• by July 10, 2000

"WWWF Entertainment" is number one with a rating of 5.4 according to Nielsen's top 15 basic cable network program ratings for the week ending July 2.

Each rating point represents 1,008,000 households. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses.

1. "WWF Entertainment" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 5.4, 5.48 million homes. 2. "WWF Entertainment" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 4.4, 4.45 million homes. 3. "WCW Monday Nitro Live!" (Monday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 2.5, 2.52 million homes. 4. "Real World IX" (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), MTV, 2.5, 2.48 million homes. 5. "Rugrats" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.41 million homes. 6. ML Baseball: Atlanta Braves vs. N.Y. Mets, (Thursday, 7:05 p.m.), TBS, 2.2, 2.23 million homes. 7. "Spongebob" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.1, 2.15 million homes. 8. "WWF Sunday Night Heat" (Sunday, 7 p.m.), USA, 2.1, 2.13 million homes. 9. "Rugrats" (Monday, 7:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.0, 2.06 million homes. 10. "Rugrats" (Thursday, 7:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.0, 2.04 million homes. 11. "Walker, Texas Ranger" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 2.0, 2.02 million homes. 12. "WCW Thunder" (Wednesday, 9:54 p.m.), TBS, 2.0, 1.99 million homes. 13. "Rugrats" (Saturday, 9 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.0, 1.99 million homes. 14. "Spongebob" (Saturday, 10:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.0, 1.98 million homes. 15. "Rugrats" (Monday, 4:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 1.9, 1.91 million homes.