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When did Saturday become a repeat fest? Well, I salute the networks who did air original programming on the night, even if they weren't always successful. Fox stuck with it's usual "Cops" (104th in viewers, 88th in adults), "Cops 2" (83, 73), and "America's Most Wanted" (80, 77) and usually won the night in adults and sometimes in viewers, while ABC went with the "Disney Movie" (96, 98), although it was repeat programming in most cases, and the entertaining "Little House On The Prairie" (101, 140), although initial ratings promise did not pan out in the long run. CBS aired some new programming, but almost all of it failed, save "48 Hours" (83, 105) at 10pm. CBS's flops included "Wickedly Perfect" (114, 129- keep in mind that it did air on Thursday for several weeks, which is reflected in its averages) and the mind-bogglingly bad "The Will" (139, 161) which not only was CBS's first series in years to be cancelled after just one episode, but also gets the distinction of being the network's lowest rated series ever. Way to go! As for NBC, it didn't even try. For the first time in maybe ever, it did not air anything new at all on the night all season. Nothing.
As for the repeats, over on CBS, "CrimeTime" (79, 110) lived and died by what series it was repeating, while ABC went with "Desperate Housewives" on several occasions. NBC aired a combination of movies (118, 129) and "Law & Order" repeats. Since they kept switching them around, it was tought to track them, but the repeats at 10pm (58, 85) frequently won the timeslot. Wow, what a pathetic night! It's hard to believe just 8 years ago "Walker, Texas Ranger" was drawing 15 million viewers on the night. I guess, though, it still wasn't as bad as NBC's "XFL" debacle.