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WAY NOW? Charmed's season four finale took fourth place on a night when CBS and NBC pulled in fifty share points between them. At 9pm, CBS' CSI was the most watched show, with a 16.1 share/25 rating, just ahead of the hour-long season finale of Will and Grace on NBC, 15.2/24. UPN was third, with WWE Smackdown!, followed by Charmed, 4.1/6. ABC were fifth, with Con Air averaging a 4.7/7, while Fox was last with The Nutty Professor averaging a 3.5/5. BACK TO THE TOP WOMB
RAIDER The penultimate Charmed episode of the season finished in fifth place in the overnight metered market ratings. CBS won the 9pm hour, with CSI, piloting a spin-off set in Miami, pulling a 17.8 rating/26 share. NBC was second, with Will & Grace, 13.4/19, and Just Shoot Me, 11.9/17. Fox aired Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace from 8-11pm and took third place for the hour, with the newly renamed WWE Smackdown! helping UPN to fourth. The WB aired a Charmed repeat at 8pm, 2.2/4, but Womb Raider improved to a 3.9/6 on its way to fifth place. ABC's weak rerun of Stuart Little averaged just 3.5/5 from 8-10pm. BACK TO THE TOP LONG
LIVE THE QUEEN Fast Affiliate Ratings for May 2, 2002 NBC continued to hold on to the title on Thursday night with a 13.7 rating/22 share, with its closest competition coming from CBS with its 11.5/18. Without The Bachelor, ABC slipped to a way distant third with a 5.5/9, while Fox eked by UPN with a 4.5/7 to UPN's 4.5/6. The WB brought up the rear with a 3.4/5. In the 18 to 49 demographic, NBC won with a 10.5 to CBS' 7.0, while Fox beat ABC with a 3.4 to 2.5. At 8pm, back-to-back episodes of Friends (15.0/25 and 13.0/20) won the hour for NBC with a 14.0/23 average, enough to beat CBS' Survivor: Marquesas, 11.2/18. ABC gave over 8 to 10pm to America's Funniest Home Videos: The Battle of the Best, averaging a 5.0/8 for the two hours and pushing usual third place contender, UPN's WWF Smackdown! to fourth. Fox gave over its evening and added an hour to its primetime to show Return of the Jedi, averaging a 4.5/7 from 8 to 11pm. A repeat episode of Charmed finishing things off for the hour with a 2.6/4 for The WB. CBS confidently took first place at 9pm with a new CSI, 15.6/24, while NBC slipped to second place with Will & Grace, 11.4/17, and the season finale of Just Shoot Me, 9.7/15, averaging a 10.6/16 for the hour. ABC, UPN and Fox maintained third, fourth and fifth place with home videos, wrestling and a movie, while Charmed rounded things out for The WB with a 4.4/6. ER put NBC back in first place at 10pm taking a 16.6/27. Meanwhile, The Agency concluded its crossover with The District, 7.9/13, and PrimeTime Thursday brought home a 6.7/11 for ABC. Ratings information provided is from fast affiliate data, except for UPN and The WB, which are the results of the overnight-metered markets (the top 53 markets across the country). All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. BACK TO THE TOP CHARMED
STARTS SWEEPS IN SIXTH PLACE It might only be the last week of April, but Thursday night saw the start of May sweeps, with the six networks total share of the audience rising from 62 to 75 points. As usual, CBS won the 9pm hour, with an overnight metered market 15.5 rating/22 share. ABC's The Bachelor was second, with a 13.2/18. NBC rolled out new episodes of Will & Grace, 12.3/17, and Just Shoot Me, 9.3/13, while Fox took fourth place for the hour with The Empire Strikes Back, which averaged a 5.4/8 from 8-10pm and 5.3/8 for the 9pm hour. UPN was fifth with WWF Smackdown!, 4.9/7 from 8-10pm, and 5.3/7 for 9-10pm. The WB rounded out the pack, with a 3.5/5 for We're Off to See the Wizard. BACK TO THE TOP BITE
