Nielsen Prime-Time Ratings

  • September 20, 2000
"Who Wants to be a Millionaire" (ABC) got bumped down to second place by the "Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony" (NBC) in Nielsen Media Research prime-time ratings for Sept. 11-17. The opening ceremony garnered a rating of 16.2, reaching 16.58 million households, while Tuesday's "Millionaire" ended with a rating of 14.9, reaching 15.20 million households. It was followed by: "Summer Olympics Sunday Prime 1," NBC, 14.6, 14.94 million homes

"Summer Olympics Saturday Prime 1," NBC, 13.1, 13.41 million homes

"Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Thursday," ABC, 12.7, 12.97 million homes

"NFL (news - web sites) Monday Night Football: New England Patriots at New York Jets," ABC, 12.2, 12.46 million homes

"Who Wants to be a Millionaire-Sunday," ABC, 11.4, 11.62 million homes

"NFL Monday Showcase," ABC, 10.0, 10.17 million homes

"Law and Order," NBC, 9.6, 9.85 million homes

"The West Wing," NBC, 8.8, 8.99 million homes

"Law and Order-Monday," NBC, 8.6, 8.82 million homes

"Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS, 8.4, 8.56 million homes

"Dharma & Greg," ABC, 8.3, 8.46 million homes

"Frasier," NBC, 8.3, 8.52 million homes

"Peter Jennings Reporting: Family Business, Part 1," ABC, 8.3, 8.44 million homes

"60 Minutes," CBS, 8.2, 8.42 million homes

"20/20-Downtown," ABC, 8.1, 8.26 million homes

"Big Brother-Wednesday," CBS, 8.1, 8.28 million homes

"CBS Sunday Movie: Something to Talk About," CBS, 7.9, 8.05 million homes

"60 Minutes II," CBS, 7.7, 7.87 million homes

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