{"id":1183,"date":"2000-10-31T19:31:46","date_gmt":"2000-10-31T17:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2008-07-22T19:32:20","modified_gmt":"2008-07-22T17:32:20","slug":"wb-release-on-weekly-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/2000\/10\/wb-release-on-weekly-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"WB Release On Weekly Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"

ADULT RATINGS SOAR ON THE WB<\/p>\n

THE WB SCORES 41% & 43% YEAR-TO-YEAR WEEKLY GAINS IN
\nADULTS 18-34 & ADULTS 18-49 RESPECTIVELY WITH EQUAL
\nGAINS AMONG MEN AND WOMEN<\/p>\n

SEASON-TO-DATE THE WB HAS THE HIGHEST 18-34
\nINCREASES OF ANY NETWORK WITH IMPRESSIVE
\n21% YEAR-TO-YEAR GAINS.<\/p>\n

NETWORK TIES ALL-TIME WEEKLY HIGH IN ADULTS 18-34<\/p>\n

The WB Is One Tenth Of A Point Out Of 2nd Place In Its Core Women
\n12-34 Demo Topping ABC, CBS & UPN, Only .1 Behind Fox In World Series Week<\/p>\n

BURBANK, CA (October 31, 2000) – The WB Network continued to show dramatic year-to-year gains in young adults scoring a year to year 41% increase in Adults 18-34 and a 43% increase in adults 18-49 for the week of 10\/23\/00 compared to year ago results. The network’s dramatic increases are for both men and women for the week and season to date. The WB tied an all-time high in adults 18-34 for the week with a 2.4 rating and its 3.5\/10 in women 12-34 was good for third place amongst all networks only one tenth of a point behind Fox.<\/p>\n

The strength of The WB’s focus on its core young adult audience is demonstrated by a comparison with ABC and CBS. Although ABC and CBS had 7.1 & 7.6 million more viewers per program for the week, The WB scored more 12-34 women than both networks and more 12-34 men than CBS. The WB sells 85% of its commercial inventory against 12-34 demos. The WB also beat CBS in women 18-34 for the week.<\/p>\n

NOT ONLY DID THE WB SHOW THE HIGHEST WEEKLY GAINS IN ALL ADULTS DEMOS VS. THE COMPETITION, SEASON-TO-DATE IT HAD THE HIGHEST 18-34 INCREASES AMONGST ANY NETWORK WITH IMPRESSIVE 21% YEAR-TO-YEAR GAINS.<\/p>\n

The weekly ratings gains were recorded on every night of the week, including increases on Friday and Sunday nights.<\/p>\n

HIGHLIGHTS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 23<\/p>\n

8.1 MILLION PEOPLE TUNE IN TO “7TH HEAVEN” &
\n“ROSWELL” HAS YET ANOTHER STRONG WEEK<\/p>\n

The WB’s Monday line-up continued its torrid start as the network’s highest-rated show, 7TH HEAVEN continues to top itself and stiff competition including a premiere night on Fox.<\/p>\n

7TH HEAVEN attracted 8.1 million viewers on Monday (its most since January), setting season highs in adults 18-34 (3.2\/9), women 18-34 (4.4\/13), men 18-34 (2.0\/6, a +43% gain), persons 12-34 (3.9\/12), men 12-34 (2.7\/8), adults 18-49 (3.1\/8), women 18-49 (4.0\/10), men 18-49 (2.1\/6), male teens (4.4\/14), households (5.2\/8) and total viewers. The family drama finished 16th among all shows in women 12-34 (5.0\/15).<\/p>\n

7th HEAVEN was the highest-rated show of the night in female teens (6.9\/22) and teens (5.6\/17) and placed second in its time period in persons 12-34 (3.9\/12) and women 12-34 (5.0\/15) as well as third in adults 18-34 (3.2\/9), women 18-34 (4.4\/13) and males 12-34 (2.7\/8). Its 8.1 million viewers, topped everything on NBC from 8-to-10 p.m.<\/p>\n

ROSWELL, which topped NBC’s Deadline across the 12-34 demos and in adults and women 18-34, continues to grow its audience, scoring the time period’s best number in adults 18-34 (2.4\/6) since December 1998. It was also ROSWELL’S best outing in that key demo since its second episode, which aired in October 1999. ROSWELL achieved season highs and registered week-to-week growth in households (3.4\/5), adults 18-34 (2.4\/6), men 18-34 (1.5\/4), men 18-49 (1.6\/4) and male teens (3.0\/7). The program equaled its season high and last week’s rating in persons 12-34 (2.7\/7), scoring the highest in the time period since December ’98. ROSWELL scored the best in the time slot since March ’99 in men 18-34 and men 18-49. The show ranked #1 in its time slot among female teens (4.5\/15) and teens 12-17 (3.7\/11) and finished #2 for the hour among male teens (3.0\/7) behind Monday Night Football. ROSWELL posted triple-digit percentage gains across every 12-34, 18-34 and 18-49 demographic versus the parallel week a year ago. The show more than doubled Safe Harbor’s delivery a year ago (10\/25\/99) in adults 18-34 (up +167%), women 18-34 (up +146%), men 18-34 (up +200%), adults 18-49 (up +110%), women 18-49 (up +108%) and men 18-49 (up +129%).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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