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date
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overview
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8:30
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9PM
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9:30PM
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9/20/2002
2.5 (85)
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"Pilot" (Series Premiere): Romps in female demos,
places 1st in NYC and LA, is second highest rated WB comedy after
"Reba"
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2.4
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3.3
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2.3
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9/27/2002
2.5 (94)
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"Spa Day" (New): Comes in 5th, improves on
previous-year ratings, running mate "Sabrina" loses some of
its audience
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2.3
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3.0
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2.4
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10/04/2002
1.9 (103)
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"Roommates" (New): First week of "Providence"
season helps bring "WILAY" lower in the standings
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2.0
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3.4
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2.3
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10/11/2002
2.1 (95)
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"The Teddy Bear" (New): Baseball keeps ratings lower, but
improvement is shown. Full-season pickup after these ratings.
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2.1
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3.2
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2.5
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10/18/2002
2.1 (104)
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"Cool Older Sister" (New): Does well with only its target
audience; holds audience along with Sabrina. Competition:
"Providence" cancellation announced, "Firefly" hits
two-year low for Fox.
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2.1
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2.9
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2.2
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10/25/2002
2.0 (105)
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"Spa Day" (Repeat): Outclasses all WB repeat comedies that
week but "Reba", outperforms one-night-only leadout "Do
Over".
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1.6
(DO)
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2.6
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1.8
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11/1/2002
1.9 (107)
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"The Parrot Trap" (New): November Sweeps, Week 1.
Crippled by better-than-usual showing for "48 Hours
Investigates". Matches its all-time low.
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1.9
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3.2
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2.4
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11/8/2002
2.0 (101)
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"Tankini" (New): November Sweeps, Week 2. A little
bounceback. Depressed ratings for "48 Hours" and "Ace
Ventura" were the factor here, as rival "Providence" has
a very strong Top 30 showing.
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2.2
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3.3
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1.9
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11/15/2002
1.9 (112)
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"Copy That" (New): November Sweeps, Week 3. Is Penn
Badgley the WB's jinx? He helped neither end of the WB's grand
experiment, and also dragged the other two shows down with it.
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1.9
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2.7
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2.0
(DO)
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11/22/2002
2.2 (104)
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"Thanksgiving" (New): November Sweeps, Week 4. The best
ratings since Episode 2!
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1.9
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3.3 (Reba)
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11/29/2002
1.5 (99)
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"Roommates" (Repeat): Stores were open late. First day of
Hanukkah. All the Friday shows were repeats -- and suffered.
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1.5
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2.2
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1.5
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12/6/2002
12/13/2002
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Pre-empted: Ratings info is included for the WB Friday shows.
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12/20/2002
1.7 (103)
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"The Teddy Bear" (Repeat): A better showing for a second
run, despite two high profile series finales. A weak UPN movie and CBS
not up to speed helped too.
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1.7
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2.1
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1.6
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12/27/2002
2.0 (78)
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"Cool Older Sister" (Repeat): Very nice showing for WILAY,
nearly matching its firstrun number for the same episode..
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1.7
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2.3
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1.9
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1/3/2003
2.0 (94)
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"Tankini" (Repeat): For a second straight week the WB
Friday shows beat the numbers from the comparable year.
"Tankini" matches its original air rating.
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2.1
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2.7
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1.8
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1/10/2003
2.0 (102)
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"The Party" (New): The rating was somewhat blunted by
premiere of "Mister Sterling" on NBC and "Love and
Basketball" on UPN; "Fastlane" in
place of "Firefly" is not doing very well.
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2.0
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3.1
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2.2
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1/17/2003
2.1 (98)
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"The Other Woman" (New): The WB Friday improves
across the board, "Mister Sterling" falls, "Fastlane"
surges.
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2.1
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3.5
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2.4
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1/24/2003
1.9 (102)
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"Girls Night Out" (New): "AFHV" and UPN's
movie cut into WILAY's total audience; "Fastlane" takes
another tumble.
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2.2 (100)
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3.1 (87)
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2.3 (96)
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1/31/2003
2.0 (102)
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"The Cheerleading Incident" (New): February Sweeps, Week 1.
Improves November Sweeps Week one total; "Mister Sterling"
continues ratings plummet.
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2.1 (98)
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3.3 (89)
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2.0 (102)
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2/7/2003
2.3 (102)
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"The Game" (New): February Sweeps, Week 2. Third
highest rated episode ever. Best
week ever in many key demos, doubles last-year figures on some demos,
withstands strong CBS charge of "The Price Is Right".
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2.1 (107)
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3.2 (91)
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2.2 (105)
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2/14/2003
2.0 (107)
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"Valentine's Day" (New): February Sweeps, Week
3. Dates, dinners and dancing successfully compete with TV shows.
Depressed numbers across the board for all networks.
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1.9
(108)
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2.9
(94)
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2.1
(105)
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2/21/2003
1.8 (95)
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"Holly's First Job" (New): February Sweeps, Week
4. Posts lowest ratings ever as Friday viewing again slumps around the
dial.
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1.8
(95)
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2.9
(85)
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2.0
(90)
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2/28/2003
2.1
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"The Breakup" (New): Buoyed by a strong showing for
"Grounded For Life", the numbers perk back up.
"WILAY" is one of only two 8PM Friday shows to increase from
last week.
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2.2
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3.4
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2.4
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3/7/2003
2.0
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"Dude, Where's Val's Car?" (New): Drops off slightly
from last week, stronger vs. all-repeat slate last year.
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1.9
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3.3
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2.5
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3/14/2003
1.8
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"Pilot" (Repeat): Held up well against UPN, the
entire WB sched had lower clearances this week.
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1.8
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2.7
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2.1
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3/21/2003
1.9
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"The Other Woman" (Repeat): Still better than last
week, still in line with last year, but war coverage cut into a good
overnight.
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2.5
(Reba)
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2.2
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3/28/2003
1.9
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"The Party" (Repeat): Ratings were affected by
the premiere of NBC's new kid talent show and a very strong UPN movie.
"Fastlane" is in its death throes, though.
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2.2
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2.8
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2.3
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4/4/2003
1.8
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"Loose Lips" (New): Viewership down across the
board on this Friday, the most telling number is the 1.6 for a firstrun
"Greetings from Tucson" -- the lowest WB Friday firstrun
number this season.
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1.6
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2.6
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2.2
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4/11/2003
1.4
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"Girls Night Out" (Repeat): Weather gets warmer,
and those who choose to stay in on Fridays are preferring the
triple-reality punch of ABC, CBS and NBC. Good returns for NBC's
"Ed" weakened "Reba" and "Grounded".
Lowest rating yet.
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1.5
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2.2
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1.8
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4/18/2003
1.7
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"The Cheerleading Incident" (Repeat): An uptick. Got
a gift from UPN as a repeat of "Platinum" gave UPN its lowest
Friday number of the year. "Star Search" weaskens
considerably. "Greetings" continues its struggle.
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1.5
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2.4
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2.2
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4/25/2003
2.0
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"The Fix Up" (New): May Sweeps, Week
1. Best rating since "Dude, Where's Val's Car" back in March.
"WILAY" continues to rate where it counts -- during sweeps --
as the WB Friday notched better year-to-year ratings. "Grounded for
Life" ties time-slot high for season.
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1.8
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2.9
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2.5
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