Pavan
09-25-2002, 05:35 PM
I knew when JAG's new season starts, 8SR and JAG should be battling. I think it will be much closer next week between these two, since people who watched In-Laws will probably tune into 8SR now, since In-Laws' viewers probably hated the show...Here is the breakdown:
-Yesterday's Winners:
JAG (CBS), 8 Simple Rules (ABC), Gilmore Girls (WB), Frasier (NBC), The Guardian (CBS), Smallville (WB), NYPD Blue (ABC)
-Yesterday's Losers:
In-Laws (NBC, 8 p.m.), Life With Bonnie (ABC), Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (UPN), Grounded for Life (Fox), Inside NYPD Blue: A Decade on the Job (ABC), Celebrity Daredevils (Fox), Haunted (UPN), Dateline (NBC)
-Ratings Breakdown:
Thanks to its combination of the season premieres of JAG and The Guardian plus a Tuesday preview of Wednesday medical drama Presidio Med, CBS won the first Tuesday of the season (based on the overnights -- I know) with a 9 percent advantage over second-place NBC. JAG opened its eighth season (stop kicking yourself, NBC) with a time period-winning 11.4/17 at 8 p.m. -- equal to its year-ago season premiere on Sept. 25, 2001. Although ABC's 8 Simple Rules (#2: 9.7/15) dipped 25 percent from last Tuesday's series premiere (13.0/21 on Sept. 17, 2001), it was still a hefty 37 percent above the series premiere of NBC sitcom In-laws (#3: 7.1/11). In-Laws was equal to the debut of former time period disaster Emeril on Sept. 25, 2001.
At 8:30 p.m., the better news for a second episode of NBC's In-Laws was a second-place 8.5/12 -- 5 percent above episode two of ABC's competing Life With Bonnie (#3, 8.1/12), which moves to its regularly scheduled 9 p.m. time period (opposite Frasier) next Tuesday. Bonnie was off 16 percent from lead-in 8 Simple Rules with erosion of 34 percent from its debut last Tuesday (12.2/18 on Sept. 17, 2001). Obviously, this is not a positive sign for Bonnie.
On The WB, season three of the Gilmore Girls kicked off with a solid (and tied for fourth place) 5.4/8 -- 8 percent above its two-hour year-ago season opener on Oct. 9, 2001 (5.0/7) with its best opening ratings ever. Left out in the cold was the seventh season premiere of UPN's Buffy, the Vampire Slayer with a sixth-place 3.9/6. Versus its two-hour debut on UPN last year (6.2/9 on Oct. 2, 2001), Buffy was off by a considerable 37 percent. As predicted, it looks like this is the last season for the long-in-the-tooth vampire slayer.
On Fox, That'70s Show (6.0/9) ranked fourth in the 8 p.m. half-hour followed by a fifth-place 4.9/7 for lackluster lead-out Grounded For Life.
At 9 p.m., it was no contest with the Daphne/Niles season-opening wedding on NBC's Frasier at a first-place 15.6/22 -- 84 percent above lead-in In-Laws and 10 percent above its one-hour ninth season premiere on Sept. 25, 2001. Although the debut of lead-out NBC sitcom Hidden Hills won the 9:30 p.m. half-hour with a 10.9/15, erosion of 30 percent from Frasier keeps the new comedy off the winner's list.
In 9 p.m. series premiere news, UPN's Haunted was left at the starting gate with a sixth-place 3.1/4 -- 51 percent below the second season opener of The WB's Smallville (#3: 6.3/9). On ABC, 9 p.m. special Inside NYPD Blue; A Decade on the Job, ranked fourth in the hour with a 6.1/8 followed by Fox special Celebrity Daredevils at a fifth-place 3.6/5.
At 10 p.m., the winning ratings ball moved into ABC's corner with the 10th season opener of NYPD Blue (10.3/16) 12 percent above the series preview of CBS's Presidio Med (#2: 9.2/14). Versus regularly scheduled Judging Amy's year-ago season premiere (11.2/17 on Sept. 25, 2001), Presidio Med was off by 18 percent. Look for the debut of Presidio Med in its regularly scheduled Wednesday 10 p.m. time period tonight (and expect plenty of audience fall-off opposite the second hour of NBC's season premiering The West Wing).
On PAX's repeat Tuesday, The Weakest Link scored a 0.9/1 followed by new Richard Thomas drama Just Cause (0.7/1) and old faithful Diagnosis Murder (1.1/2).
