Weekly Ratings

October 8th, 2001 to October 14th, 2001 

Busted - October 9th, 2001

Description:

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 (9:00-10:00 P.M., ET/PT). "Busted" –TV PG When Max begins to have visions of his missing son, he and Liz go on a desperate search for the child. Their quest leads them to hold up a convenience store where an alien space ship is being concealed. Betrayed by a mysterious informant, they are arrested and jailed – and forbidden by their families from ever seeing one another again. Meanwhile, Isabel revels in her secret love affair with Jesse, a handsome young attorney, and Michael begins to straighten out his life. Starring Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, William Sadler and Adam Rodriguez. The script was written by series executive producer Jason Katims and the episode was directed by Allan Kroeker.Guest starring are Garrett M. Brown as Philip Evans, Mary Ellen Trainor as Diane Evans, Dayton Callie as Ferrini, Michael Chieffo as Mr. Seligman, John Doe as Jeff Parker, Jo Anderson as Nancy Parker and Phil Reeves as Judge Davis.

62. 7th Heaven, WB, 5.4
66. Enterprise, UPN, 5.0
76. Love Cruise, Fox, 4.2 (against Roswell)
78. Gilmore Girls, WB, 4.0
79. World Wrestling Federation Smackdown!, UPN, 3.9
82. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, UPN, 3.7
88. Charmed, WB, 3.4
89. Dawson's Creek, WB, 3.3
90. Angel, WB, 2.9
90. Reba, WB, 2.9
92. Felicity, WB, 2.8
94. Girlfriends, UPN, 2.7
94. One on One, UPN, 2.7
94. The Parkers, UPN, 2.7
94. Special Unit 2, UPN, 2.7
99. The Hughleys, UPN, 2.4
99. Raising Dad, WB, 2.4
99. Roswell, UPN, 2.4
102. The Steve Harvey Show, WB, 2.2
103. Men, Women & Dogs, WB, 2.1
103. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, WB, 2.1
105. Nikki, WB, 1.9
106. Maybe It's Me, WB, 1.8
106. Off Centre, WB, 1.8
108. Ripley's Believe It Or Not, WB, 1.7
108. UPN's Movie Friday: High School High, UPN, 1.7
110. Elimidate Deluxe, WB, 1.5		
														

Demographic Information:

Official UPN Press Release

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Premiere of Roswell Team Up for Dramatic Growth on UPN Tuesday.

Buffy Scores UPN's 2nd Best Tuesday Ever Among Young Adults

Roswell Delivers Double Digit Growth to UPN on Tuesday; Improves Its WB Ratings among Adults 18-34 and Men Demos

Los Angels, October 10,2001

        UPN's new Tuesday line-up of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the network premiere of Roswell delivered vast year-to-year growth for UPN's Tuesday average in every demographic category, including 62% among Total Viewers (4.7 m vs 2.9 m), 136% among Adults 18-34 (2.6/7 vs 1.1/3), 83% among Adults 18-49 (2.2/5 vs 1.2/3), 75% Adults 25-54 (2.1/5 vs 1.2/3) and 50% in Homes (3.0/5 vs 2.0/3)

        UPN's premiere of the sci-fi drama Roswell improved UPN's Tuesday 9-10PM time period average from last year by 30% among Total Viewers (3.9m vs. 3.0m), 75% among Adults 18-34 (2.1/6 vs 1.2/3), 31% among Adults 18-49 (1.7/4 vs 1.3/3), 23% Adults 25-54 (1.6/4 vs 1.3/3) and 14% in Homes (2.4/4 vs 2.1/3).

        Compared to its WB premiere last year, UPN's debut of Roswell delivered a better performance among Adults 18-34 (+17% - 2.1/6 vs. 1.8/5), Men 18-34(+109% - 2.3/7 vs 1.1/3), Men 18-49(+38% - 1.8/5 vs 1.3/3) and Men 25-54 (+80% - 1.8/4 vs 1.0/2).

        Roswell also drew more Adults 18-34, Men 18-34, Men 18-49 and Men 25-54 in its premiere on UPN than it averaged all last season on the WB increasing 17% among Adults 18-34(2.1/6 vs 1.8/4), 109% among Men 18-34(2.3/7 vs 1.1/3). 50% among Men 18-49(1.8/5 vs 1.2/3) and 64% among Men 25-54(1.8/4 vs 1.1/2).

        Roswell ranked #3 in the 9-10PM time period among Men 18-34, beating ABC's Bob Paterson/Spin City (2.0/6), CBS's The Guardian (2.0/6) and the WB's Gilmore Girls (1.4/4). Roswell also bested the second hour of Gilmore Girls on the WB among Men 18-49 (1.8/5 vs 1.3/3) and Men 25-54 (1.8/4 vs 1.6/4).

        UPN's new Tuesday line-up of Buffy and Roswell dominated the 2-hour premiere of Gilmore Girls on the WB among all key male demos, including Men 18-34 (2.5/8 vs 1.2/4), Men 18-49 (2.2/6 vs 1.2/3) and Men 25-54(2.1/5 vs 1.5/4).

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