• September 15, 2000

Sunday nights NFL Football: Dallas at Arizona (ESPN) ranked number one on the Nielsen Media Research top 15 basic cable programs for Sept. 4-10 with a rating of 7.0 and reaching 7.16 million homes. It was followed by: "2000 Video Music Awards" (Thursday, 8 p.m.), MTV, 6.5, 6.62 million homes

"2000 Video Music Awards Post Show" (Thursday, 11:09 p.m.), MTV, 3.8, 3.93 million homes

"NFL Prime Time" (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), ESPN, 3.6, 3.73 million homes

"WWF Entertainment" (Monday, 11 p.m.), USA, 3.3, 3.34 million homes

"WWF Entertainment" (Monday, 12 midnight), USA, 3.2, 3.32 million homes

"WCW Monday Nitro Live!" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 3.1, 3.17 million homes

"Rugrats" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.75 million homes

PGA Golf (Sunday, 5:01 p.m.), ESPN, 2.7, 2.74 million homes

NASCAR Winston Cup (Saturday, 7:30 p.m.), ESPN, 2.7, 2.72 million homes

"Rugrats" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.7, 2.71 million homes

"Rugrats" (Sunday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.5, 2.53 million homes

"WCW Monday Nitro Live!" (Monday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 2.5, 2.51 million homes

"NFL SportsCenter" (Sunday, 11:38 p.m.), ESPN, 2.4, 2.48 million homes

"2000 Video Music Awards Opening Acts" (Thursday, 6:30 p.m.), MTV, 2.3, 2.38 million homes