun, 7pm)	USA	4.02
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	TNT	3.55
Blue Streak	HBO	3.45
Sister Act	TBS	3.43

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