'Survivor' Was Strong Last Week, Too

By Stephen M. Silverman

08/05/1998 at 12:00 AM EDT

Last week's "Survivor" Nielsen ratings couldn't match this week's, but the CBS reality show still managed to land at No. 1 for the week of Aug. 14-20. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" held firm, while "Big Brother" made a nice showing for itself. (The rating is the percentage of the nation's estimated 100.8 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 1,008,000 households.) Last week's Top 10:

1. "Survivor," CBS, 17.9, 18.02 million homes

2. "Who Wants to be a Millionaire - Sunday," ABC, 14.5, 14.63 million homes

2. "Who Wants to be a Millionaire - Tuesday," ABC, 14.5, 14.65 million homes

4. "Who Wants to be a Millionaire - Thursday," ABC, 13.7, 13.83 million homes

5. "Big Brother - Wednesday," CBS, 10.8, 10.91 million homes

6. "60 Minutes," CBS, 9.9, 10.01 million homes

7. "The Practice," ABC, 9.2, 9.27 million homes

8. "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS, 8.6, 8.70 million homes

9. "Dateline NBC - Monday," NBC, 8.0, 8.07 million homes

10. "Dateline NBC - Tuesday," NBC, 7.8, 7.81 million homes