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THE NIELSENS
`Millionaire' pays dividends: ABC moves up
18-Nov-1999 Thursday
ABC is feeling like a million bucks, with "Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire" helping to carry the network to a first-place prime-time win
last week.
Airing nightly during November "sweeps," the hit quiz show claimed
seven of the top 16 slots for the week, according to Nielsen
Media Research figures released Tuesday. Its Sunday edition won third place,
behind NBC's top-ranked "ER" and ABC's "Monday Night
Football."
Fox didn't fare so well with its quiz clone, "Greed," whose second
weekly airing was Thursday. In the first half-hour -- which faced that night's
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" -- "Greed" ranked No. 80,
with a 5.9 rating and 9 share. During its second half-hour, it vaulted to No. 40
(8.7 rating and 13 share).
In household ratings for the week, ABC won with a 10.4 rating and 17 share,
followed by NBC (9.1 rating and 15 share), CBS (8.8 and 14) and Fox (6.5 and
10).
Among the second tier of networks, the WB's 3.1 rating and 5 share edged newly
competitive UPN (2.7 rating and 4 share) and Pax TV (0.7 and 1).
A rating point represents 1,008,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's
estimated 100.8 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use
televisions tuned to a given show.
NBC's "Nightly News" won the evening-news ratings race with an 8.3
rating and 16 share, followed by ABC's "World News Tonight" (7.9
rating and 16 share) and "CBS Evening News" (7.0 and 14).
Here are the prime-time ratings as compiled by Nielsen Media
Research for Nov. 8-14:
1. "ER," NBC.
2. "NFL Monday Night Football: Dallas at Minnesota," ABC.
3. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," ABC.
4. "Friends," NBC.
5. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," ABC.
6. "NFL Monday Showcase," ABC.
7. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," ABC.
8. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," ABC.
9. "Touched by an Angel," CBS.
10. "Frasier," NBC.
11. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," ABC.
12. "The Practice," ABC.
13. "Law & Order," NBC.
14. "The Drew Carey Show," ABC.
15. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," ABC.
16. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," ABC.
17. "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS.
17. "Friends," NBC.
19. "JAG," CBS.
20. "60 Minutes," CBS.
20. "Judging Amy," CBS.
20. "NBC Sunday Night Movie: Mary, Mother of Jesus," NBC.
23. "Stark Raving Mad," NBC.
24. "60 Minutes II," CBS.
24. "Becker," CBS.
26. "CBS Sunday Movie: Aftershock: Earthquake in New York," CBS.
27. "The X-Files," Fox.
28. "Dharma & Greg," ABC.
29. "Spin City," ABC.
30. "West Wing," NBC.
31. "20/20" (Wednesday), ABC.
32. "Ally McBeal," Fox.
33. "Norm," ABC.
34. "The King of Queens," CBS.
34. "The Simpsons," Fox.
36. "Family Law," CBS.
37. "Providence," NBC.
37. "Third Watch," NBC.
39. "Dateline NBC" (Friday).
40. "Dateline NBC" (Tuesday).
40. "Greed," Fox.
42. "CBS Wednesday Movie: Shake, Rattle and Roll (Part 2)."
43. "Two Guys and a Girl," ABC.
44. "Diagnosis Murder," CBS.
45. "Dateline NBC" (Wednesday).
45. "The Drew Carey Show," ABC.
45. "Futurama," Fox.
45. "Just Shoot Me," NBC.
49. "NBC Movie of the Week: Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (Part
2)."
49. "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" ABC.
49. "Will & Grace," NBC.
52. "20/20" (Friday), ABC.
52. "Ladies Man," CBS.
52. "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," ABC.
55. "Nash Bridges," CBS.
56. "Boy Meets World," ABC.
56. "Dateline NBC" (Monday).
56. "Just Shoot Me," NBC.
59. "Rock 'n' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits," CBS.
59. "Walker, Texas Ranger," CBS.
61. "Chicago Hope," CBS.
62. "Once and Again," ABC.
63. "Dateline NBC" (Sunday).
64. "ABC Saturday Night Movie: The Partridge Family Story."
65. "Kids Say the Darndest Things," CBS.
65. "Wonderful World of Disney: Space Jam," ABC.
67. "When Good Pets Go Bad 2," Fox.
68. "Whose Line Is It Anyway?," ABC.
69. "King of the Hill," Fox.
70. "3rd Rock From the Sun," NBC.
70. "Law & Order -- Friday," NBC.
72. "48 Hours," CBS.
73. "The Hughleys," ABC.
73. "The Pretender," NBC.
75. "Early Edition," CBS.
