Weekly Ratings

October 15^th, 2001 to October 21^st, 2001 

Michael, the Guys & the Great Snapple Caper - October 16^th, 2001

Description:

MICHAEL MAKES AN EARNEST ATTEMPT TO PULL HIS EARTH-BOUND LIFE TOGETHER AND MAX AND LIZ’S ROMANCE IS CRITICALLY THREATENED ON "ROSWELL"

"Michael, the Guys and the Great Snapple Caper" – TV PG

Michael asserts a new responsibility for himself – and his earth-bound life – when he gets a second job. However, when he gets himself and his new crew fired, it takes a previously untapped maturity for him to make things right. Meanwhile, Kyle is dismayed to find himself the family breadwinner after Jim chooses a less than lucrative new career as the leader of a musically challenged bar band, and Max and Liz confront a major threat to their relationship. Starring Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, William Sadler and Adam Rodriguez as Jesse Ramirez. The script was written series co-executive producer Ronald D. Moore and directed by Paul Shapiro.

Guest starring are John Doe as Jeff Parker, Terence Quinn as Karl, Steven Roy as Steve, Michael Pena as Fly, Martin Starr as Monk, Earl C. Poitier as George, Jason Peck as Deputy Hanson, Kathy Byron as the bartender and Joseph Williams as the singer.

61. 7th Heaven, WB, 5.7
65. Smallville, WB, 5.4 (pilot episode)
69. Enterprise, UPN, 5.2
79. Love Cruise, Fox, 4.7 (against Roswell)
86. Gilmore Girls, WB, 4.0
88. Charmed, WB, 3.7
91. Dawson's Creek, WB, 3.6
91. World Wrestling Federation Smackdown! UPN, 3.6
93. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, UPN, 3.5
97. Angel, WB, 3.2
98. Felicity, WB, 3.0
99. One On One, UPN, 2.9
100. The Parkers, UPN, 2.8
101. Girlfriends, UPN, 2.7
101. Reba, WB, 2.7
101. Special Unit 2, UPN, 2.7
104. Ripley's Believe It Or Not, WB, 2.5
105. The Hughleys, UPN, 2.4
106. Men, Women & Dogs, WB, 2.2
106. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, WB, 2.2
106. The Steve Harvey Show, WB, 2.2
109. Maybe It's Me, WB, 2.1
109. Raising Dad, WB, 2.1
109. Roswell, UPN, 2.1
112. Popstars 2, WB, 2.0
113. Off Centre, WB, 1.9
114. Nikki, WB, 1.6
114. UPN's Movie Friday: Booty Call, UPN, 1.6

"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" AND "ROSWELL" BOOST UPN'S TUESDAY PERFORMANCE 

The second outing for "Roswell" continued to build over UPN's Tuesday 9-10:00p.m. average for last season in several key demographics, including 42% among Adults 18-34 (1.7/4 vs. 1.2/3), 46% among Women 18-34 (1.9/5 vs. 1.3/4), 27% among Men 18-34 (1.4/4 vs. 1.1/3), 62% among Total Teens (2.1/8 vs. 1.3/4), 107% among Female Teens (2.9/11 vs. 1.4/5) and 25% among Male Teens (1.5/5 vs. 1.2/4). Roswell's Adults 18-49 rating was a 1.2/3 .

On UPN, "Roswell" continues to draw more men than it had during the previous year on the WB, increasing 27% among Men 18-34 (1.4/4 vs. 1.1/3) and 18% among Men 25-54 (1.3/3 vs. 1.1/2). 

Overall for the night, UPN continues to exhibit major increases over the night's 2000-01 season average among all key demographics, including 136% among Adults 18-34 (2.6/7 vs. 1.1/3), 67% among Adults 18-49 (2.0/5 vs. 1.2/3), 58% Adults 25-54 (1.9/4 vs. 1.2/3), 40% in Homes (2.8/4 vs. 2.0/3) and 55% among Total Viewers (4.5 million vs. 2.9 million). While delivering double digit growth over last year in all key male, female and teen demographics, UPN posted triple digit gains among younger men and women with increases of 133% among Women 18-34 (2.8/7 vs. 1.2/3), 109% among Men 18-34 (2.3/7 vs. 1.1/3), 150% among Total Teens (3.0/10 vs. 1.2/4) and 208% among Female Teens (3.7/13 vs. 1.2/4).