Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending October 1, 2000

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 54th and final 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	NBC	9/25/00	15.7/26	9.6/26	24.417
2000 Summer Olympics	NBC	9/28/00	14.0/24	8.1/24	20.838
2000 Summer Olympics	NBC	9/27/00	13.9/24	7.6/13	20.423
NFL overrun	FOX	10/1/00	12.1/22	8.3/29	18.9
2000 Summer Olympics	NBC	9/26/00	12.4/21	7.3/21	18.633
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	10/1/00	11.1/17	4.3/10	16.753
2000 Summer Olympics Closing	NBC	10/1/00	10.8/17	5.5/14	16.706
2000 Summer Olympics	NBC	9/30/00	10.5/20	5.9/19	16.296
2000 Summer Olympics	NBC	9/29/00	10.6/20	5.4/19	15.544
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	9/26/00	11.0/18	4.1/12	15.468
Monday Night Football	ABC	9/25/00	10.3/18	6.1/16	14.523
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	9/28/00	9.6/15	4.1/11	13.826
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ABC	9/27/00	9.3/15	3.9/11	13.074
That's Life	CBS	10/1/00	9.1/14	3.9/10	12.111
60 Minutes	CBS	10/1/00	8.0/14	2.6/8	11.195
Big Brother	CBS	9/29/00	7.2/14	5.0/17	11.125
Hopkins 24/7	ABC	9/28/00	7.1/12	3.8/11	9.879
King of the Hill	FOX	10/1/00	6.1/10	5.2/14	9.592
Big Brother	CBS	9/27/00	6.5/11	4.4/13	9.557
Big Brother	CBS	9/28/00	5.6/10	3.6/12	8.36
20/20	ABC	9/29/00	6.0/11	2.6/8	8.21
Vanished	ABC	9/27/00	6.1/11	3.8/11	8.182
Big Brother	CBS	9/25/00	5.7/9	3.4/9	8.09
20/20	ABC	9/25/00	6.1/10	2.5/7	8.082
Big Brother	CBS	9/26/00	5.5/9	3.2/10	7.92
America's Most Wanted	FOX	9/30/00	5.1/9	3.3/9	7.74
WWE Smackdown	UPN	9/28/00	4.7/8	3.0/8	7.33
Angel	WB	9/26/00	3.9/6	2.9/7	6.09
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	WB	9/26/00	3.9/6	2.9/8	5.83
The Hughleys	UPN	9/25/00	3.1/5	2.2/5	4.83
Girlfriends	UPN	9/25/00	3.2/5	2.2/5	4.81
The Parkers	UPN	9/25/00	3.0/4	2.0/5	4.78
Moesha	UPN	9/25/00	2.5/4	1.8/5	4.31
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	WB	9/29/00	2.5/5	1.2/4	3.62
Grosse Point	WB	9/29/00	1.9/4	0.8/3	2.64
Popular	WB	9/29/00	1.7/3	0.7/2	2.22

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
Sunday Night Football	ESPN	7.58
Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	7.45
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	6.77
Sex and the City	HBO	5.35
NFL Primetime	ESPN	4.49
U.S. Marshals (Sun)	TNT	4.39
U.S. Marshals (Fri)	TNT	4.37
Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	TNT	4.07
Lake Placid	HBO	3.26
Sex and the City (Sat)	HBO	3.07

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Premium cable ratings:

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