76. "20/20 Downtown," ABC.
76. "Martial Law," CBS.
76. "Now and Again," CBS.
79. "The Profiler," NBC.
80. "Greed," Fox.
81. "AMW: America Fights Back," Fox.
81. "Beverly Hills, 90210," Fox.
83. "Candid Camera," CBS.
83. "FOX Movie: Seven," Fox.
85. "COPS 2: Arizona," Fox.
86. "That '70s Show," Fox.
86. "WWF Smackdown!," UPN.
88. "7th Heaven," WB.
89. "COPS: Fort Worth," Fox.
90. "Party of Five," Fox.
91. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," WB.
92. "Charmed," WB.
92. "Time of Your Life," Fox.
94. "Ally," Fox.
95. "Angel," WB.
95. "Get Real," Fox.
97. "Freaks & Geeks," NBC.
97. "Star Trek: Voyager," UPN.
99. "Dawson's Creek," WB.
100. "Roswell," WB.
101. "Safe Harbor," WB.
102. "Felicity," WB.
102. "Popular," WB.
104. "7 Days," UPN.
104. "The Parkers," UPN.
104. "The Steve Harvey Show," WB.
107. "Moesha," UPN.
108. "For Your Love," WB.
109. "Grown Ups," UPN.
109. "The Jamie Foxx Show," WB.
111. "The Jamie Foxx Show," WB.
111. "Malcolm & Eddie," UPN.
113. "Jack & Jill," WB.
114. "Safe Harbor," WB.
114. "Shasta McNasty," UPN.
116. "The Strip," UPN.
117. "Blockbuster Cinema: Monster!," UPN.
118. "Dilbert," UPN.
119. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.
120. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.
120. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.
122. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.
122. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.
124. "Diagnosis Murder," Pax.
124. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.
124. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.
124. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.
128. "Twice in a Lifetime," Pax.
129. "Chicken Soup for the Soul," Pax.
129. "It's a Miracle," Pax.
129. "Touched by an Angel," Pax.
132. "The PaxTV Three-Hanky Movie: Missing Children: Mother's Story."
132. "Uncovering the Truth About Jesus," Pax.
134. "Hope Island," Pax.
134. "Little Men," Pax.
136. "Destination Stardom," Pax.
136. "Search for the Real Mount Sinai," Pax.
136. "Twice in a Lifetime," Pax.
139. "Hope Island," Pax.
Nielsen Ratings
Ratings run Monday - Sunday, use the links below to look for any week.
# |
Air Date |
101 |
|
102 |
|
103 |
|
| 11/23/98 | |
104 |
|
105 |
|
106 |
|
107 |
|
| 1/4/99 | |
108 |
|
109 |
|
| 110 | |
| 111 | |
| 112 | |
| 113 | |
| 114 | |
| 115 | |
| 116 | |
| 3/15/99 | |
| 3/29/99 | |
| 117 | |
| 118 | |
| 119 | |
|
103 |
|
| 120 | |
| 121 | 5/10/99 |
| 122 | |
| 5/24/99 | |
| 6/7/99 | |
| 6/14/99 | |
| 6/28/99 | |
| 7/5/99 | |
| 7/12/99 | |
| 7/19/99 | |
| 7/28/99 | |
| 8/2/99 | |
| 8/9/99 | |
| 8/16/99 | |
| 8/23/99 | |
| 9-6-99 | |
| 9-13-99 | |
| 201 | 9-20-99 |
| 202 | 9-27-99 |
| 203 | 10-4-99 |
| 204 | 10-11-99 |
| 205 | 10-18-99 |
| 206 | 10/25/99 |
| 207 | 11/1/99 |
| 208 | 11/8/99 |
| 209 | 11/15/99 |
| 210 | 11/22/99 |
| 211 | 11/29/99 |
|
201 |
12/6/99 |
| 212 | 12/13/99 |
| 118 | 12/20/99 |
| 119 | 12/27/99 |
| 121 | 1/3/2000 |
| 213 | 1/10/00 |
| 214 | 1/17/00 |
|
122 |
1/24/00 |
| 203 | 1/31/00 |
| 215 | 2/7/00 |
| 216 | 2/14/00 |
| 217 | 2/21/00 |
| 218 | 2/28/00 |
| 3/6/00 | |
| 3/13/00 | |
| 219 | 3/20/00 |
| 3/27/00 | |
| 4/3/00 | |
| 220 | 4/10/00 |
| 221 | 4/17/00 |
| 222 | 4/24/00 |
| 223 | 5/01/00 |
| 224 | 5/08/00 |
