Basic Cable Prime Time Ratings

Brandweek, May 8, 2000

                      Basic Cable Prime Time Ratings
                  1st Q/2000           1st Q/1999            % Change
    Network     Rating (HH-000)      Rating (HH-000)      Rating (HH-000)
 1. USA               2.4       1890       2.6       1960       -8%
 2. TBS               1.8       1384       2.0       1497      -10%
 3. Nickelodeon       1.8       1342       2.0       1494      -10%
 4. Lifetime          1.7       1306       1.7       1252       -0%
 5. TNT               1.6       1256       2.2       1679      -27%
 6. Cartoon           1.6        958       1.5        861        7%
 7. A&E               1.5       1152       1.4       1063        7%
 8. Discovery         1.3        988       1.2        938        8%
 9. ESPN              1.2        890       1.2        925       -0%
10. TLC               1.0        690       0.9        640       11%
11. MTV               0.9        643       0.7        531       29%
12. History           0.9        569       0.8        439       13%
13. SciFi             0.9        568       0.7        399       29%
14. CNN               0.8        594       1.0        747      -20%
15. Family            0.8        584       0.9        630      -11%
16. TVLand            0.8        380       0.9        323      -11%
17. FX                0.8        371       0.7        281       14%
18. TNN               0.7        552       1.0        705      -30%
19. HGTV              0.7        438       0.7        331       -0%
20. Comedy            0.7        414       0.7        398       -0%
21. WGN               0.7        326       1.0        473      -30%
22. Court             0.6        242       0.2         75      200%
23. VH1               0.5        344       0.5        321        0%
24. BET               0.5        309       0.5        298        0%
25. E!                0.5        287       0.5        262        0%
26. TVGuide           0.5        282       0.5        257        0%
27. AnPianet          0.5        259       0.5        212        0%
28. FoxNews           0.5        229       0.6        223      -17%
29. CNBC              0.4        307       0.7        452      -43%
30. Weather           0.4        276       0.4        281        0%
31. ESPN2             0.4        272       0.4        276        0%
32. MSNBC             0.4        217       0.4        201        0%
33. Food              0.4        199       0.4        133        0%
34. Game              0.4         98       N/A        N/A       N/A
35. Bravo             0.3        148       0.2         88       50%
36. Travel            0.3        116       0.3         81        0%
37. CMT               0.3         77       0.3        126        0%
38. Odyssey           0.3         77       N/A        N/A       N/A
39. HLNews            0.2        140       0.2        166        0%
    Network
 1. USA          -4%
 2. TBS          -8%
 3. Nickelodeon -10%
 4. Lifetime      4%
 5. TNT         -25%
 6. Cartoon      11%
 7. A&E           8%
 8. Discovery     8%
 9. ESPN         -4%
10. TLC           8%
11. MTV          21%
12. History      30%
13. SciFi        42%
14. CNN         -20%
15. Family       -7%
16. TVLand       18%
17. FX           32%
18. TNN         -22%
19. HGTV         32%
20. Comedy        4%
21. WGN         -31%
22. Court       223%
23. VH1           7%
24. BET           4%
25. E!           10%
26. TVGuide      10%
27. AnPianet     22%
28. FoxNews       3%
29. CNBC        -32%
30. Weather      -2%
31. ESPN2        -1%
32. MSNBC         8%
33. Food         50%
34. Game         N/A
35. Bravo        68%
36. Travel       43%
37. CMT         -10%
38. Odyssey      N/A
39. HLNews      -16%
Source: Turner Entertainment Research
from Nielsen Media Research data.