{"id":243,"date":"2000-02-17T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2000-02-17T17:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/?p=243"},"modified":"2008-06-30T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T17:12:13","slug":"last-nights-ratings-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/2000\/02\/last-nights-ratings-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Night&#8217;s Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, we lost. Again.<\/p>\n<p>From &#8220;Ultimate TV&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Law &#038; Order&#8221; Nabs First Place For Wednesday<br \/>\nThu, Feb 17, 2000 07:20 AM PST<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (UltimateTV.com) &#8211; Overnight Metered Market Ratings for Wednesday, February 16, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>The peacock deftly took first place honors in Wednesday&#8217;s (February 16) overnight-metered markets, averaging an 11.5 rating \/17 share (last week, 11.6\/17), thanks to a solid performance from its legal drama, &#8220;Law &#038; Order.&#8221; CBS came in second with a 9.6\/15 (7.4\/11), getting a boost from part two of its Wednesday movie, &#8220;Sally Hemings: An American Scandal.&#8221; ABC placed third with high scores from &#8220;The Drew Carey Show&#8221; helping it to an 8.4\/13 (8.3\/13). FOX pulled up in fourth place with a 6.3\/9 (5.7\/8), getting some help from &#8220;Getting Away with Murder: The Jon Benet Ramsey Story.&#8221; UPN landed in fifth with a 4.2\/6 (4.4\/7), and the WB wasn&#8217;t far behind that with a 4.1\/6(4.2\/6).<\/p>\n<p>NBC started off the night with &#8220;Twenty-One,&#8221; earning a 10.0\/15 (9.3\/15) in the 8 p.m. hour. &#8220;The West Wing&#8221; followed at 9, bringing in a 10.2\/15 (10.5\/16). The political drama was followed by the highest rated show of the night, &#8220;Law &#038; Order,&#8221; which raked in a solid 14.3\/22 (14.9\/24).<\/p>\n<p>CBS led off Wednesday with &#8220;City of Angels,&#8221; which grabbed a 6.9\/11 (6.9\/11). At 9 p.m., part two of the CBS Wednesday night movie &#8220;Sally Hemings: An American Scandal&#8221; averaged an 11.0\/17, peaking at 10 p.m. with an 11.4\/17. (last week, &#8220;A Vision of Murder,&#8221; 7.7\/12).<\/p>\n<p>ABC led off the night with &#8220;Two Guys and a Girl,&#8221; taking a 7.6\/12 (8.3\/13) at 8 p.m. It was followed by &#8220;Norm,&#8221; which nabbed a 7.3\/11 (7.3\/11) at 8:30. Next came &#8220;The Drew Carey Show,&#8221; which scored the best numbers of the night for the alphabet net with a 9.7\/14 (9.6\/14). At 9:30, &#8220;Spin City&#8221; spun away with an 8.9\/13 (8.7\/13). And rounding out the evening, &#8220;20\/20&#8221; averaged an 8.5\/14 (8.1\/13).<\/p>\n<p>FOX started the night with &#8220;Beverly Hills, 90210,&#8221; logging a 7.0\/11 (6.1\/9). It was followed by &#8220;Getting Away with Murder: The Jon Benet Ramsey Story,&#8221; which nabbed an 8.1\/12 in the 9 p.m. hour (last week, &#8220;TV Guide Behind the Sitcom Scandals,&#8221; 6.5\/10).<\/p>\n<p>UPN filled the primetime hours with &#8220;7 Days,&#8221; pulling in a 3.5\/5 (3.4\/5). &#8220;Star Trek Voyager&#8221; followed at 9 p.m., capturing a 4.8\/7 (5.5\/8).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dawson&#8217;s Creek&#8221; began the night for The WB with a 4.3\/7 (4.5\/7). It was followed by the teen alien drama &#8220;Roswell,&#8221; which garnered a 3.9\/6 (3.9\/6). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, we lost. Again. 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