Weekly Ratings

December 17th, 2001 to December 23rd, 2001 

 

Samuel Rising - December 18th, 2001

Description:

When an autistic child approaches Max, speaks to him, and then later presents him with a drawing of a flying saucer, Max is forced to consider if, in some way, his own lost child is trying to reach out to him. Meanwhile, in an attempt to get close to Maria again, Michael plays Santa, albeit badly, to Maria and Liz's elves at a charity event, and Isabel and Jesse share their first holiday as husband and wife. Starring Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, William Sadler and Adam Rodriguez. Guest starring are Gavin Fink as Samuel Turner, Sean O’Bryan as Warren Turner, Colleen Flynn as Rebecca Turner and Navi Rawat as Shelby Prine. The episode was directed by Patrick Norris from script written by series executive producer Jason Katims

 

50. 24, Fox, 5.3 (against Roswell)
80. World Wrestling Federation Smackdown!, UPN, 3.8
82. 7th Heaven, WB, 3.7
89. Dawson's Creek, WB, 3.1
92. Grandma Got Run Over, WB, 2.9
92. Smallville, WB, 2.9
94. Girlfriends, UPN, 2.8
95. Gilmore Girls, WB, 2.7
95. The Parkers, UPN, 2.7
95. Reba, WB, 2.7
99. One On One, UPN, 2.5
101. 24 Encore-Friday, Fox, 2.4
101. Felicity, WB, 2.4
103. Enterprise, UPN, 2.3
104. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, UPN, 2.2
104. Hughleys, The, UPN, 2.2
108. Roswell, UPN, 2.0
109. Angel, WB, 1.9
109. Charmed, WB, 1.9
111. Raising Dad, WB, 1.8
112. Flix Sunday : Never Say Never Again, WB, 1.7
112. Special Unit 2, UPN, 1.7
112. UPN's Movie Friday: Avalanche, UPN, 1.7
115. Popstars 2, WB, 1.4
Demographic Information:

 

Roswell tied its best delivery this season among Women 18-34 

For the first time ever, “Roswell” grew from its “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” lead-in among Adults 18-34 (1.9/6), Persons 12-34 (1.8/6), Females 12-34 (2.2/7), Women 18-34 (2.2/6), Males 12-34 (1.4/5), Men 18-34 (1.5/5), Total Teens (1.7/6), Female Teens (2.1/9) and Male Teens (1.2/4).

From 9–10pm, “Roswell” ranked #3 among Female Teens (2.1/9), beating ABC’s “NYPD Blue” (0.9/4), NBC’s “Frasier/Scrubs” (1.3/6) and FOX’s “24” (0.7/3).

From 9–10pm, “Roswell” beat ABC’s “NYPD Blue” among Total Teens (1.7/6 vs. 0.9/3) and Male Teens (1.2/4 vs. 0.8/3) while also beating CBS’ “The Guardian” among Men 18-34 (1.5/5 vs. 1.4/5) and NBC’s “Frasier/Scrubs” among Total Teens (1.7/6 vs. 1.5/6).

Versus the same week last year, UPN improved its 9-10pm average in the following demos: 

18% among Homes 
157% among Persons 12-34 
171% among Adults 18-34 
56% among Adults 18-49 
10% among Adults 25-54 
267% among Females 12-34 
214% among Women 18-34 
113% among Women 18-49 
56% among Women 25-54 
100% among Men 12-34 
150% among Men 18-34 
10% among Men 18-49
143% among Total Teens 
425% among Female Teens
20% among Male Teens 
32% among Total Viewers (2.9 million vs. 2.2 million).


UPN’s Tuesday 9-10pm season-to-date average is up from the same time last season in the following demos: 

46% among Persons 12-34 
58% among Adults 18-34
15% among Adults 18-49 
69% among Females 12-34 
43% among Women 18-34 
14% among Women 18-49 
25% among Males 12-34
45% among Men 18-34 
8% among Men 18-49 
43% among Total Teens 
93% among Female Teens 
6% among Total Viewers (3.3 million vs. 3.1 million).

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