Top 40 Basic Cable Ad-Supported Programs
Week of September 23-29, 2002

RANK	DATE	PROGRAM	NETWORK	TIME	RATING (HH)	SHARE (HH)	TOTAL (00)
1	09/29/02	NFL: Vikings/Seahawks	ESPN	8:28P-12:05A	7.6	12.4	6,599
2	09/29/02	NFL Prime Time	ESPN	7:30P-8:28P	4.7	8.0	4,077
3	09/23/02	WWE Entertainment	TNN	9:00P-10:00P	3.6	5.1	3,119
4	09/23/02	WWE Entertainment	TNN	10:00P-11:08P	3.6	5.7	3,105
5	09/29/02	SpongeBob	NICK	9:30A-10:00A	3.6	10.0	3,088
6	09/28/02	SpongeBob	NICK	9:30A-10:00A	3.5	10.1	2,997
6	09/26/02	SpongeBob	NICK	5:30P-6:00P	3.5	7.6	2,997
8	09/26/02	SpongeBob	NICK	5:00P-5:30P	3.4	8.0	2,926
9	09/29/02	Fairly OddParents	NICK	10:00A-10:30A	3.4	9.5	2,923
10	09/29/02	SpongeBob	NICK	9:00A-9:30A	3.3	9.6	2,816
11	09/28/02	SpongeBob	NICK	9:00A-9:30A	3.2	9.8	2,798
12	09/28/02	Trading Spaces	TLC	9:00P-10:00P	3.3	5.8	2,785
13	09/28/02	Jimmy Neutron	NICK	10:30A-11:00A	3.2	9.5	2,784
14	09/28/02	Fairly OddParents	NICK	10:00A-10:30A	3.2	9.4	2,769
15	09/26/02	College Football-Thur Night	ESPN	7:30P-11:23P	3.2	5.0	2,763
16	09/24/02	Real World Xii	MTV	10:00P-10:30P	3.2	5.0	2,730
17	09/29/02	Jimmy Neutron	NICK	10:30A-11:00A	3.0	8.4	2,617
18	09/24/02	Spongebob	NICK	5:30P-6:00P	3.0	6.9	2,586
19	09/23/02	SpongeBob	NICK	5:30P-6:00P	3.0	6.9	2,550
20	09/28/02	Rugrats	NICK	8:30A-9:00A	2.9	9.4	2,481
21	09/26/02	Dragon Ball Z	TOON	6:30P-7:00P	3.0	5.7	2,464
22	09/24/02	SpongeBob	NICK	5:00P-5:30P	2.8	6.9	2,404
23	09/28/02	College Football-Sat Aft	ESPN	12:02P-3:40P	2.7	7.5	2,380
24	09/27/02	Jimmy Neutron	NICK	8:30P-9:00P	2.7	4.8	2,336
25	09/25/02	Spongebob	NICK	5:30P-6:00P	2.7	6.1	2,323
26	09/28/02	WYWO 9/28-9/29	TLC	10:00P-11:00P	2.7	4.9	2,312
27	09/25/02	SpongeBob	NICK	8:00P-8:30P	2.6	4.2	2,273
28	09/27/02	SpongeBob	NICK	5:30P-6:00P	2.6	6.1	2,268
28	09/28/02	Small Sacrifices, Part II (movie)	LIF	3:00P-5:00P	2.6	6.6	2,268
30	09/26/02	Hey Arnold	NICK	4:30P-5:00P	2.6	6.6	2,239
31	09/27/02	SpongeBob	NICK	8:00P-8:30P	2.6	4.8	2,213
32	09/28/02	Rocket Power	NICK	11:00A-11:30A	2.5	7.5	2,197
33	09/28/02	Fairly OddParents	NICK	7:00P-7:30P	2.5	5.4	2,188
34	09/29/02	Rugrats	NICK	8:30A-9:00A	2.5	8.2	2,181
35	09/23/02	Dragon Ball Z	TOON	6:30P-7:00P	2.6	5.1	2,171
36	09/29/02	SportsCenter	ESPN	12:05A-01:03A	2.5	6.9	2,169
37	09/25/02	Law & Order	TNT	8:00P-9:00P	2.5	3.9	2,142
38	09/24/02	SpongeBob	NICK	8:00P-8:30P	2.4	3.8	2,096
39	09/28/02	Rugrats	NICK	3:30P-4:00P	2.4	6.0	2,088
40	09/23/02	Law & Order	TNT	8:00P-9:00P	2.4	3.6	2,079

Basic Cable Ad-Supported*
Network Rankings Week of 9/23-9/29/02

NET	HH RATING	HH (000)
ESPN	2.3	1,991
LIF	1.8	1,576
NICK	1.6	1,373
TNT	1.5	1,287
TOON	1.5	1,228
USA	1.3	1,093
TBS	1.2	1,075
FOXN	1.2	985
TLC	1.0	871
DISC	1.0	850
A&E	0.8	710
CNN	0.8	685
TNN	0.8	684
MTV	0.8	678
SCIF	0.8	663
TVLD	0.9	653
FAM	0.7	598
CORT	0.8	574
AMC	0.6	537
HIST	0.6	521
FX	0.7	515
HGTV	0.6	503
ESP2	0.5	455
CMDY	0.5	439
FOOD	0.5	386
VH1	0.5	382
TWC	0.4	364
APL	0.4	360
EN	0.4	345
BET	0.5	335
TVGC	0.5	277
MSNB	0.3	243
TRAV	0.3	219
WGNC	0.4	199
GAME	0.4	197
CNBC	0.2	186
HALL	0.4	177
HLN	0.2	171
BRAV	0.2	170
CMT	0.3	162

SOURCE: TURNER ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH, FROM NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH DATA.
*PRIME TIME

Basic Cable Ad-Supported Programming Adults 18-49 Week of September 23-29, 2002

VIEWERS-PRIME TIME		VIEWERS-TOTAL DAY		TOP TEN PROGRAMS
NETWORK	A18-49 (000)	NETWORK	A18-49 (000)	DATE	PROGRAM	NETWORK	TIME	A18-49 (000)
ESPN	1,486	ESPN	601	9/29/02	NFL: Vikings/Seahawks	ESPN	8:28P-12:05A	5,288
LIF	799	LIF	550	9/29/02	NFL Prime Time	ESPN	7:30P-8:28P	3,782
TLC	745	TBS	480	9/24/02	Real World XII	MTV	10:00P-10:30P	2,907
USA	741	NICK	474	9/23/02	WWE Entertainment	TNN	10:00P-11:08P	2,864
TBS	737	TNT	454	9/28/02	Trading Spaces	TLC	9:00P-10:00P	2,783
TNT	728	USA	412	9/23/02	WWE Entertainment	TNN	9:00P-10:00P	2,761
DISC	591	TLC	380	9/28/02	WYWO 9/28-9/29	TLC	10:00P-11:00P	2,504
TNN	572	DISC	324	9/28/02	Trading Spaces	TLC	8:00P-9:00P	1,992
MTV	537	TOON	293	9/26/02	College Football-Thur Night	ESPN	7:30P-11:23P	1,845
NICK	472	MTV	258	9/29/02	SportsCenter	ESPN	12:05A-1:03A	1,680
SOURCE: TURNER ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH, FROM NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH DATA.

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