Date: 4th January 2001

Millionaire Wins Final Week of 2000


Despite airing repeats throughout the week, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, featuring celebrity contestants, claimed four of the top-ten spots on the weekly Nielsens last week, including No. 1, and helped give ABC an overall win.

The network was also helped by a third-place finish for Monday Night Football featuring the Cowboys and Titans. ABC wound up with a 7.3 rating and a 13 share.

CBS finished second with a 6.5/12 even though it failed to place a single show in the top ten. NBC was third with a 6.0/11, followed by Fox with a 5.1/9.

The top ten shows of the week according to Nielsen Research: 1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, ABC, 12.1/20; 2. Millionaire, ABC, 11.8/20; 3. Monday Night Football, ABC, 11.0/22; 4. Friends, NBC, 10.5/18; 5. NFL Wildcard Post Games, Fox, 10.2/19; 6. Law and Order, NBC, 9.9/17; 7. Millionaire, ABC, 9.4/15; 8. E.R., NBC, 9.2/16; 9. Will & Grace, NBC, 9.0/14; 10. The West Wing, NBC, 8.7/14.

Source: Studio Briefing