Thanks to Janet for sending this in!<\/p>\n
NBC shares in Fox, Eye successes<\/strong>
\nRICK KISSELL<\/p>\n05\/17\/2000
\nDaily Variety
\nPage 12
\nCopyright 2000 Variety, Inc.<\/p>\nMay sweeps adults 18-49 averages through Monday: ABC, 5.4\/16 (up 29%
\nin rating vs. a year ago); NBC, 5.3\/15 (down 12%); Fox, 4.0\/12 (down
\n9%); CBS, 3.4\/10 (down 11%); UPN, 1.7\/5 (up 55%); the WB , 1.4\/4 (down
\n18%).<\/p>\nIn total viewers, it’s: ABC, 15.19 million (up 45%); NBC, 12.19 (down
\n13%); CBS, 11.65 (down 10%); Fox, 8.23 (down 9%); UPN, 4.16 (up 51%);
\nthe WB , 3.32 (down 23%).<\/p>\nFor the week of May 8-14, adults 18-49 averages: NBC, 5.5\/16 (down
\n2%); ABC, 4.9\/14 (up 17%); Fox, 4.1\/12 (down 7%); CBS, 3.6\/11 (down
\n10%); UPN, 1.7\/5 (up 70%); the WB , 1.4\/4 (down 18%); Pax, 0.3\/1
\n(even).<\/p>\nAdults 18-49 averages for the nation’s top cable services: TNT, 1.1\/3
\n(up 22%); HBO, 0.9\/3 (down 18%); USA, 0.8\/2 (down 11%); TBS, 0.7\/2
\n(down 22%); Lifetime, 0.5\/1 (even).<\/p>\nMonday<\/p>\n
ABC edged CBS in viewers and placed second to Fox in young adults on
\nMay 15 behind the three-hour preem of “Air Force One” (13.87 million,
\n5.1\/14 in A18-49). “Air” really soared in its final hour, winning by 4
\nmillion viewers and by 6 shares in adults 18-49.<\/p>\nFox’s programs swept each half-hour in adults 18-49 from 8-10,
\nincluding a 3-share victory at 9:30 for “Ally McBeal” over both “Air
\nForce One” and CBS’ “Becker.”<\/p>\nThe WB ‘s ” Roswell ” rewarded the Frog net for its renewal as the
\nrookie drama joined lead-in “7th Heaven” to deliver the weblet’s best
\nMonday of the season in a number of key demos, including adults 18-34
\n(2.5\/7), women 18-34 (3.3\/9) and men 18-34 (1.7\/5).<\/p>\n” Roswell ‘s” season finale earned a 2.8\/4 in homes — a Monday high
\n—and also logged season highs in adults 18-34 (1.9\/5) and women
\n18-34 (2.5\/6), among other demos. “Heaven” hit a season high in adults
\n18-34 (3.1\/10) and men 18-34 (2.1\/7).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thanks to Janet for sending this in! NBC shares in Fox, Eye successes RICK KISSELL 05\/17\/2000 Daily Variety Page 12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roswell","tag-roswell-rating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crashdown.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}