National Nielsen Viewership

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Aug. 27-Sept. 2) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 260 million potential viewers in the U.S. age 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions.

Network Averages

Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season.

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Network Last week Season To date ABC 8.38 11.07 CBS 7.76 11.16 NBC 7.74 10.55 FOX 5.61 8.40 UPN 3.82 3.59 WB 2.80 3.38

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Cable Top 10

Here is a list of the top programs on cable for the week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2

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No. Program Network Viewers 1. Wrestling (Mon., 10 p.m.) TNN 6.65 (million) 2. Wrestling (Mon., 9 p.m.) TNN 6.47 3. “Willie Wonka/Factory” Fox Family 3.81 4. “Sleeping W/the Devil” Lifetime 3.47 5. “Get Carter” HBO 3.39 6. Rugrats NICK 3.38 7. Law & Order TNT 3.13 8. Sunday Night Baseball ESPN 3.11 9. Ripley’s Believe It or Not TBS 3.05 10. SpongeBob NICK 2.97

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