Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 16, 2001

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 50th week of the 2000-01 television broadcast season; most reruns are excluded from the list. Final 18-49 and viewership data is not available for Tuesday or Friday on ABC, CBS, NBC, & FOX, and just Tuesday for UPN & WB. Due to the events of Tuesday September 11, 2001, NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX aired wall-to-wall news programming from Tuesday through Friday (UPN & WB only did this on Tuesday) so Nielsen did not report the final ratings for Tuesday. Overnight ratings were available for those days so those are provided in the second chart along with the cumulative news viewership that Nielsen did report. Cable ratings for this week (presented in both households & total viewers) are included in charts below the broadcast ratings as are a plethora of other random charts. Note: all broadcast viewership for this week was only available to the first decimal-place and reruns are included in the list this week.

Primetime 9/11 Coverage Ratings:

Show	Net	18-49	Viewers (millions)
Monday September 10, 2001
Primetime Average	CNN	-	0.808
Primetime Average	FNC	-	0.795
Primetime Average	MSN	-	0.338
Tuesday September 11, 2001
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	ABC	4.9	17.6
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	CBS	4.2	14.4
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	NBC	5.9	22.4
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FOX	2.2	6.1
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	CNN	-	7.7
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FNC	-	4.4
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	MSN	-	2.2
Wednesday September 12, 2001
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	ABC	5.0	12.7
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	CBS	3.9	11.0
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	NBC	6.2	14.9
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FOX	1.9	5.0
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	CNN	-	5.2
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	FNC	-	3.1
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	MSN	-	2.6

Cumulative Viewership & Ratings (Broadcast Networks + Main 5 Cable News Nets):

Data	Day	Total Rating	Viewers (millions)
Cumulative Total (Broadcast+Cable)	Tue	69.0	79.5
Cumulative Total (Broadcast+Cable)	Wed	63.5	54.8
Cumulative Total (Broadcast+Cable)	Thu	63.8	52.8
Cumulative Total (Broadcast+Cable)	Fri	-	39.5

Non-9/11 Broadcast ratings: table is ordered by date and then network for this week only

Show	Net	Day	18-49	Viewers (millions)
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Mon	3.9/12	13.7
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	ABC	Mon	8.4/24	19.8
KING OF QUEENS	CBS	Mon	3.5/11	9.1
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND-8:30P	CBS	Mon	4.0/11	10.2
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND-9:00P	CBS	Mon	4.8/13	14.0
BECKER	CBS	Mon	3.6/9	11.0
FAMILY LAW	CBS	Mon	2.1/6	6.6
WEAKEST LINK	NBC	Mon	2.8/8	8.2
THIRD WATCH	NBC	Mon	2.5/6	6.7
DATELINE	NBC	Mon	3.6/10	10.6
BOSTON PUBLIC	FOX	Mon	2.5/7	5.3
ALLY MCBEAL	FOX	Mon	2.2/6	4.7
THE HUGHLEYS	UPN	Mon	1.9/6	4.1
ONE ON ONE	UPN	Mon	2.2/6	5.0
THE PARKERS	UPN	Mon	2.3/6	5.4
GIRLFRIENDS	UPN	Mon	2.4/6	5.2
7TH HEAVEN	WB	Mon	1.7/5	4.4
ANGEL	WB	Mon	0.9/2	2.1
STAR TREK: VOYAGER	UPN	Wed	1.0/3	2.3
SPECIAL UNIT 2	UPN	Wed	0.7/2	2.3
7TH HEAVEN	WB	Wed	0.9/3	2.7
GILMORE GIRLS	WB	Wed	1.4/3	2.9
WWF SMACKDOWN	UPN	Thu	2.6/7	6.1
SABRINA DOWN UNDER	WB	Thu	1.3/3	3.4
MAX KNIGHT: ULTRA SPY	UPN	Fri	0.8/3	1.9
SABRINA GOES TO ROME	WB	Fri	1.2/4	3.7
HOPE FLOATS	ABC	Sat	2.5/8	6.7
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL-8P	CBS	Sat	1.3/4	4.9
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL-9P	CBS	Sat	1.7/5	5.8
THE DISTRICT	CBS	Sat	2.1/6	7.4
GROWING UP BRADY	NBC	Sat	1.5/4	3.8
WALT: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH	ABC	Sun	2.2/6	6.2
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?	ABC	Sun	3.1/7	9.6
60 MINUTES	CBS	Sun	3.0/9	14.3
TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL	CBS	Sun	2.0/5	7.7
THE MOVING OF SOPHIA MYLES	CBS	Sun	1.8/4	6.6
LAW & ORDER-9P	NBC	Sun	3.5/8	10.3
LAW & ORDER-10P	NBC	Sun	3.4/9	9.6
THAT '70S SHOW	FOX	Sun	2.3/8	4.6
MRS. DOUBTFIRE	FOX	Sun	4.5/12	10.1
THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW	WB	Sun	0.9/3	2.3
WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE?	WB	Sun	1.1/3	2.9

Overnight ratings for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX (Tuesday through Friday):

Show	Day	Net	Overnight Rating
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Tue	ABC	12.0/17
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Tue	CBS	10.2/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Tue	NBC	14.7/20
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Tue	FOX	5.0/7
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Tue	UPN	1.8/2
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Tue	WB	2.2/3
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Wed	ABC	9.5/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Wed	CBS	8.3/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Wed	NBC	11.2/16
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Wed	FOX	4.5/7
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Thu	ABC	10.7/16
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Thu	CBS	8.0/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Thu	NBC	11.0/16
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Thu	FOX	4.2/6
ABC News	Fri	ABC	7.5/14
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Fri	ABC	7.1/14
20/20 Special	Fri	ABC	6.6/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Fri	CBS	6.4/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Fri	NBC	6.8/12
Primetime News Coverage 9/11	Fri	FOX	2.4/4

