Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending April 18, 1999

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 30th week of the 1998-99 television broadcast season; reruns are excluded from the list. The first chart includes household (HH) ratings and viewership (in millions) for all first-run broadcast programs. The second charts have ratings for programs that aired on cable during the week.

Broadcast ratings:

Show	Net	Day	Time	HH	Viewers (millions)
60 Minutes	CBS	4/18/99	7:00	12.7/24	17.50
Having Our Say	CBS	4/18/99	9:00	11.8/18	17.05
The X-Files	FOX	4/18/99	9:00	9.0/14	15.20
Law & Order	NBC	4/14/99	10:00	10.4/17	14.87
The Practice	ABC	4/18/99	10:00	10.0/16	14.32
Becker	CBS	4/12/99	9:30	9.6/15	14.12
Dateline NBC	NBC	4/12/99	10:00	10.0/17	13.79
Family Guy	FOX	4/18/99	8:30	8.1/13	13.78
NYPD Blue	ABC	4/13/99	10:00	9.8/16	13.53
JAG	CBS	4/13/99	8:00	9.3/16	13.22
Nash Bridges	CBS	4/16/99	10:00	8.5/16	13.00
David Blaine: Magic Man	ABC	4/14/99	10:00	9.3/15	12.98
Most Amazing Videos	NBC	4/14/99	9:00	8.6/13	12.44
A Few Good Men (1992)	NBC	4/18/99	8:09	8.5/13	12.28
The Norm Show	ABC	4/14/99	9:30	8.5/13	12.22
Sons of Thunder	CBS	4/17/99	10:00	7.7/14	12.09
Spin City	ABC	4/13/99	9:00	8.3/13	12.08
Dateline NBC	NBC	4/14/99	8:00	8.5/14	12.06
20/20	ABC	4/16/99	10:00	9.1/17	11.91
When He Didn't Come Home	CBS	4/13/99	9:00	8.5/14	11.43
20/20	ABC	4/18/99	9:00	7.9/12	11.20
Dateline NBC	NBC	4/16/99	9:00	8.3/15	10.98
Promised Land	CBS	4/15/99	8:00	7.5/13	10.96
Wyatt Earp, pt. 2	NBC	4/12/99	8:00	7.5/12	10.93
60 Minutes II	CBS	4/14/99	9:00	8.2/13	10.80
Kids Say the Darndest Things	CBS	4/16/99	8:00	7.1/13	10.37
Turks	CBS	4/15/99	9:00	7.1/11	10.31
Futurama	FOX	4/13/99	8:30	6.5/11	10.14
Chicago Hope	CBS	4/14/99	10:00	7.7/13	10.08
It's Like, You Know	ABC	4/14/99	8:30	7.3/12	9.96
Sports Night	ABC	4/13/99	9:30	7.1/11	9.90
48 Hours	CBS	4/15/99	10:00	7.1/12	9.83
Candid Camera	CBS	4/16/99	8:30	6.4/12	9.82
Stossel	ABC	4/15/99	10:00	7.0/12	9.66
Unsolved Mysteries	CBS	4/16/99	9:00	6.3/11	9.63
Early Edition	CBS	4/17/99	8:00	6.5/13	9.63
Party of Five	FOX	4/14/99	9:00	6.9/11	9.62
Dateline NBC	NBC	4/13/99	10:00	7.5/13	9.50
20/20	ABC	4/12/99	8:00	7.1/12	9.22
Beverly Hills, 90210	FOX	4/14/99	8:00	6.5/11	8.86
King of the Hill	FOX	4/13/99	8:00	5.9/10	8.81
America's Most Wanted	FOX	4/17/99	9:00	5.6/10	8.74
Payne	CBS	4/14/99	8:30	6.1/10	8.71
Fly Away Home (1996)	ABC	4/18/99	7:00	5.3/9	8.60
The PJs	FOX	4/13/99	9:00	5.5/9	8.58
Fox Files	FOX	4/15/99	9:00	5.7/9	8.22
Everything's Relative	NBC	4/13/99	9:30	5.9/9	8.04
NewsRadio	NBC	4/13/99	8:30	5.9/10	7.96
Love Letters (1999)	ABC	4/12/99	9:00	5.4/9	7.11
Melrose Place	FOX	4/12/99	8:00	5.0/8	6.88
America's Funniest Videos	ABC	4/15/99	8:00	4.8/8	6.73
Millenium	FOX	4/16/99	9:00	4.4/8	6.56
NBA Basketball Game 2	NBC	4/18/99	5:32	4.2/9	5.50
The Big Moment	ABC	4/17/99	8:30	3.4/7	5.30
Scared Straight: 20 Years Later	UPN	4/15/99	8:00	3.5/6	5.01
NBA Basketball	NBC	4/17/99	8:25	3.5/7	4.78
NBA Showtime	NBC	4/17/99	8:00	2.7/6	3.50
America's Greatest Pets	UPN	4/16/99	8:00	1.5/3	2.29
Redhanded	UPN	4/12/99	8:30	1.7/3	2.17
Family Rules	UPN	4/13/99	8:30	1.7/3	2.14

Cable viewership ratings:

Show	Net	Viewers (millions)
WWF Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	USA	6.86
WWF Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	USA	6.83
WCW Wrestling (Mon, 10pm)	TNT	5.04
Michael Jordan: American Hero	FAM	4.89
The Jack Bull	HBO	4.89
WCW Wrestling (Mon, 8pm)	TNT	4.65
WCW Wrestling (Mon, 9pm)	TNT	4.54
WWF Wrestling (Sun)	USA	4.44
Titanic-Tue	HBO	4.12
Titanic-Sun	HBO	3.84

Cable household ratings:

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Source: USA Today, Variety, Broadcasting Magazine, and The Los Angeles Times