ME Charmed returned with a new episode this week, but was again placed fifth for the 9pm hour in the overnight metered market ratings. CBS won the hour with a repeat of CSI pulling a 14.6 rating/22, which easily saw off NBC's comedy pairing of Will & Grace, 12.0/18, and Just Shoot Me, 8.6/12. ABC was third with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, 5.9/8, ahead of UPN's WWF Smackdown! which averaged a 4.6/7 from 8-10pm. Charmed was next, with a 3.7 rating/6 share, an improvement on its lead-in, a repeat of Gilmore Girls, which managed a 2.5/4. Fox was last, with two repeats of King of the Hill, which pulled a 2.8/4 (9pm) and a 3.0/4 (9.30pm). BACK TO THE TOP 30.03.02 - Charmed finished in fifth place in the overnight metered market ratings, with its audience 50% above its lead-in of a Gilmore Girls repeat. CBS won the 9pm hour, with CSI taking a 15.3 rating/25 rating, well ahead of NBC, which pulled a 9.8/16 for Will & Grace and a 9.0/14 for Just Shoot Me! UPN's WWF Smackdown!, which averaged a 5.1/8 from 8-10pm, and ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire both pulled a 5.5/9 and tied for third place. Saving Private Leo was fifth, with a 4.0 rating/6 share, ahead of Fox's An O'Reilly Factor Special: The Corruption of the American Child, which pulled a 3.6/6. Back to the top 22.03.02 - Charmed was again in fifth place in last night's overnight metered market ratings, with more than doubling its lead-in audience. CBS won the hour, with its NCAA Basketball coverage averaging a 9.2 rating/14 share in primetime, and peaking at 12.0/17 from 9.30-10pm. NBC was second, with repeats of Will and Grace, 11.4/17 and Just Shoot Me, 10.2/15, putting it comfortably ahead of the rest of the networks. UPN was again third, with WWF Smackdown! again pulling a consistent 5.5/8 overall, and just edging out ABC's Figure Skating coverage, which averaged a 6.2/9 from 8-11pm. Charmed took fifth, with The Fifth Halliwell pulling a 4.3 rating/6 share, ahead of Fox's Andy Richter Controls the Universe, 3.3/5, and King of the Hill, 3.0/4. Back to the top 15.03.02 - Charmed was up to fifth place in last night's overnight metered market ratings, with an impressive improvement on its lead-in. ABC took the 9pm hour, with a special Primetime Thursday averaging a 12.2 rating/19 share from 9-11pm. NBC's comedies helped the network to second place, with Will & Grace pulling a 10.8/16, followed by Just Shoot Me, 9.3/14. CBS was down for the night, with its NCAA Basketball coverage averaging a 7.3/11 from 8-11pm, while UPN was steady with WWF Smackdown! and a 5.5 rating/8 share. Charmed was fifth, with a 4.4/7, which was 159% up on its lead-in, My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star. Fox was in last place with King of the Hill, 4.0/6 and Futurama, 3.4/5. Back to the top 16.02.02 - The second Charmed episode of February sweeps saw the series in last place in the primetime metered market ratings. NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics 2002 took first place for the night and the 9pm hour, with an average 19.3 rating and 29 share. CBS took second place for the hour with Everybody Loves Raymond, 9.1/13, and King of Queens, 7.6/11. UPN were up to third, with WWF Smackdown! averaging a 5.4 rating/8 share from 8-10pm. ABC was fourth with a special Valentine's Day edition of America's Funniest Home Videos, 6.1/9, while the Temptation Island 2 finale pulled a 4.7/7, although that probably won't stop Sky One trumpeting it as a "hit US show"! Finally, The Three Faces of Phoebe saw The WB in last place, with a 4.5 rating/6 share. Back to the top CHARMED MORE OF A TEMPTATION YET AGAIN 08.02.02 - NBC held on tightly to the title of No. 1 on Thursday night in the overnight metered market ratings, snagging a 16.3/25 share for the night, followed by CBS' 11.5/18. ABC was third with a 5.8/9, followed by wrestling on UPN, 5.3/8. The WB pulled ahead to come in fifth, 3.3/5, while Fox came in last for the night with a 3.1/5. CBS had no problem winning the 9pm hour, with a new episode of CSI scoring a 15.7 rating/23 share, edging out the super-sized Matt Damon episode of Will & Grace (15/23) and Just Shoot Me (11.9/18) on NBC. ABC was third for the hour with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, 6.7/10, with UPN taking fourth with WWF Smackdown! Charmed, 3.9/6, edged Fox's Temptation Island 2, 3.4/5, for fifth, though in the final ratings The WB will slip. Back to the top 01.02.02 - NBC had no problem taking the first night of February Sweeps on Thursday, pulling a 15.0 rating/23 share for the night, followed by CBS' 11.2/17. ABC was third with an 8.0/12, followed by wrestling on UPN, 5.5/8. Fox managed a 3.2/5 in fifth, with The WB coming in sixth, 3.1/4. Among adults 18-49, it was a similar result, with NBC's 11.7 taking the night, followed by ABC's 6.0 and CBS' 5.1. Fox was fourth was a 