RATINGS
October 25, 2002





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net show rating rank of 131 shows  l-w
rating
l-w
rank
PROVIDENCE  7.5 39 7.5 37
48 HOURS INVESTIGATES 6.4 51 5.6 59
IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN* 5.8 60 6.0 50
FIREFLY  2.9 90 2.7 98
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU
"Spa Day" (R)
2.0 105 2.1 104
MOVIE: "WOO" 1.7 110 1.5 110
* Last week: "America's Funniest Home Videos"

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THE WB FRIDAY RATINGS

time show/episode rating rank lw-rate lw-rank
8PM WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU
Spa Day (R)
2.0 105 2.1 104
8:30 DO OVER (S)*
Joel Strikes Back (R)
1.6 112 2.1 104
9PM REBA
House Rules (R)
2.6 97 2.9 94
9:30 GREETINGS FROM TUCSON
My Two Padres (R)
1.8 107 2.2 102
* Last week: "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"

NUMBER CRUNCHING:
It was a week of surprises all around on the Friday schedule. The most encouraging sign is that among the seven repeat airings of WB comedies this week, "What I Like About You" was eclipsed only by "Reba". The experiment with "Do Over" following "What I Like About You" seems not to have worked, and it looks like that might not be a good permanent move. (Maybe the WB can air "WILAY" one Thursday in December just for the heck of it to see how it'd do there). WILAY has the least fall-off, ratings-wise, from last week's new episode. 
     Can't really tell if it's WILAY at work, or if it's just how the ratings for hour shows naturally fall, but according to Variety's charts, every hour show on Friday at 8PM typically has its lower rating in the first half hour than the second. 
     

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