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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000813828-05-000220.txt : 20051005
<SEC-HEADER>0000813828-05-000220.hdr.sgml : 20051005
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051005205224
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000813828-05-000220
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051003
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051005
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051005

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VIACOM INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000813828
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841]
		IRS NUMBER:				042949533
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 BROADWAY
		STREET 2:		51ST FL
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2122586000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 BROADWAY
		STREET 2:		51ST FL
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOONVES LESLIE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001200609

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09553
		FILM NUMBER:		051126156

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
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<SEQUENCE>1
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        <issuerName>VIACOM INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VIA, VIAB</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MOONVES LESLIE</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1515 BROADWAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Co-President &amp; Co-COO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k)</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
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            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Reporting Person's children</value>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B common stock</value>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F6"/>
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                <value>52.2700</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-03-30</value>
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                <value>2014-03-31</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <value>2008-04-01</value>
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                <value>2015-03-31</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reporting Person may be deemed to have acquired a beneficial ownership interest in these securities upon marriage to the owner. The Reporting Person, however, disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purposes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Phantom common stock units are payable in cash following the Reporting Person's retirement or other termination of service pursuant to Issuer's excess 401(k) plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Phantom Common Stock Units credited in respect of hypothetical dividends pursuant to the Issuer's excess 401(k) plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Current.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Includes (1) the following class B phantom stock units that were credited as dividends on the indicated dates but not previously reported: 7/1/04, 1.6937; 10/01/04, 1.8057; 1/3/05, 1.915; 4/1/05, 2.0264; and 07/01/05, 2.1946; and (2) 172.9673 phantom units that are held by Mr. Moonves indirectly, though his spouse.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Right to buy under Issuer's long term incentive plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Since the date of the Reporting Person's last ownership report, he no longer has a beneficial interest in 542 shares of Class B common stock that are held in his former spouse's IRA and were included in the Reporting Person's previous reports.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Moonves, Leslie</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-10-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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