2.5. A full hour of Friends dominated the 8pm half-hour, with a new episode taking a huge 17.7/27 at 9pm and a repeat taking a 16.5/25 at 8.30pm. CBS countered with The Price of Right: 30th Anniversary Special (10.3/15), with wrestling on UPN edging two episodes of Whose Line is it Anyway (4.4/7 for the hour) on ABC. Fox aired two episodes of Family Guy (2.9/4), while The WB trailed with a repeat of Charmed (2.7/4). CBS and CSI had no problem at 9pm, scoring a 15.2/22, edging new episodes of Will & Grace (13.0/19) and Just Shoot Me (10.9/16) on NBC. ABC was third with the first hour of Rose Red: Part Three (9.8/15 from 9-11pm), with UPN taking fourth. The WB's Charmed (3.6/5) barely edged Fox's Temptation Island 2 (3.5/6) for fifth, though in the final ratings The WB will slip. Ratings information provided is from fast affiliate data, except for UPN and The WB, which are the results of the overnight-metered markets (the top 53 markets across the country). All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Back to the top 25.01.02 - Despite yet another disappointing lead-in audience, Charmed managed to hold onto fifth place in yesterday's overnight metered market ratings. CBS won the 9pm hour, with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation pulling a 13.8 rating/20 share. NBC was second with an average of 8.8/13 for the hour, thanks to Will & Grace (9.5/14) and Just Shoot Me (8.0/12). ABC took third, with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, 6.6/10, ahead of UPN, whose WWF Smackdown! averaged a 5.7/8 from 8-10pm. With the Thursday repeats of Angel pulled because of low ratings, The WB aired a rerun of Wednesday's Glory Days to a disappointing 2.0/3 at 8pm. Charmed picked things up at 9pm, with a 4.3/6, just ahead of Fox's Temptation Island 2, 4.2/6. Back to the top 19.01.02 - Charmed's first new episode of the year just edged out Temptation Island 2 for fifth place in Thursday's overnight metered market ratings. CBS won the hour, thanks to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and a 14.6 rating/21 share (last week: Survivor: Africa, 14.9/21 from 8-10pm). NBC was second, starting with Will & Grace at 9pm, 12.4/18 (13.0/18), followed by Just Shoot Me at 9.30pm, 10.5/15 (11.7/16). The decline of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is shown by the fact that its 6.0 rating/8 share (Figure Skating, 6.4/9) is over 50% down from the same week last year. UPN was fourth with WWF Smackdown pulling a 5.0 rating/7 share, the same figures as last week. Following a repeat of Angel, 2.4/3, Charmed scraped into fifth place with a 4.1/6 (3.0/4), ahead of Fox's Temptation Island 2, 3.4/5. Back to the top 14.12.01 - Muse to My Ears the first new Charmed episode for nearly a month finished in sixth place for the 9pm hour. NBC won the hour with Will & Grace pulling a 13.8 rating/20 share (last week: 11.1/16), followed by Just Shoot Me at 9.30pm, 12.3/18 (9.2/13). CBS was second with the season finale of The Amazing Race, 8.3/12 (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 14.5/21), while Who Wants to Be a Millionaire pulled a 7.9/11 (7.6/11), helping ABC to third. UPN was in fourth place, with WWF Smackdown! averaging a 5.0 rating/7 share from 8-10pm. Fox's Temptation Island 2 continues to poor badly, down to 4.6/6 (5.1/7) - look out for Sky One to trumpet this as a "hit US series." The WB rounded out the pack with Charmed pulling a 4.0/6 (last week: 3.0/4). Back to the top 17.11.01 - The 8pm hour is still letting down The WB's Thursday night line-up, although Charmed itself was 17% down from last year (although this was still up 37% from Popstars 2). Although NBC won the night, CBS won the 9pm hour thanks to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and a 16.6 rating/24 share (last week, 15.6/23). NBC had the top two programmes for the night in ER and Friends, but had to be content with fifth place for Will & Grace, 11.8/17 (last week: 13.4/19) and seventh for Just Shoot Me, 10.2/14 (11.1/10). Third place for the night ABC was well behind both the leading two networks for the hour, but its Victoria's Secret Fashion Show special still managed a 9.0/12 (last week: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, 7.3/10) to comfortably take third place. UPN was fourth for the hour, with