Although erosion in week two (and slightly beyond) is a given, if 8 Simple Rules can stay ahead of competing NBC sitcom In-Laws (based on last night it certainly did), this is the show that ABC can begin to build a comeback with. Welcome back John Ritter and Katey Sagal.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
-Yesterday's Winners:
JAG (CBS), 8 Simple Rules (ABC), Gilmore Girls (WB), Frasier (NBC), The Guardian (CBS), Smallville (WB), NYPD Blue (ABC)
-Yesterday's Losers:
In-Laws (NBC, 8 p.m.), Life With Bonnie (ABC), Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (UPN), Grounded for Life (Fox), Inside NYPD Blue: A Decade on the Job (ABC), Celebrity Daredevils (Fox), Haunted (UPN), Dateline (NBC)
-Ratings Breakdown:
Thanks to its combination of the season premieres of JAG and The Guardian plus a Tuesday preview of Wednesday medical drama Presidio Med, CBS won the first Tuesday of the season (based on the overnights -- I know) with a 9 percent advantage over second-place NBC. JAG opened its eighth season (stop kicking yourself, NBC) with a time period-winning 11.4/17 at 8 p.m. -- equal to its year-ago season premiere on Sept. 25, 2001. Although ABC's 8 Simple Rules (#2: 9.7/15) dipped 25 percent from last Tuesday's series premiere (13.0/21 on Sept. 17, 2001), it was still a hefty 37 percent above the series premiere of NBC sitcom In-laws (#3: 7.1/11). In-Laws was equal to the debut of former time period disaster Emeril on Sept. 25, 2001.
At 8:30 p.m., the better news for a second episode of NBC's In-Laws was a second-place 8.5/12 -- 5 percent above episode two of ABC's competing Life With Bonnie (#3, 8.1/12), which moves to its regularly scheduled 9 p.m. time period (opposite Frasier) next Tuesday. Bonnie was off 16 percent from lead-in 8 Simple Rules with erosion of 34 percent from its debut last Tuesday (12.2/18 on Sept. 17, 2001). Obviously, this is not a positive sign for Bonnie.
On The WB, season three of the Gilmore Girls kicked off with a solid (and tied for fourth place) 5.4/8 -- 8 percent above its two-hour year-ago season opener on Oct. 9, 2001 (5.0/7) with its best opening ratings ever. Left out in the cold was the seventh season premiere of UPN's Buffy, the Vampire Slayer with a sixth-place 3.9/6. Versus its two-hour debut on UPN last year (6.2/9 on Oct. 2, 2001), Buffy was off by a considerable 37 percent. As predicted, it looks like this is the last season for the long-in-the-tooth vampire slayer.
On Fox, That'70s Show (6.0/9) ranked fourth in the 8 p.m. half-hour followed by a fifth-place 4.9/7 for lackluster lead-out Grounded For Life.
At 9 p.m., it was no contest with the Daphne/Niles season-opening wedding on NBC's Frasier at a first-place 15.6/22 -- 84 percent above lead-in In-Laws and 10 percent above its one-hour ninth season premiere on Sept. 25, 2001. Although the debut of lead-out NBC sitcom Hidden Hills won the 9:30 p.m. half-hour with a 10.9/15, erosion of 30 percent from Frasier keeps the new comedy off the winner's list.
In 9 p.m. series premiere news, UPN's Haunted was left at the starting gate with a sixth-place 3.1/4 -- 51 percent below the second season opener of The WB's Smallville (#3: 6.3/9). On ABC, 9 p.m. special Inside NYPD Blue; A Decade on the Job, ranked fourth in the hour with a 6.1/8 followed by Fox special Celebrity Daredevils at a fifth-place 3.6/5.
At 10 p.m., the winning ratings ball moved into ABC's corner with the 10th season opener of NYPD Blue (10.3/16) 12 percent above the series preview of CBS's Presidio Med (#2: 9.2/14). Versus regularly scheduled Judging Amy's year-ago season premiere (11.2/17 on Sept. 25, 2001), Presidio Med was off by 18 percent. Look for the debut of Presidio Med in its regularly scheduled Wednesday 10 p.m. time period tonight (and expect plenty of audience fall-off opposite the second hour of NBC's season premiering The West Wing).
On PAX's repeat Tuesday, The Weakest Link scored a 0.9/1 followed by new Richard Thomas drama Just Cause (0.7/1) and old faithful Diagnosis Murder (1.1/2).
Although erosion in week two (and slightly beyond) is a given, if 8 Simple Rules can stay ahead of competing NBC sitcom In-Laws (based on last night it certainly did), this is the show that ABC can begin to build a comeback with. Welcome back John Ritter and Katey Sagal.
Source: Nielsen Media Research