4th Place Wonders

Among the Big 4, these were the shows that placed 4th in their time
slots in the final Nielsens for the week of April 17-23:

MON
8:00 ABC Wife Swap 4.3
9:00 NBC Celebrity Cooking Showdown 5.3
10:00 ABC What About Brian 4.8

TUE
8:00 NBC Celebrity Cooking Showdown 2.3
9:00 NBC Scrubs 3.6
9:30 NBC Teachers Only 2.9
10:00 ABC Boston Legal 5.9

WED
8:00 NBC Celebrity Cooking Showdown 3.4
9:00 NBC Heist 2.7
10:00 ABC Invasion 4.6

THU
8:00 FOX That '70s Show 3.6
8:30 FOX That '70s Show 3.3
9:00 FOX The O.C. 3.6
10:00 NBC ER 4.3

FRI
8:00 FOX Movie: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1.8
10:00 NBC Miss Universe Pageant 5.1[last half]

SAT
8:00 NBC Celebrity Cooking Showdown 1.8
10:00 NBC Law & Order: CI 3.3

SUN
FOX Malcolm in the Middle 2.0
FOX King of the Hill 2.3
FOX The Simpsons 4.5
FOX The War at Home 4.1
FOX Family Guy 4.8
FOX American Dad 4.4
CBS Movie: In from the Night 7.1[last half]

Arthur Lipscomb...

That's interesting, Family Guy is FOX's highest rated show on Sunday. I
just set my VCR to record everything on FOX from 8:00 to 10:00 on Sunday.
But if from the start it had been The Simpsons then Family Guy, I wouldn't
watch The War at Home or American Dad. I kept watching The War at Home even
though it wasn't funny because it was sandwiched in between two other shows
I watched and now I kind of like it. And now I kind of like American Dad
too.

And just to confuse you, these were the First Place Wonders between the
Little 2, UPN and WB:

MON
8:00 WB 7th Heaven 3.3
9:00 WB Everwood 2.4

TUE
8:00 WB Gilmore Girls 3.0
9:00 WB Pepper Dennis 1.6

WED
8:00 UPN America's Next Top Model 3.1
9:00 UPN Veronica Mars 1.3

Arthur Lipscomb...

I had no idea Veronica Mars' ratings were that low. And Top Model clearly
shows not only is UPN capable of higher ratings, but people are making a
conscious choice to turn the channel.

David...

Which together adds up to the same rating "Mars" got when it was
airing once a week. Clearly people don't realize that it's moved to
Tuesday, and local stations probably aren't helping any by not
promoting it since UPN is a lame-duck network. In NY channel 9 has
abandoned half of UPN programming in favor of local sports.

THU
8:00 WB Smallville 2.7
9:00 WB Supernatural 2.4

Arthur Lipscomb...

Well if The CW keeps Veronica Mars, they should keep the higher rated
Smallville and Supernatural as well.

FRI
8:00 UPN Smackdown 2.1

And the sole net on Sunday, WB, saw its numbers peak with Charmed at
2.1.