WWF Smackdown! averaging a 4.5/6 (4.7/7) from 8-10pm. Charmed was fifth, with a 4.4 rating/6 share (4.5/6), just ahead of Fox's Temptation Island 2, 4.2/6 (5.4/8). Back to the top THE WB'S THURSDAY STUMBLES INTO SWEEPS 10.11.01 - The WB's Thursday night line-up continues to struggle with its lineup of Popstars 2 and Charmed finishing bottom of the pile in Thursday's overnight metered market ratings. With the World Series over, CBS won the timeslot with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and a 15.0 rating/22 share, making it the 3rd most popular show of the night behind NBC's ER and Friends. NBC was a strong second for the hour, thanks to Will & Grace (12.5/19) and Just Shoot Me (10.06/16), followed by ABC with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (7.4/11). UPN's WWF Smackdown! averaged a 4.7/7 from 8-10pm, while the downturn in ratings for reality shows meant that Fox's Temptation Island could only pull a 4.5/7. On The WB, Popstars 2 got the night off to a bad start with a 3.0 rating/5 share on its way to last place for the night. At 9pm Charmed improved things, but only to a 4.3/6. Back to the top WB THURSDAY NIGHT CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE 02.11.01 - The WB's Thursday night line-up struggled once again in last night's overnight metered market ratings. NBC won the night, with an average 16.2 rating/23 share, closely followed by Fox, whose coverage of the World Series pulled a 14.5/21. Fox's coverage of game 5 between the Yankees and Diamondbacks averaged a 14.5/21 during primetime, and a whopping 16.8/26 from 8.30pm to 12.45am. CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation improved on its lead-in, Survivor, with a 14.5 rating/19 share. ABC opened with a two-hour special, United We Stand, from 8-10pm, and finished in fourth place with a 4.8/7. UPN's WWF Smackdown! averaged a 4.5/6 from 8-10pm, finishing 20% ahead of The WB's offerings. The 8pm hour continues to perform badly with Popstars 2 (2.9/4) and Reba (2.7/4), leading into Charmed, which pulled a 4.2/6. Back to the top RATINGS DOWN, BUT THE SHARE REMAINS THE SAME 28.10.01 - Charmed's ratings were down slightly last Thursday, but the show was again watched by the same percentage of the audience. CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation again won the hour, with a 15.7 rating/23 share, well ahead of the NBC duo of Will & Grace (10.8/16) and Just Shoot Me (9.3/14). ABC was third with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and a 7.7 rating/11 share, followed by UPN with WWF Smackdown! and Charmed: Size Matters (4.3/6). Fox, which is still to debut its permanent Thursday night line-up aired the movie Varsity Blues to an average of just 3.4/5. Back to the top 19.10.01 - Charmed's ratings held steady in last night's overnight metered market figures. CBS won the 9pm hour with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation pulling a 13.9 rating/21 share, and a total of 22.7 million viewers. NBC was second, with Will & Grace (10.5/16) and Just Shoot Me (9.2/14), followed by ABC with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (7.2/11). From 8-11pm Fox aired the American League Championship Series game between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners, which averaged a 6.6/10. Charmed just edged out UPN for fifth place, with a 4.9/7 (last week: 4.9/7). WWF Smackdown! averaged 4.5/5 (last week: 4.7/7) from 8-10pm, peaking with a 4.9/7 from 9-9.30pm. Source: zap2it.com. Back to the top 12.10.01 - Despite being The WB's second most popular show, Charmed often finds itself placing sixth out of six in its timeslot, and that was the case last night. In a night disrupted by the Presidential address, The WB averaged a 3.7 rating/5 share from 8-10pm, well down from last week's 5.6/8 when it aired the two-hour season four premiere. NBC won the 9-10pm slot, with Friends and Will and Grace pulling a 14.5 rating/20 share from 9-9.30pm, followed by a 14.8/21 for Will and Grace and Just Shoot Me from 9.30-10pm. CBS was close behind, with a 14.5/20 for Survivor: Africa from 9-9.30pm, followed by a 14.8/20 for Survivor: Africa and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 9.30-10pm. ABC aired the scheduled Who Wants To Be A Millionaire from 9-10pm, getting an 8.1 