-Fast Affiliate primetime ratings for Tuesday were: ABC (11.2/16), CBS (9.6/14), NBC (13.6/20)

Cable ratings (viewership):

Show	NET	Viewers (millions)
BUSH ADDRS/USA ATTACKED-8:32P	CNN	10.598
ATTACK ON AMERICA-TUE 8:00P	CNN	10.143
ATTACK ON AMERICA-TUE 7:30P	CNN	9.867
ATTACK ON AMERICA-TUE 6:35P	CNN	9.467
EXPLOSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN-5:58P	CNN	9.180
RUMSFELD PC/USA ATTACKED-6:44P	CNN	9.177
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS BRF-7:24P	CNN	8.662
ATTACK ON AMERICA-TUE 8:38P	CNN	8.644
ASHCROFT PC/USA ATTACKED-TUE 7:16P	CNN	8.401
ATTACK ON AMERICA-TUE 7:00P	CNN	8.342
ATTACK ON AMERICA-TUE 12:30P	CNN	6.932
TALIBAN NEWS CONFERENCE-TUE 12:51P	CNN	6.694
ATTACK ON AMERICA-WED 5:30P	CNN	6.676
ATTACK ON AMERICA-TUE 11:30A	CNN	6.619
ATTACK ON AMERICA-TUE 11:00A	CNN	6.585
PREMIUM CABLE
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	7.271
SPACE COWBOYS	HBO	5.244
THE SOPRANOS	HBO	4.046
X-MEN	HBO	2.953
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	2.777

Tuesday September 11, 2001 full cable news ratings:

Tuesday September 11, 2001
NET	HH Rating	HH	Viewers
10:30 a.m.-2 a.m.
CNN/U.S.	5.5	4,622,000	6,439,000
Fox News	2.9	2,093,000	3,048,000
Headline News	1.7	1,359,000	1,955,000
MSNBC	2.1	1,432,000	1,922,000
CNBC	0.8	653,000	849,000
President Bush's Speech
CNN/U.S.	7.3	6,189,000	10,104,000
Fox News	4.7	3,364,000	5,643,000
Headline News	2.5	2,034,000	3,402,000
MSNBC	2.8	1,908,000	2,802,000
CNBC	1.0	770,000	1,073,000
6-11p.m.
CNN	6.5	5,463,000	8,286,000
Fox News	3.6	2,571,000	4,074,000
Headline News	2.1	1,711,000	2,649,000
MSNBC	2.4	1,693,000	2,357,000
CNBC	1.0	777,000	1,068,000

Cable ratings (households):

Show	NET	Day	HH (millions)	HH Rating
BUSH ADDRS/USA ATTACKED-8:32P	CNN	Tue	6.539	6.2
EXPLOSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN-5:58P	CNN	Tue	6.351	6.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA-7:30P	CNN	Tue	6.336	6.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA-8:00P	CNN	Tue	6.328	6.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA-6:35P	CNN	Tue	6.253	5.9
RUMSFELD PC/USA ATTACKED-6:44P	CNN	Tue	6.115	5.8
ASHCROFT PC/USA ATTACKED-7:16P	CNN	Tue	5.876	5.6
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS BRF-7:24P	CNN	Tue	5.843	5.5
ATTACK ON AMERICA-7:00P	CNN	Tue	5.763	5.5
ATTACK ON AMERICA-11:30A	CNN	Tue	5.331	5.1
ATTACK ON AMERICA-11:00A	CNN	Tue	5.328	5.1
ATTACK ON AMERICA-12:30P	CNN	Tue	5.324	5.0
TALIBAN NEWS CONFERENCE-12:51P	CNN	Tue	5.289	5.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA-5:30P	CNN	Wed	5.277	5.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA-8:38P	CNN	Tue	5.244	5.0
ATTACK ON AMERICA-1:00P	CNN	Tue	5.085	4.8
ATTACK ON AMERICA-4:00P	CNN	Tue	4.956	4.7
ATTACK ON AMERICA-12:00P	CNN	Tue	4.904	4.6
ATTACK ON AMERICA-4:30P	CNN	Tue	4.895	4.6
ATTACK ON AMERICA-3:30P	CNN	Tue	4.818	4.6
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	4.807	4.6
ATTACK ON AMERICA	CNN	Tue	4.797	4.5
PREMIUM CABLE
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	Sun	4.545	4.3
SPACE COWBOYS	HBO	-	3.323	3.1
THE SOPRANOS	HBO	Sun	2.760	2.6
BAND OF BROTHERS	HBO	Sun	2.029	1.9
X-MEN	HBO	-	2.025	1.9

Cable 18-49:

Show	Net	Day	Time	18-49 (000s)
Bush Address/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	8:32P-8:38P	5589
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	8:00P-8:30P	5183
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	7:30P-8:00P	5051
Rumsfeld PC/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	6:44P-6:55P	4461
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	8:38P-9:00P	4437
Explosions In Afghanistan	CNN	Tue	5:58P-6:32P	4421
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	6:35P-6:44P	4397
Congressional Leaders Brief	CNN	Tue	7:24P-7:30P	4303
Ashcroft PC/USA Attacked	CNN	Tue	7:16P-7:24P	4140
Attack On America	CNN	Tue	6:59P-7:16P	3966

Sports ratings (households):

Show	Net	Day	HH	HH (millions)
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	ABC	Mon	13.2	13.971
WWE SMACKDOWN	UPN	Thu	3.6	3.811

CLICK TO SEE FULL WEEKLY 18-49 CHART

(The Los Angeles Times did not publish a viewership chart this week)

Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Hollywood Reporter, Zap2it, and Media Life Magazine