rating/13 share (last week: 7.5/11), while Fox aired the MLB Play-offs, averaging a 6.9/11 until 12.15am. UPN narrowly edged out The WB for the 9pm hour, with WWF Smackdown! pulling it 5.0/7 (4.9/7) for the hour, and an average 4.7/7 (4.7/7) overall. The WB got off to a poor start with the first two episodes of its new reality dating show Eliminate Deluxe pulling in just 2.3/3 and 2.8/4 from 8pm. At 9pm, Charmed scored a 4.9 rating/7 share, but couldn't help the network out of the basement for the night as a whole. Back to the top CHARMED WORKS A SPELL FOR THE WB 07.10.01 - Following on from the story below, here's a look at the overnight metered market ratings for Thursday night's season 4 premiere. The WB was fourth for the night, behind the big three of NBC, CBS and ABC, but ahead of UPN and Fox. NBC kicked off the night with Friends, and a 2.1/4 rating/32 share (last week:21.7/33). At 8.30pm, Inside Schwartz lost a lot of its lead-in, but still managed a 13.2/19 (14.8/22). Things improved at 9pm with Will and Grace, 13.5/19 (14.6/21), followed by Scrubs at 9.30pm, 11.2/16 (Just Shoot Me, 13.1/19). CBS opened with Survivor: Countdown to Africa and a pretty lacklustre 6.7 rating/10 share (last week, CSI, 9.5/14). CSI pulled things round at 9pm, with a 13.9 rating/20 share (last week: 15.1/22). ABC scheduled two new episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? from 8pm, 3.8/6 (4.1/6) and 5.5/8 (5.3/8). Who Wants To Be A Millionaire followed at 9pm with a 7.5/11 (7.2/10). The WB was fourth for the night, with the two-hour Charmed season premiere and a 5.6 rating/8 share (last week: The Craft, 3.1/5). The series will return to its usual 9pm slot next week. UPN was fifth, with WWF Smackdown! pulling a 4.7/7 (4.7/7), peaking from 9-10pm with a 4.9/7 (5.1/7). Fox was last with two episodes of Guiness World Records: Primetimes averaging 3.5/6 and 3.1/5 (last week: Who Wants To Be A Princess? 2.9/4). Source: zap2it.com. Back to the top WB PRESS RELEASE FOR CHARMED AGAIN 07.10.01 - Rose McGowan helps bring the teens back to Charmed as magical premiere scores #1 finish for the night in female teens. Charmed is #2 in women 12-34 & tops ABC, CBS & Fox in persons 12-34 & defeats ABC & Fox in adults 18-34, women 18-34; adults 18-49 & women 18-49. Despite stiffer competition than during its 2000 debut, Charmed scores year-to-year gains for Thursday night in key demos. Burbank, CA (October 5, 20001) - Despite going up against a giant episode of Friends and stiffer competition than last season, when it was up against Presidential Debates and baseball playoffs, the two-hour season premiere of Charmed scored for The WB, both against its competition and in year-to-year comparisons. With the addition of Rose McGowan (Scream) to round out the bewitching trio of sisters along with Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs, Charmed raced out of the starting gate to a #1 finish on television in female teens (6.9/23), topping even the vaunted NBC Thursday night line-up. The WB also finished ahead of ABC, CBS and Fox in total teens (4.1/13), being edged out by only two-tenths of a ratings point by NBC. Charmed, which attracted 6 million total viewers, also defeated ABC, CBS and Fox in The WB's target demographic of persons 12-34 (3.3/9) and finished #2 among all networks in women 12-34 (4.5/12). The show defeated ABC and Fox in adults 18-34 (3.0/8), women 18-34 (3.7/9), adults 18-49 (2.6/7), and women 18-49 (3.4/8). The show built during the night, scoring its greatest ratings in the 9pm hour, where it will air throughout this season, including a 3.7/10 in persons 12-34, a 5.0/13 in women 12-34, a 3.4/9 in adults 18-34, a 4.1/10 in women 18-34, a 4.4/14 in teens and a 7.3/24 in female teens. Last year Charmed benefited by going up against political debates and baseball, yet it still scored year-to-year gains for The WB over last year's Thursday night premiere in persons 12-34 (3.3/9), women 12-34 (4.5/12), teens (4.1/13) and female teens (6.9/23). If you go back to its 1999-2000 premiere, when the series launched against regular competition, Charmed was up in virtually every demo, including all 12-34 demos, adults 18-34, all 18-49 demos and female teens. Source: TheWB.com. Back to the top |
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